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Society & Culture
September 13, 2019 | 12:46 pm

For a union ‘better than it was’

He helped write the first anti-lynching law, and served as lead attorney for Homer Plessy, the defendant in the 1896 segregation case Plessy v. Ferguson. Long forgotten, Albion Tourgée, Class of 1862, is attracting renewed attention for his work for racial equality in the post-Civil War South.

topics: alumni, civil war, Department of History, featured-post, Larry Hudson, Rochester Review,
Campus Life
May 20, 2019 | 09:03 am

Congratulations, Class of 2019

At celebrations and ceremonies throughout Commencement weekend, graduates and their friends and families shared the joy and accomplishment of this exciting milestone for the Class of 2019.

topics: Class of 2019, featured-post-side,
Campus Life
May 8, 2019 | 01:29 pm

Making their mark: Meet the Class of 2019

They’re engineers and artists. Activists and athletes. Meet just a few of the members of Rochester’s graduating class who are ready to make their communities—and our world—ever better.

topics: Class of 2019, featured-post,
Science & Technology
March 6, 2019 | 01:59 pm

A son sets out to make an iPhone app to communicate with his father

“It’s essentially closed captioning for personal conversations,” says Brandon Isobe ’10 of the app that he and his father, who is deaf, developed to render speech to text.

topics: alumni, American Sign Language, Department of Economics, Rochester Review, School of Arts and Sciences,
Campus Life
February 28, 2019 | 03:05 pm

A winning track record

One of the most decorated athletes in Rochester’s history, Kylee Bartlett ’19 is looking to repeat as national pentathlon champion this weekend, and is cherishing the balance she’s found in her final season.

topics: athletics, Class of 2019, Rochester Review,
The Arts
February 27, 2019 | 02:40 pm

Eastman alumna brings more than her voice to the Met

Acclaimed soprano Julia Bullock ’09E is sharing her social vision as artist-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, organizing a series of performances designed to explore ideas of identity, objectification, and history.

topics: alumni, diversity, Eastman School of Music, Rochester Review,