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groups of student trumpet players sitting in a circle around instructor

Summer sounds

Students in the Eastman Summer Trumpet Institute participate in a master class. The Eastman Summer Music program offers residential music programs and camps for middle and high school students, weeklong institutes devoted to various instruments, and half-day music workshops for all ages,

fish-eye lens view of construction work in the chapel

Renovations at Interfaith Chapel

The Interfaith Chapel sanctuary is being renovated to accommodate an increasingly diverse religious and spiritual campus community. Updates include new carpeting, a handicap-accessible lectern platform, a hearing loop to improve sound quality for the hearing-impaired, and expanded seating for up to 500 people.

aerial view of construction site

Wegmans Hall work underway

A view from the roof of the Hopeman Building as construction gets underway at the site of Wegmans Hall, the future home of the Goergen Institute for Data Science.

students and administrators pose with Dalia Lama after winning an award

A winning plan for Tibet

Vice provost for entrepreneurship Duncan Moore, President Joel Seligman, Michael Wohl, and Simon School of Business students Mikayla Hart, Robert Joseph Kauffman, and Cesar Quijano pose with the Dalai Lama after their third place finish in the national finals of the Tibetan Innovation Challenge, a new intercollegiate social entrepreneurship business plan contest, organized by the University of Rochester. The Simon team's project -- Tibetan Microfinance -- would unlock the entrepreneurial potential of Tibetans living in India by bringing them basic financial training and access to capital.

musicians performing on stage

Jazz in the air

Alumni recipients of the ESM-XRIJF Scholarships perform on the Jazz Street stage downtown during the 14th annual Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival,

Navy jets in the sky over Rush Rhees Library tower

Roar over Rush Rhees

The U.S Navy's Blue Angels rehears for the upcoming Rochester International Airshow in the skies over River Campus.

large group of students shouting and cheering on the quad

End-of-the-year shout-out

Juniors and senior celebrate the end of the school year on the academic quad.

group of students stand solemnly under large grouping of flags

Remembering Nepal

Students hold a remembrance gathering for victims of the earthquake in Nepal under the flags in Wilson Commons.

student playing guitar as instructor listens

Learning from the judge

River Campus music major Ethan Lipkind '15 performs a song for Kara DioGuardi. The successful songwriter, American Idol judge, and music executive conducted a songwriting workshop at the Eastman School of Music.

quad covered in lots of yellow pinwheels

Send Silence Packing

Students affiliated with Active Minds, a national organization dedicated to mental health awareness, planted 1,100 pinwheels-- representing the number of college students lost to suicide each year-- in Wilson Quad. "Send Silence Packing", as the traveling exhibition is called, is a program designed to raise awareness about the incidence and impact of suicide, connect students to needed mental health resources, and inspire action for suicide prevention.

Jeff Beal performing in a mast class setting

House of jazz

Eastman School of Music alumnus Jeff Beal '85 leads a small group coaching session with jazz students Eugene Bisdikian, Chase Ellison, and Billy Petito in Howard Hansen Hall. Beal, the Emmy-winning composer of the House of Cards score, is visiting Eastman to host master classes and an evening of film music.

dancer in traditional Indian attire

30th anniversary of Mela

Performers from more than a dozen student groups took the stage in Strong Auditorium for the Association for the Development of Interest in the Indian Subcontinent's 30th annual Mela performance in Strong Auditorium. (Chi Huang / University of Rochester)