Meet the newest Admissions counselors
The University’s six new admissions counselors come from Rochester, Ohio, Florida, New York City—and Jamaica. All six were hired this summer over hundreds who applied. Their task? To find the next group of exceptional University students.
Final voter registration drives scheduled on River Campus
The deadline to register in the state of New York for next month’s election is October 14.
Trio of longtime professors recipients of Goergen Awards for teaching excellence
Bradley Nilsson, associate professor of chemistry; Amy Lerner, associate professor of biomedical engineering; and Beth Jörgensen, professor of Spanish, are the recipients of the 2016 Goergen Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
‘When I started first grade, I didn’t know how to read, but many of my classmates did. I believed reading was a gift that you either have or don’t have, and I didn’t have that gift.’
Beth Jörgensen, professor of Spanish, is among one of the 2016 recipients of the Goergen Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
‘If someone told me my freshman year that I’d become a chemistry professor, I’d have thought they were crazy.’
Bradley Nilsson, associate professor of chemistry, is among one of the 2016 recipients of the Goergen Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
‘My dad was an engineer, but no one could convince me that engineering was what I should do.’
Amy Lerner, associate professor of biomedical engineering is among one of the 2016 recipients of the Goergen Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
Burgett Intercultural Center dedicated at refurbished Douglass Building
Established in 2013 and named for the vice president and senior advisor to the president, the Burgett Center promotes cultural awareness and engagement, and educates on issues of identity, culture, and diversity.
Curt Smith: Vin Scully ‘the best there ever was’
Smith’s 2009 book, Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story is the only biography written on the iconic broadcaster. “He’s a very humble man, and I think he feels his work speaks for itself,” Smith says. “Nobody says a bad word about him. Nobody.”
‘Reinvented Douglass’ new hub of student life
The Frederick Douglass Building officially re-opens this week after a complete renovation of the iconic 79,000-square-foot space. “I feel like I’m in a different building,” says Laura Ballou ’97, director of the Campus Center.
University cohosts international entrepreneurial conference
This week’s Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers will bring more than 400 expects from around the world to Rochester to discuss the evolving nature of entrepreneurship and how the centers can make impacts the move their communities forward.