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orange guy stretching in front of MAG building
The Arts
April 13, 2016 | 02:14 pm

ArtAwake festival returns to City of Rochester

ArtAwake, the one-day “festival of creativity” created by students and showcasing more than 140 pieces of art, returns on Saturday, April 16, at the site of the old Chase Tower in downtown Rochester.

topics: ArtAwake, events,
Fatima Bawany, Aaron Schaffer, and Saralinda Schell.
Campus Life
April 7, 2016 | 04:34 pm

Critical Language Scholarships winners to study Turkish, Arabic

Fatima Bawany ’16, Aaron Schaffer ’16, and Saralinda Schell ’19 have each won scholarships from the highly competitive State Department program for advanced language study overseas this summer.

topics: awards, Critical Language Scholarships, global engagement, Morocco, Turkey,
two basketball players, one leaping in the air
Campus Life
March 30, 2016 | 02:01 pm

The miss heard ’round the world

As winner of the national State Farm Assist of the Year Award, Sam Borst-Smith will fly to Houston on Thursday morning, and his unlikely play will be shown to the crowd at NRG Stadium that evening.

topics: announcements, athletics, Sam Borst-Smith,
archival photo of Mike Neer and Jay Wright
University News
March 28, 2016 | 04:16 pm

Villanova coach had Wright stuff in Rochester

Long before he was leading the Villanova Wildcats back to the Final Four, coach Jay Wright was cutting his basketball teeth on the River Campus, serving as a Yellowjackets assistant coach under Mike Neer from 1984 to 1986.

topics: athletics,
faculty and staff wear shirts reading We're Better Than That
University News
March 18, 2016 | 10:19 am

Campaign aims to raise awareness about racism

For Rochester students like Justin Delinois ’19 the sentiments captured in a University-wide effort to combat racism on campus are more than just four words that fit on a T-shirt.

topics: announcements, racism, We're Better Than That,
Chris Waddell
Campus Life
March 17, 2016 | 02:22 pm

Paralympian brings lessons of resilience

Legendary skier Chris Waddell, the most decorated paralympian in history—with 13 Paralympic Games medals in sit-skiing and wheelchair track racing—will speak at River Campus on Monday, March 21.

topics: announcements, Chris Waddell, disabilities,