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Downward angled shot of multimedia artist Renee Jin next to a sculpture exploring the concept of involution.

From the Magazine

Defining involution through sculpture

February 19, 2025

A Rochester graduate student and acclaimed sculptor examines a topic that is increasingly relevant to Chinese society.

Illustration featuring classic film footage reels embedded with historic footage from University of Rochester Yellowjacket athletics games.

Campus & Community

Historical Yellowjacket game footage is a fountain of youth

February 13, 2025

A storage room contains film canisters and VHS tapes of more than 1,000 athletic contests—the oldest dating to a 1927 football game.

A woman named Loretta Ford, in a red jacket and black top, a long standing partner of the University of Rochester School of Nursing.

From the Magazine

Loretta Ford, former School of Nursing dean who transformed the profession, dies at 104

January 23, 2025

Ford cofounded the nurse practitioner model and developed a holistic approach to nursing education, research and clinical practice.

Al Uy looks at a small red bird that is perched on his hand during a research trip to the Solomon Islands.

From the Magazine

Evolution’s moment of truth

December 9, 2024

Every year biologist Al Uy travels by plane, boat, and foot to remote corners of the South Pacific to answer one of evolution’s biggest mysteries: How do species originate?

Illustration of row of people from behind, holding hands, looking on at new Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute building.

From the Magazine

A catalyst for change

December 4, 2024

The new Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute will drive transformations in research, training, care, and advocacy.

Jeffrey Kishner in blue button-down standing in the Distillery District of Toronto.

From the Magazine

Show us your town: Toronto

December 3, 2024

Toronto native Jeffrey Kishner ’01S (MBA) shares plenty of picks for the perfect long weekend.

student musicians play on a stage with a film projected behind them to illustrate a film score analysis class at the Eastman School of Music.

Campus & Community

Composing in reel time

December 2, 2024

A journey through film score history sets students on the path to understanding—and crafting—their own compositions.

Melissa Mead smiling and leaning against shelf of gray archival boxes in archive.

From the Magazine

Ask the archivist: When did the University power up its first computers?

December 1, 2024

A question for the University of Rochester’s archivist about the beginnings of administrative computing on campus.

Detail of Luther Henderson's original score of his arrangement of a Duke Ellington classic.

From the Magazine

Eastman scores

December 1, 2024

Luther Henderson III ’71E, ’73E (MM) chooses Eastman’s Ensemble Library as home for his father’s Duke Ellington arrangements.

Colorful, stylized illustration of Karen Durkin, who reflects on the role of women's sports in her life, career, and society at large.

From the Magazine

A ‘boom’ in women’s sports

December 1, 2024

Karen Durkin ’87 reflects on how women’s sports became big business.

From the Magazine

Alumni in the news

A Rochester Review roundup of select University of Rochester alumni who have made headlines for their accomplishments.

Melissa Mead smiling and leaning against shelf of gray archival boxes in archive.

From the Magazine

Ask the archivist: Can we come up and see the book sometime?

A question for Melissa Mead, the John M. and Barbara Keil University Archivist and Rochester Collections Librarian.