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Large group of University of Rochester medical students wearing their new white coats outside for a group photo.

A ceremonial start for new medical students

August 18, 2023

First-year medical students at the University’s School of Medicine and Dentistry were welcomed into the profession today, donning their white coats for the first time as they begin their journey to become doctors. “Receiving your white coat is truly a moment where one is welcomed into a family of those who have been privileged to heal. … Recognize that you are what the world needs,” fourth-year medical student Malayna Hocker told the audience, which included the new students and University faculty and staff. Get to know the Class of 2027.

Rainbow sculpture framing MAG tower against blue sky.

Extending a welcome

At the Memorial Art Gallery, an extended Centennial Sculpture Park graces the museum’s west side.

Example of superconducting circuits like this one (Niobium on Silicon substrate) fabricated at the University of Rochester cleanroom (URNano).

Creating superconducting circuits

Rochester researchers led by Machiel Blok are formulating new techniques—including one that uses qudits instead of qubits—to improve superconducting circuits and make quantum computers that are more powerful and reliable. This is how they qudit >>

Two students on opposite sides of the room looking through surveying equipment.

Unearthing the history of Bermuda’s old capital

Each spring, Rochester undergraduates conduct archaeological fieldwork, unearthing and preserving Bermuda’s rich history.

Man in hard hat directs a group of students in hard hats touring the City of Rochester's graffiti-lined abandoned aqueduct underground subway.

Health, justice, and an abandoned aqueduct

The University of Rochester students in PHLT 238: Environmental Health and Justice in the Rochester Community recently explored something hidden from most people in Rochester—the abandoned aqueduct and subway tunnel located under the Broad Street Bridge in the heart of downtown. The tour, led by ROC the Riverway Program Manager Kamal Crues (pictured), gave the 11 undergraduates a chance to consider multiple—and occasionally conflicting—interests and values central to the city’s “Aqueduct Reimagined” project. Read more.

Father holds a phone and embraces his child, who has just learned her Match Day 2023 placement.

Medical students meet their match

Each year on Match Day, fourth-year medical students across the United States find out where they’ll be spending the next four years for their residencies. At the University of Rochester, tears of joy and cheers of celebration filled the room where the School of Medicine and Dentistry’s Class of 2023 discovered what the future holds. Among them was Indigo Gill, who matched with the University of California–San Francisco for family medicine, surrounded by loved ones, including her father, Saeeda Gill. Learn more about Match Day 2023 at Rochester.

Three Black speakers seated on stage during a panel discussion.

On the entanglement of race, religion, and politics in America

January 23, 2023

Rochester's 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address took the form of a conversation between two noted guest scholars, moderated by Frederick Douglass Institute director Jeffrey McCune Jr.

Person in red pants and black coat stands out in a campus scene covered in fresh white snow.

Winter campusland

January 13, 2023

Welcome back, Yellowjackets! The new semester brought with it fresh snowfall blanketing the River Campus.

president mangelsdorf hands pin to Jennifer Gaudino.

University veterans recognized

November 11, 2022

The annual Veterans Day pinning ceremony recognizes members of the University community and their families from all branches of the US Armed Forces, with “Veteran Rocky” pins handed out in honor of their service.

Drone photo of Rush Rhees Tower with people on tour and the city of Rochester in the background on a cloudy day.

Such great heights—and sights

October 31, 2022

Twice a year, during Scare Fair in October and in the weeks leading up to Commencement, University of Rochester students can ascend the iconic tower of Rush Rhees Library to enjoy 360-degree views of campus and the city skyline. Missed the most recent tower tour? Enjoy this drone shot and mark your calendars for your next opportunity to participate in a Rochester tradition.

Laurel Lawson hovers above the stage, arms and wheels lifted, supported by Alice Sheppard who partners her from below. Alice is on her back, lifting Laurel, locking eyes and opening her arms in embrace. They are surrounded by small wood ramps and bathed in cool blue light. Laurel is a white dancer with cropped blue hair and Alice is a multiracial Black woman with short curly hair; their skin, shimmery costumes and chairs reflect the light.

Disability arts ensemble Kinetic Light performs at the Sloan Performing Arts Center

September 12, 2022

The internationally recognized ensemble Kinetic Light performed at the Sloan Performing Arts Center as part of the group’s fall 2022 East Coast tour. Using art, technology, design, and dance, the artists create, perform, and teach at the intersections of access, queerness, disability, dance, and race.

Three students in military fatigues stand at ease in front of Rush Rhees Library on the quad, the student in the middle holding an American flag.

We remember

September 9, 2022

Midshipmen Charlie Shanks ’24, Nicholas Perry (St. John Fisher ’24), and Miriana Kelly ’26 stand as Rochester’s NROTC unit held its annual vigil at the Meridian on Eastman Quadrangle honoring members of the University community who were killed in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Among the nearly 3,000 people who died during the attacks were six University of Rochester alumni: Jeremy Glick ’93; Jean Hoadley Peterson ’69N; Jeffrey Smith ’87, ’88S (MBA); Zhe (Zack) Zeng ’95, ’98S (MBA); Aram Iskenderian ’82; and Brendan Dolan ’86. (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)