University News Input begins on project to modernize student housing October 4, 2022 A multistep process will lead to a presentation of options to University leadership.
Campus & Community Laith Awad ’24 receives inaugural Obama-sponsored Voyager Scholarship for public service September 14, 2022 A first-generation college student and accomplished leader and scholar, Awad aims to address systemic racism and socioeconomic disparities within health care.
University News Faculty in data science, mechanical engineering, and history to receive Goergen Awards September 14, 2022 Established in 1997, the award recognizes distinction in undergraduate teaching among faculty in Arts, Sciences & Engineering.
University News Global Celebration Committee seeks input from University community on plan to showcase diversity September 6, 2022 The group is accepting submissions through October 31 and will make recommendations to President Mangelsdorf in December.
Voices & Opinion A baseball call for the ages: Hank Aaron’s record-breaking home run August 29, 2022 Baseball broadcasting expert Curt Smith penned an essay for the Library of Congress about Milo Hamilton’s memorable home run call.
Campus & Community Movers and shakers: Welcoming the Class of 2026 to campus August 24, 2022 In a return to move-in-day tradition, more than 1,600 students at the College and the Eastman School of Music embarked on their Rochester experience this week.
Voices & Opinion Rochester’s Curt Smith remembers Vin Scully August 19, 2022 The author of multiple books on baseball, its storied stadiums and legendary broadcasters, recalls a baseball broadcasting legend.
Campus & Community Students build strong relationship working with nonprofit Teen Empowerment July 18, 2022 Created with undergraduates playing major roles, a local exhibit shows how Clarissa Street—once the center of Rochester’s Black community—was destroyed by urban renewal and housing discrimination.
University News Remembering J. W. Johnson: ‘dynamic’ and devoted English teacher June 24, 2022 In a University career of more than 45 year, the professor emeritus’s research interests included Restoration biography, the Earl of Rochester, and 18th-century literature.
Campus & Community Class of 2026 shows increases among underrepresented groups June 6, 2022 Incoming students at the College and at Eastman will arrive in August from more than 40 countries and 44 states.
University News Honoring alumni who gave their lives in service to America May 25, 2022 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.
University News First institution-wide commencement in decades will celebrate entire Class of 2022 May 11, 2022 More than 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students will be honored during a ‘one University’ ceremony—the first in nearly three decades—in Fauver Stadium on May 13.