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screenshot of a data visualization with the title CAREER OUTCOMES and bar charts that say "95 percent of graduates reported a positive career outcome, 51% are working, 42% are in continuing education, 0% are in the military, 1% are volunteering, 5% are still looking
Campus Life
April 9, 2019 | 10:09 am

Upgraded Greene Center data shows success among recent graduates

Did you know: 92 percent of the Class of 2018 were working or in graduate school within six months of graduation? A new data visualization offers the most detailed picture yet of “first destinations” of recent College graduates.

topics: awards, Class of 2018, Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections,
portraits for four students.
Campus Life
April 4, 2019 | 12:03 pm

Rochester students to receive Davis Projects for Peace grants

Four Rochester students will lead two projects this summer as part of a national program in which college students design and implement projects that promote peace and intercultural understanding.

topics: Class of 2020, Class of 2021, Davis Projects for Peace,
portrait of Vlad Cazacu.
Campus Life
March 26, 2019 | 11:27 am

The student as author

Vlad Cazacu ’20 knew he wanted to make the most of his time at Rochester, but was unsure how. Now as the founder of Rochester Creators, he is helping himself and his fellow students gain confidence and credibility by writing and publishing books.

topics: Barbara J. Burger iZone, Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections, River Campus Libraries,
Three people -- Ben Affleck, Maddy Wary, and J.C. Chandor -- pose for a photo.
Campus Life
March 11, 2019 | 12:08 pm

Playing Ben Affleck’s daughter

Maddy Wary is a mathematics and brain and cognitive sciences dual major from Hawaii. But during Spring Break this week, she makes her onscreen debut in Triple Frontier, a Netflix action thriller.

topics: Class of 2022, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Mathematics, featured-post-side,
Jin Seokjin Kim
Campus Life
March 4, 2019 | 02:54 pm

Rochester student selected for public policy fellowship

Political science major Jin Seokjin Kim ’20 (T5) has been selected for the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship program at the University of California, Berkeley.

topics: awards, Department of Political Science, Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow, School of Arts and Sciences,
Hult Prize logo
Campus Life
February 22, 2019 | 01:14 pm

Three Rochester teams compete for $1M Hult Prize

Three teams of Rochester graduates and current students have reached the regional finals of the world’s largest social entrepreneurship competition.

topics: awards, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Political Science, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hult Prize, Institute of Optics, School of Arts and Sciences,
Fulbright logo
Campus Life
February 13, 2019 | 02:03 pm

Rochester hits record number of Fulbright semifinalists

A record 27 University students and recent alumni have been named semifinalists in the Fulbright US Student Grant Program, the government’s flagship international educational exchange program.

topics: awards, Fulbright scholars,
child in the middle, plays with a bubble toy with two adults
Campus Life
February 11, 2019 | 02:59 pm

Student-designed bubble machine a hit at children’s hospital

The toy prototype developed by a team of chemical engineering students is adapted for use by children of all abilities during a hospital stay.

topics: community, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hajim Design Day, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,