In Photos

The Rochester Laptop Orchestra performs "Viral Composition" at the annual Rochester Fringe Festival. The group is composed of students at the University of Rochester and Eastman School of Music who compose and perform unique, interactive compositions controlled by Wiimotes, Kinect sensors, genetic sequences, and other custom sensors.

Naval ROTC students from the University—including Katherine Baum ’17 (above, left) and Jacob Shawler ’17 (center)— along with ROTC members from local battalions—including RIT senior Josh Nysenbaum (right)—held a small vigil on the Eastman Quad to remember those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, including six alumni. The vigil was one of several student-organized events that included a Hopeman Memorial Carillon concert and the playing of the National Anthem at the Eastman School.

President Joel Seligman and students Antoinette Esce '15 and Russell Rosenkranz '15 ring a replica of the bell used by Martin Brewer Anderson, the university's first president, to signal class changes.

Vice President and University Dean Paul Burgett leads the incoming freshman class in their first singing of the alma mater -- with the help of the University's a cappella ensembles -- at the annual Convocation ceremony.

Assistant track coach Jay Petsch is doused by football players Jordan Golinowski '15, left and Farid Adenuga '16. Fifteen members of the Athletic Department took part in the Ice Bucket Challenge on Aug. 19, and supported research into ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

F-16 fighter jets of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are seen in the skies over the Interfaith Chapel during a practice session for the Rochester Air Show.

Neil Varon, professor of conducting and ensembles at the Eastman School, directs Luca Antonucci of Watertown, MA on the Kodak Hall stage during the Summer Conducting Institute. During the intensive five-day program, each young conductor has the opportunity to rehearse with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra musicians,

A rainbow forms over Cutler Union at the University of Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery.

A dogwood tree blooms in the courtyard of Rush Rhees Library.

Jamal Rossi, dean of the Eastman School of Music, reminded graduates that "with great power comes great responsibility ... You not only have the power to transform lives, you have the responsibility. You have to make a difference in the community and in the people in those communities. Use your music to enrich your communities.” He concluded his address by saying, “There’s a little Spider-Man in all of us,” referencing the filming of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in front of Kodak Hall last summer.