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Mara Criollo-Rivera and Kristel Kezia Sagabaen Layugan smile as they pose for a photo leaning against the doors of Rush Rhees Library.
Campus & Community
October 2, 2023 | 11:59 am

Obama-sponsored scholarship sets Rochester juniors on path to public service

Mara Criollo-Rivera and Kristel Kezia Layugan plan careers helping underrepresented groups in media and health care. Rochester has had three recipients in the Voyager Scholarship’s first two years.

topics: awards, Class of 2025, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Program in Digital Media Studies,
Collage of three archival portraits.
Campus & Community
May 25, 2023 | 11:58 am

Behind every name, there’s a story

Members of the University community have served their country in wartime since the Civil War, with many having made the ultimate sacrifice. This Memorial Day, we remember three of them.

topics: alumni, veterans,
Fatou Jobe, who is translating Wolof fables into English, wears bright green while looking off camera in a library entryway.
Campus & Community
March 24, 2023 | 09:25 am

English major from The Gambia helps preserve ancient African fables

Fatoumatta Jobe is transcribing in Wolof—and then translating into English—centuries-old stories passed down orally.

topics: Class of 2023, Department of English, featured-post-side, global engagement, Kenneth Gross, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,