Campus & Community

A team of University engineering students was among six finalists at the Hult Prize regionals. The team's startup company, Meliora Homes, will build homes for refugees from recycled plastics.

The grant allows college graduates the chance to pursue advanced studies, conduct research, and teach English language and U.S. culture abroad.

“Everything I do is geared toward education and youth, education and youth—that’s where my passion lies” says Crystal Colon ’17, one of 10 recipients of the Independent Sector Student Community Service Award.

Rochester mayor Lovely Warren will join speakers and activists at the second annual Joint Collegiate Black Student Summit on Friday. The event brings together black student leaders from colleges in the Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse areas.

From field hockey to football, teams rely on statistics to evaluate players, opponents, and strategy. “What we have now is so much better than just a few years ago,” says men’s basketball coach Luke Flockerzi. “I can’t imagine what’s in store in the years ahead.”

One of the first Rochester students to graduate with a BA in data science, Ulrik Soderstrom ’16, ’17 (MS) is combining his love of math and computers with a passion for environmental sustainability and renewables.

The student organization provides health care services to low-income members of the greater Rochester community, and is the inaugural winner of this challenge grant.

Anis Kallel ’17 is already working to improve the education system in his home country.

Caryl English ’18, Delvin Moody '18, and Charlisa Goodlet ’17 have followed different paths that have led them to leadership roles, each serving as the president of student organizations focused on issues of race, black culture, activism, and advocacy.

Many University of Rochester students thrive on the school’s open curriculum, which allows and even encourages students to pursue multiple passions with equal vigor. The Memorial Art Gallery’s “Hidden Passions:…

Engineering students Omar Soufan ’17 (above) and Ibrahim Mohammad ’17 share a "hidden passion" that has led them to create 3-D printed prosthetics for Syrian refugees.

Erik Rosenkranz ’18 is a mechanical engineering major who hopes to pursue a career as a civil engineer. He is captivated by bridges, looking at them and analyzing them. But his "hidden passion" is for woodworking, especially the longboards that he builds and rides.