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Campus Life
June 21, 2017 | 04:08 pm

14 students selected for Take Five Program

Fourteen undergraduate students were selected as new Take Five Scholars, a unique Rochester program that allows students to take a tuition-free fifth year of study in a field outside their major.

topics: Take Five Scholars Program,
University News
May 25, 2017 | 04:26 pm

Honoring fallen students, alumni this Memorial Day

Since shortly after the University was founded in 1850, its students and alumni have served in wartime. Some have paid the ultimate price, and their legacies are etched into the walls, the memorials, and the fabric of everyday life at the University.

topics: NROTC, veterans,
Campus Life
May 25, 2017 | 01:11 pm

Team Meliora back in running for $1M Hult Prize

After being eliminated in the regionals, four international students have been chosen as wild cards for the Hult Prize, the largest social entrepreneurship competition in the world, with a reward of $1 million seed money.

topics: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Economics, Department of Psychology, entrepreneurship, featured-post-side, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hult Prize, School of Arts and Sciences,
Campus Life
May 19, 2017 | 01:25 pm

Kearns Center scholars are studies in resiliency, success

Established in 2002, the center has the goal of increasing diversity in higher education by building an educational pipeline, from undergraduate through graduate school, for students who might not otherwise have had access to higher education.

topics: David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity, scholarships,
University News
May 18, 2017 | 12:19 pm

Richard Feldman looks back on a decade as dean

Richard Feldman arrived at the University as an assistant professor of philosophy in 1975 and is now stepping down from his role as Dean of the College. “All the things beyond the classroom that contribute to the students’ experience have really made an impression on me.”

topics: Richard Feldman,
Campus Life
May 16, 2017 | 03:06 pm

Givens, Madhu, Rizzo earn SA Professor of Year honors

Three faculty members have been named Students’ Association Government’s Professor of the Year in their respective fields of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences and engineering.

topics: Department of Economics, Department of Mathematics, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, John Givens, Kalyani Madhu, Michael Rizzo, School of Arts and Sciences,
Campus Life
May 3, 2017 | 01:59 pm

Anis Kallel: ‘I want to make a difference’

“I was given something most people wouldn’t dream of receiving,” the computer science and business dual major says. “That comes with some responsibility. Whatever potential Rochester saw in me, I wanted to live up to it.” Meet the Class of 2017.

topics: Class of 2017,
Campus Life
May 3, 2017 | 12:40 pm

A laughing matter: students form comedy club

Karan Arul ’17 and Ali Hashim ’18 are standing up for comedy as cofounders and copresidents of UR Standup Comedy, officially certified by the Students’ Association last fall and already counting 40 members.

topics: Students' Association,
Campus Life
April 28, 2017 | 01:23 pm

134 University undergraduates named Phi Beta Kappa

Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa invites for induction the most outstanding students at America’s leading colleges and universities. Membership is by invitation only, and students are selected by faculty members who are members of the society.

topics: awards, Phi Beta Kappa,