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group portrait of students
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,
group portrait of Delvin Moody, Charlisa Goodlet, and Caryl English.
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: douglass leadership house, featured-post,
Omar Soufan stands in front on display of world flags
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, 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, Memorial Art Gallery,
bust of Frederick Douglass
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,
illustration of Susan B. Anthony
Campus Life
February 2, 2017 | 12:20 pm

Meet the 2017 Susan B. Anthony Legacy Award winners

Eight women undergraduates will be honored at the University’s annual Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards, a 60 year tradition that celebrates the extraordinary contributions these students make to University life.

Chinese dragon in Rush Rhees Library
Campus Life
January 26, 2017 | 04:18 pm

Far from home, welcoming a new year

This year, the Lunar New Year begins on January 28. The holiday can be bittersweet for some Chinese students away from home. Joy Bian ’17 shares memories of her family’s traditions.

topics: diversity, featured-post, global engagement,