Campus & Community

"When you can't breathe, nothing else matters," Jennifer Judge said at the end her presentation, which won over both the panel and audience at the University's first "Three Minute Thesis" competition.

Each year, seniors in the College are invited to nominate a high school teacher or staff member for consideration for the Singer Family Prize. The four award winners receive a plaque and $3,000, as well as $2,500 for their school.

This spring, the inaugural crop of students in Rochester’s new data science programs—at the undergraduate and master’s degree levels—are completing their first year of study at the Goergen Institute for Data Science, a program of the Schools of Arts & Sciences.

Graduating seniors are invited to bring their mortarboards and their imagination, and choose from paint, stickers, letters and more at this year's cap decoration event. Bubble guns will be given to the first 200 participants.

Several University students will pursue advanced studies, conduct research, and teach English language and U.S. culture abroad after being named 2016-17 finalists for the highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Student Grant program.

Workshops focusing on minority male achievement in Rochester will be held at the Simon Business School on Saturday, April 30. The theme this year is, “A Tale of 2 Cities: Being Who I Want To Be.”

From solar energy concentrators to portable braille readers, seniors at the Hajim School will showcase more than 70 projects during today's annual Design Day.

Steve Manly, director of undergraduate research, encouraged students to continue to approach their research questions with the infectious enthusiasm of "an eight-year-old in a sandbox" while honoring their work at the annual showcase.

Nate Powers '16, Ka’dya Donadelle, and Seth Mason ’16 and were among the 35 students honored on Wednesday, April 20, by the Rochester Area Colleges Continuing Education.

Participants run from River Campus to Nick Tahou's, eat a Garbage Plate, then run back to campus in an event benefiting the Mount Hope Family Center and its programs to combat child abuse.

Justine King '15 is the first University student or alumnus to receive the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship, supporting individuals who wish to pursue a career representing the United States in the foreign service of the Department of State.

Pedro Vallejo-Ramirez ’16 is the first Rochester senior to be selected for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, one of the most highly regarded international academic scholarship programs. The optical engineering major plans to pursue a master’s degree in biotechnology at Cambridge University.