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portraits of three individual students
Campus Life
October 9, 2019 | 12:03 pm

Students thrive at the intersections of engineering, computer science, and humanities

Seniors Melissa Wen, Nathan Nickerson, and Jarrod Young are this year’s winners of the Wells Award, given each year to high-achieving students in the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences who also excel in the humanities.

topics: Department of Art and Art History, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary, Program in Archaeology Technology and Historical Structures, School of Arts and Sciences,
students speaking during a seminar class
Campus Life
September 19, 2019 | 03:15 pm

Title IX Office says ‘Don’t Cancel That Class!’

The University’s Title IX Office has created a program where the valuable unused class time that results from a cancelled class can be turned into a workshop for students on sexual misconduct prevention.

topics: title ix,
student laughs during class in a lecture hall
Campus Life
September 12, 2019 | 09:48 am

Putting computer science to work curbing poverty

Growing up in Uruguay Fernanda Sesto ’23 was the only female student in her computer science-focused high school. At Rochester, she plans to continue using technology to tackle issues of social inequality.

topics: Class of 2023, Department of Computer Science, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
violist smiles while leaning against an auditorium wall.
Campus Life
September 9, 2019 | 03:51 pm

Violist finds his home at Eastman School of Music

Living in a shelter during parts of his high school years, Jafrè Chase ’23E never stopped practicing the viola, and never stopped dreaming and working toward a better life.

topics: Class of 2023, Eastman School of Music,
field hockey team pose for a photo
Campus Life
September 9, 2019 | 12:25 pm

Field hockey team aims to raise suicide awareness

Field hockey teammates Kate Kujawa ’20 and Amanda Guido ’20 have both been touched by suicide. Now the team is dedicating its September home game to remembering those lost and to raising awareness of support available for those who need help.

topics: athletics, featured-post-side,
Sierra Sadowski reads a book int he Rush Rhees Library reading room
Campus Life
September 5, 2019 | 12:36 pm

‘Just the most incredible feeling in the world’

For first-generation college student Siera Sadowski ’23, the financial freedom of a Handler Scholarship and the academic freedom of Rochester’s curriculum are opening doors.

topics: Class of 2023, Warner School of Education,
football player poses at the football stadium.
Campus Life
September 3, 2019 | 02:34 pm

Football, acting, and activism spur this South Florida native

James Bentayou ’23 hopes Rochester will become a place where he can combine his interest in acting, politics, and football. “I want people on campus to remember me.”

topics: athletics, Class of 2023, Department of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences,
student playing the drums.
Campus Life
August 28, 2019 | 02:31 pm

The (drum) beat goes on for this musician engineer

Combining her life-long love for music with her interest in technology led Sanaa Finley ’23 to feel “right at home” at Rochester.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, Class of 2023, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
group of college students in matching t-shirts giving kids high-fives
Campus Life
August 26, 2019 | 05:20 pm

Class of ’23 lends a hand on Wilson Day

An annual day of service for first-year students, Wilson Day saw more than 1,400 students working in gardens, churches, classrooms, and community centers across Rochester.

topics: Class of 2023, featured-post-side, Wilson Day,