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detail from painting of Susan B. Anthony
Campus Life
February 8, 2018 | 02:09 pm

Meet the 2018 Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards

Seven women undergraduate students will be honored this week at the Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards—a 61-year tradition celebrating exceptional women enrolled at the University.

topics: awards, events,
get into your dream college two hands pulling pennant out of an envelope. The pennant reads YES!
Campus Life
February 7, 2018 | 12:21 pm

Your dream college: 20 insider tips for getting in

Grades. Clubs. Scores. Essays. Interviews. We’ve culled the advice of seasoned admissions professionals from the University of Rochester for a roadmap of what to do—and what to avoid.

topics: admissions,
young man in a tuxedo plays the violin in a mechanical engineering lab
Campus Life
February 2, 2018 | 08:53 am

On stage, in the lab

Thanks to the Dual Degree Program with the University’s Eastman School of Music, Ivan Suminski ’18, ’18E finds himself in an enviable dilemma. Should he apply to graduate school to continue his violin studies? Or to research the biophysics of the inner ear?

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eastman School of Music, featured-post, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, interdisciplinary,
groundhog eating flowers
Campus Life
February 1, 2018 | 02:49 pm

Happy Marmota monax Day

Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, have entrenched themselves in the environment and culture of the University. To mark Groundhog Day this year, here are three things you might not know about our furry cohabitants at Rochester.

historic postcard featuring boats on the Erie Canal
Campus Life
January 31, 2018 | 04:15 pm

History class uses podcasts to explore Erie Canal

Students in professor Thomas Fleischman’s class didn’t write a research paper at the end of their class about the environmental history of the Erie Canal. Instead, they produced a podcast series, and Fleischman is already planning for a second season.

topics: Department of History, featured-post-side, QuadCast,
Juliana Conley
Campus Life
January 25, 2018 | 11:26 am

Setback helped sharpen student’s focus on what matters most

Juliana Conley ’21 is using her experiences from a series of life detours to guide her academic goal: modeling wildfires and other environmental phenomena associated with climate change, via an interdisciplinary degree in geomechanics.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, interdisciplinary,
boy in wheelchair plays with adapted bubble blowing toy with help from his mother
Campus Life
January 9, 2018 | 08:43 am

Adapted toys a godsend for parents and their children with special needs

Toys that beep. Toys that light up and sing. All adapted by engineering students for children with special needs. For parents visiting the University of Rochester Medical Center, taking home a toy their child can play with themselves is “really awesome.”

topics: community, disabilities, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Medical Center,
woman holds a toy up to her ear and smiles
Campus Life
December 21, 2017 | 01:32 pm

Engineering students give special needs children the gift of play

The Toys for All Tots student organization hosts workshops to teach other students and community members how to adapt battery-powered toys so that children with limited mobility can activate them on their own.

topics: community, disabilities, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
The award recognizes students who excelled both academically and in leadership roles during their first year at Rochester, and was renamed for Suzanne O’Brien ’59, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and longtime director of the College Center for Advising Services. (University Archives photo)
Campus Life
December 21, 2017 | 09:27 am

As Phi Beta Kappa turns 241, we honor our own

Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society for liberal arts and sciences, celebrates its birthday this month, and we honor the 17 students who were elected last spring as juniors.

topics: awards, Phi Beta Kappa,
Maria Hinojosa
Campus Life
November 30, 2017 | 12:52 pm

NPR host Maria Hinojosa to deliver MLK Commemorative Address

The four-time Emmy winner and host of National Public Radio’s Latino USA and PBS’s America By The Numbers will deliver the University’s 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address on Friday, January 19.

topics: diversity, events, featured-post-side, Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address, Office of Minority Student Affairs,