Campus & Community

The Frederick Douglass Building officially re-opens this week after a complete renovation of the iconic 79,000-square-foot space. “I feel like I’m in a different building,” says Laura Ballou '97, director of the Campus Center.

Two National Science Foundation grants expand the reach of programs that engage underrepresented minority, low-income, and first-generation students in science and engineering.

The student leaders talk about the major issues on campus, their hobbies and pet peeves, and their goals for the coming year and life after Rochester.

“I like to help people, and it’s nice to go into the community and give back,” said Matthew Le '20, one of the more than 1,300 freshmen who began their college career in Rochester with the annual Wilson Day of community service.

A new freshman class of 1,368 students on the River Campus and 140 students at the Eastman School of Music moved into their new homes on Wednesday, as student music groups entertained waiting families and hundreds of student volunteers helped lighten the move-in load.

Geophysicist John Tarduno has taken a group of students to Africa and Australia this summer to continue his groundbreaking work on the strength and direction of Earth's magnetic field. The students are live-tweeting from their research sites, sending photos from the field.

Pokémon Go players returning to Rochester this fall are in for a treat. The University's River Campus is home to no less than 40 pokéstops and four gyms.

"With this program, everything came together. Now, I feel like a real scientist.” Derek McNeil joined a record 140 high school students from Rochester City schools took part in the six-week summer program.

The University's third annual "summer school" in big data gives everyone from undergraduates to tenured faculty a chance to learn how programming and data visualization could impact their research projects.

Nineteen University students and recent graduates were recognized for their community service. Projects this year ranged from expanding literacy programs to increasing access to medical care for underserved individuals.

From data mining with Instagram to preserving Peruvian cathedrals, from laser beams to hearing loss -- Rochester undergraduates get their first taste of life in the lab through the Xerox Engineering Research Fellows program.

Student members and alumni of the Newman Community will join a crowd of two million people from 200 nations, where Pope Francis will deliver a welcome address at a prayer service.