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Suman Kumar '19 photographed in Rettner Hall
Campus Life
May 6, 2019 | 02:42 pm

Engineering an international career path

Suman Kumar ’19 has attended a half dozen international development conferences, met Nobel laureates, rebuilt two schools destroyed by earthquakes in Nepal, and still managed to complete a rigorous curriculum in mechanical engineering.

topics: Class of 2019, Department of Mechanical Engineering, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Kharimat Alatise standing in Goergen Hall
Campus Life
May 3, 2019 | 02:25 pm

Ready to mentor ‘students like myself’

A biomedical engineering major and first-generation student, Kharimat Alatise ’19 is ready to pursue her doctorate and “be a role model to first-generation and minority students.”

topics: Class of 2019, David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program,
Campus Life
May 2, 2019 | 11:46 am

Susan Ojukwu ’17 to receive USAID fellowship

The Albany, New York native is the first Rochester student or alumnus to receive this fellowship, which supports outstanding individuals interested in careers in foreign service.

topics: alumni, awards, Class of 2017, Department of Public Health Sciences, global engagement, International Relations, School of Arts and Sciences,
one student standing in front of a poster,describing her research project to another student.
Campus Life
April 26, 2019 | 02:10 pm

‘Record involvement’ in annual Undergraduate Research Expo

“One of the reasons we wanted to have events like this and to celebrate research is that it really is the epitome of the undergraduate educational experience,” said University President Richard Feldman.

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
two students holding up certificates of awards.
Campus Life
April 24, 2019 | 01:40 pm

Two honored as Student Employees of the Year

Doctoral student Clara Auclair, who works as a digitization specialist in River Campus Libraries, and Cameron Morgan ’19 (T5), a public speaking fellow in the Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program were honored during National Student Employment Week.

topics: awards, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Linguistics, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, Student Employee of the Year, Writing Speaking and Argument Program,
woman in a lab coat.
Campus Life
April 14, 2019 | 12:54 pm

A path to invention from fashion, to Peace Corps, to medicine

Assistant professor Paula Doyle has gone from a Paris fashion house to the rain forests of Papua New Guinea to the operating room, where a challenging robotic surgery led to the invention of a novel surgical “flashlight.”

topics: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Urology, Jay Reeder, Medical Center, Paula Doyle,