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A digital audio workstation with a computer monitor running digital audio software, audio equipment, speakers, keyboards, and a guitar.

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Coursework: Exploring music through technology

October 29, 2026

When URochester music students trade reeds, strings, and sticks for software, a world of creative possibility emerges.

Composer Jeff Beal smiles while conducting, holding a baton in a black-and-white portrait.

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Life lessons with Jeff Beal

October 29, 2026

His journey from Eastman to the Emmy stage has taken him from coast to coast and across multiple musical boundaries.

Riley Laygo stands in a Yellowjackets softball uniform holding a baseball glove and ball while standing on a baseball field.

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Riley Laygo ’27 is rewriting the URochester softball record book

October 29, 2026

After a record-breaking season, the Yellowjackets star is exploring what else she can do.

Eastman School of Music student string quartet and percussionist perform for Monroe County Jail residents and staff.

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Measure by measure: Making music inside Monroe County Jail

October 29, 2026

A new partnership explores what happens when incarcerated people are given the chance not just to listen to music but to create it.

Shake Shack CEO Rob Lynch, wearing a green blazer, exchanges an elbow bump with an employee in the restaurant kitchen as another employee smiles.

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Shake Shack’s big cheese

October 29, 2026

Shake Shack CEO Rob Lynch ’99, ’00S (MBA) has built a career reviving restaurant brands by investing in people.

Collage of URochester students in their first-day-of-classes outfits, with mascot Rocky in the middle.

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First impressions: Rochester Review checked in on the first day of classes

October 29, 2026

Everyone had somewhere to be, a syllabus to read, and a semester to figure out. We stopped them anyway.

Graduation cap and crumpled paper to illustrate college application essay writing.

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How to write your best college application essay

October 22, 2026

URochester’s enrollment leader offers applicants insight into writing their college application essay and personal statement.

Thomas Howard leads the class ECE 216: Mechatronics and Embedded Systems.

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Thomas Howard: Find big problems that will keep you challenged

October 20, 2026

Embracing change in the ever-evolving field of robotics earned Howard URochester’s highest award for teaching.

Laurel Carney.

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Laurel Carney: Stacking her deck for undergraduate success

October 20, 2026

The biomedical engineering professor builds student confidence through high expectations and personal attention.

Benjamin Hafensteiner.

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Benjamin Hafensteiner: Helping students connect the dots

October 20, 2026

An engaging and approachable teaching style in chemistry earned Hafensteiner URochester’s highest award for undergraduate instruction.

The Memorial Art Gallery exterior featuring a large banner that reads "Free for All Forever: Coming spring 2027" and some flora in the foreground.

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Memorial Art Gallery sets May 1, 2027, start date for free admission

October 8, 2026

A surge of donor support has accelerated MAG’s timeline for expanding access to art and cultural education across the region.

Four URochester alumni walking together in front of the MELIORA letters set up in front of Rush Rhees Library.

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The wonder of being together: Meliora Weekend 2026 in photos

October 4, 2026

Thousands of Yellowjackets came home to URochester for four days of big ideas, big performances, and even bigger reunions.