Campus & Community

Medical devices, a small wind turbine, a motion-sensing robot, and even a re-designed lava lamp. These are some of the engineering solutions on display at the Hajim School Design Day on Friday, May 2.

This summer Rochester students John Dawson ’13/T5’14 and Katherine Wegman ’15, will spend two months in Cape Town, South Africa, building a new community center for residents of Egoli, a squatter community on the outskirts of Cape Town.

Nearly 40 minority male high school students from the Rochester City School District will participate in the symposium, organized by the Minority Male Leadership Association.

A series of lectures and workshops will examine how to prevent and respond to gender violence on college campuses during the Sexual Assault Awareness Conference.

Noted by Washington Monthly and the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs, the Rochester Center for Community Leadership (RCCL) encourages involvement in service, political activities, and social and cultural life in and around Rochester.

Inspired by the 2003 film School of Rock, No Jackets Required hopes to teach its audience a lesson on rock 'n roll at their spring concert, Friday, February 28, in Wilson Commons.

Student groups across the University are sponsoring performances, lectures, workshops, and other events designed to bring black history alive for today's students and to build community with others on and off campus.

Dr. Bernard "Doc" Lafayette Jr. arrives during Rochester's Season for Nonviolence celebration for a week of training, lectures and workshops.

The Chinese Students' Association's China Nite celebration is one way the University communities marks the Chinese New Year.

Reflecting on having his name on a paper in Science – analyzing data regarding the proposed existence of giant convection cells on the sun – Owen Colegrove commented "that it just hadn't sunk in."

The InspireDANCE festival has expanded rapidly in just four years, adding a sixth day and attracting nationally acclaimed choreographers and dancers.

The gala is part of an on-going fundraising campaign for Kallpa Iquitos, GlobeMed's partnering organization in Iquitos, Peru.