Jennifer Roach

The following students in Arts, Sciences & Engineering are recipients of the 2014–15 Outstanding Dissertation Award. Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences Winner Kyoung-Lae Kang, visual and cultural studies, “Guilt Cinema:…

Euakarn (Som) Liengtiraphan ’17, a student employee from University Communications visited College Town with seniors Joseph Bailey and Christopher Marsh, and offers a sample of what College Town has to offer Rochester students.

With final exams, papers, and projects looming, it’s understandable that many students have tunnel vision at this time of the year. Spring also brings announcements of results from national student…

When Charles (Chuck) Murphy managed grocery stores for several chains in western New York and central Pennsylvania during the 1970s, and ’80s, he saw just how important it was to…

The Memorial Art Gallery remains closed Wednesday, Jan. 28, after a fire damaged a nearby building that was once part of the University’s historic Prince Street Campus.

Colleen McCarthy has been named director of the University’s annual United Way workplace campaign. In her current position as the University’s director of local government and community relations, which she’ll…

Students, faculty, and staff planning travel to any Ebola-affected country must contact the University Health Service and the Office of Global Engagement prior to finalizing travel plans. “With winter break…

Jane Gatewood has been named associate provost for global engagement, a role she started June 1. Gatewood will lead and manage initiatives related to the University’s international activities. She will…

Join the Catholic Newman Community in celebrating Mass for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day of obligation. Mass will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday,…

Eric Fredericksen, associate vice president of online learning, has been named a Sloan Consortium Fellow for his contributions to and leadership in online education. He will be recognized at the…

Researchers at the University of Rochester have measured for the first time light emitted by photoluminescence from a nanodiamond levitating in free space. In a paper published this week in Optics Letters, they describe how they used a laser to trap nanodiamonds in space, and—using another laser—caused the diamonds to emit light at given frequencies.

Music festival fans are invited to attend the 9th annual Fairport Music and Food Festival from noon to dark, Saturday, Aug. 24, along Liftbridge Lane. Guests will enjoy live music,…