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Art New York participant Angelica Aranda holds up a sheet of paper with art on it during a zine-making workshop.

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In Art New York, Angelica Aranda ’23 finds a niche in book art

A program for University of Rochester students inspires the Queens native to build community through art.

Illustration of LGBTQ inclusivity at the University of Rochester shows the LGBTQ colors behind a white graphic of Rush Rhees Library tower and five gold stars in the foreground.

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University receives five-star rating for LGBTQ inclusivity

The Campus Pride Index ranks Rochester among the nation’s best for making the educational experience welcoming and respectful for all.

Fatou Jobe, who is translating Wolof fables into English, wears bright green while looking off camera in a library entryway.

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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.

Becker, smiling and gliding across ice rink in Sabres uniform, mounted on hockey sled.

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Sam Becker ’25 reaches a sled hockey milestone

The optics major, a bone cancer survivor, is a member of the Buffalo Sabres and the US Men’s Development sled hockey teams.

Exterior view of Todd Union at dusk.

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Todd Union earns historic designation

The Georgian Revival Building, constructed in 1930, was a student center and the birthplace of the University of Rochester’s Gay Liberation Front.

Pair of feet ascends steps, with each step represented as a check-box.

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Tips for high school juniors: beginning the journey to college

Dean of undergraduate admissions Robert Alexander offers a checklist for college-bound high school juniors.

Six names tag stickers that ID different professional identity types, including student, engineer, manager, lecturer, writer researcher.

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‘Communicating Your Professional Identity’ flourishes at 10

February 28, 2023

“It brings together writing pedagogy, career and life design, and campus stakeholders,” says lead instructor Laura Jones.

Two blue- and yellow-colored robots work at a laptop to illustrate the concept of ai chatbots like chatgpt affecting higher education.

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How will AI chatbots like ChatGPT affect higher education?

February 27, 2023

University administrators and faculty weigh in on the pros and cons of the newest online learning tool.

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Lab experience your first year in college? Yes.

February 15, 2023

With faculty and graduate student mentorship, undergraduate researchers thrive in the Rochester Human-Computer Interaction lab.

A photo illustration of six historical figures: Thurgood Marshall, Robert Kennedy, Muhammed Ali, Barbara Jordan, Maya Angelou, and Jesse Jackson.

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And justice for all: Reflecting on decades of civil rights speakers at Rochester

February 6, 2023

From Thurgood Marshall to Angela Davis, the University has hosted some of the most important Black activists, authors, speakers, and leaders over the years.

Student holding camera stands in front of a case full of human skulls at a dark tourism destination.

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The ethics of dark tourism

January 19, 2023

Julia Granato crisscrossed Europe to study human bone collection and display sites. Now she’s pondering what it means to display and visit human remains.

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New award sends humanities graduate students abroad

December 13, 2022

Four Rochester doctoral candidates will research in archives in a dozen countries as recipients of the Meliora Global Scholars grant.