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February 27, 2017 | 02:51 pm

Student athletes find big wins in big data

From field hockey to football, teams rely on statistics to evaluate players, opponents, and strategy. “What we have now is so much better than just a few years ago,” says men’s basketball coach Luke Flockerzi. “I can’t imagine what’s in store in the years ahead.”

topics: athletics, data science,
Campus Life
February 24, 2017 | 02:50 pm

Data science for a better planet

One of the first Rochester students to graduate with a BA in data science, Ulrik Soderstrom ’16, ’17 (MS) is combining his love of math and computers with a passion for environmental sustainability and renewables.

topics: data science, School of Arts and Sciences, sustainability,
Campus Life
February 21, 2017 | 03:56 pm

UR HEAL wins Community Engagement Challenge

The student organization provides health care services to low-income members of the greater Rochester community, and is the inaugural winner of this challenge grant.

topics: announcements, community, Rochester Center for Community Leadership,
Campus Life
February 16, 2017 | 11:09 am

Three presidents

Caryl English ’18, Delvin Moody ’18, and Charlisa Goodlet ’17 have followed different paths that have led them to leadership roles, each serving as the president of student organizations focused on issues of race, black culture, activism, and advocacy.

topics: black students union, douglass leadership house, featured-post, Minority Student Advisory Board,
Campus Life
February 7, 2017 | 11:43 am

‘Our goal was simple. We wanted to help as many refugees as we could.’

Engineering students Omar Soufan ’17 (above) and Ibrahim Mohammad ’17 share a “hidden passion” that has led them to create 3-D printed prosthetics for Syrian refugees.

topics: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hidden Passions, Memorial Art Gallery,
Campus Life
February 7, 2017 | 11:11 am

Going with the grain

Erik Rosenkranz ’18 is a mechanical engineering major who hopes to pursue a career as a civil engineer. He is captivated by bridges, looking at them and analyzing them. But his “hidden passion” is for woodworking, especially the longboards that he builds and rides.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hidden Passions, Memorial Art Gallery,
Campus Life
February 3, 2017 | 03:38 pm

Douglass: ‘Not a monument, but a mind-set’

Looking back at the life of the abolitionist leader and activist, Rashad Moore ’17 asks some African-American campus leaders: What does Frederick Douglass mean to us today?

topics: Black History Month, douglass leadership house, featured-post-side, Frederick Douglass,