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Five tips for applying to college during the pandemic

October 7, 2020

Robert Alexander, the dean of admissions, financial aid, and enrollment, offers advice for prospective students and parents as they lay out a path to college over the next several months.

Layers of contemporary financial skyscrapers in Central Business District, Hong Kong.

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University links with WeWork to support undergraduates in China

October 1, 2020

The University of Rochester has recently joined with WeWork to provide work and study areas to undergraduates throughout China who are remote this semester.

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The Class of 2024 settles in

August 24, 2020

The Class of 2024 includes more than 1,250 students in the College and 134 students in the Eastman School of Music. Forty other nations are represented.

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Masked and ready, the Class of 2024 begins moving onto campus

August 17, 2020

Health and safety were the order of the day for a “slow roll to move in” for the Class of 2024 and other University students living in campus housing this fall.

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Students keep busy during two-week quarantine

August 12, 2020

Undergraduates who arrived August 1 for a New York State–required quarantine are finding plenty to do while they prepare for the fall semester.

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Students arrive for mandated COVID-19 quarantine

Wearing masks and following physical distancing guidelines, students from New York’s restricted travel states arrived August 1 to begin a 14-day quarantine.

2020 orientation leaders

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Orientation leaders hope to make new students Rochester ready—virtually

A Zoom-based talk show and a roster of online activities are some of the hallmarks of orientation programming in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Greene Center helps students retain summer internships

Despite the pandemic, the Greene Center helps connects students with opportunities to pursue life and career interests.

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Finding a job during a recession? We’ve been there

University of Rochester alumni who graduated during the Great Recession of 2008–09 offer tips for finding a job during a recession.

triplets in commencement regalia pose and hold mortarboards outside their home.

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Nearly 4,000 students receive their degrees—in online style

Members of the Class of 2020 marked a traditional milestone in unusual times, with an online conferral of degrees and at-home celebrations with remote family and friends.

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Four high school teachers receive Singer Family Prize

Four high school teachers who greatly influenced members of the Class of 2020 are this year’s recipients of the University’s Singer Family Prize for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching.

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Nine students, two alumni offered Fulbright grants

Chosen from 21 University of Rochester semifinalists, nine students and two recent alumni have been offered 2020–21 grants in the Fulbright US Student Grant program.