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Brynn Murphy-Stanley in front of the Great Migration panel she created for the Clarissa Uprooted exhibit.

Students build strong relationship working with nonprofit Teen Empowerment

Created with undergraduates playing major roles, a local exhibit shows how Clarissa Street—once the center of Rochester’s Black community—was destroyed by urban renewal and housing discrimination.

Screenshot of three people in protective gear and a robot on a replica lunar surface.

Performance under pressure at NASA’s Lunabotics competition

Rochester undergraduate students banded together to overcome multiple crises while fielding their robot on a simulated lunar surface at Kennedy Space Center.

The Meliora letters cast a shadow on the Eastman Quadrangle lawn with Rush Rhees Library in the background.

Class of 2026 shows increases among underrepresented groups

Incoming students at the College and at Eastman will arrive in August from more than 40 countries and 44 states.

Closeup of a medal bearing the University of Rochester seal.

Rochester students win national awards and fellowships

From Fulbright awards to Projects for Peace funding, the array of honors recognize the scholars’ academic achievement, research potential, and commitment to service.

student stands beside small circular art prints hanging from strings.

Science under the microscope of visual art

An art and geology double major, University of Rochester student Gabrielle Meli brings scientific processes to her art.

College student touches up with paint a 9-foot-long jaekelopterus model.

Senior engineering students show their work

The University of Rochester’s Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences hosted its annual Senior Design Day for teams of graduating students to showcase their capstone projects.

Woman facing away from camera with graduation cap mortarboard that says "U-R amazing" illustrating potential to get a job after graduation.

How to get a job after college: 5 tips for juniors and seniors

Rochester’s Jodyi Wren, a career education professional with more than 15 years of experience, offers tips for current students and recent graduates.

Three undergraduate students in masks near a research poster presentation and demo.

‘Fantastic’ Rochester undergraduate research highlighted at annual expo

The 2022 Undergraduate Research Exposition featured a range of projects—from a sepsis diagnostic device to an examination of life in a prison town—by more than 100 students.

Eshaan Sood, dressed in tuxedo and in performance hall with guitar resting on knee.

Blinded in an accident, guitar student finds community at Eastman

Eshaan Sood ’25, a first-year jazz guitar student at Eastman blinded in an accident in 2015, finds support and community among his teachers and peers.

student seen from behind in a lab uses a pipette to add material to a petri dish.

Rochester’s Grand Challenges Scholars frame their research in a broad context

Now in its fifth year, the program adds entrepreneurship, global experience, interdisciplinary study, and service to students “solution-oriented” tool kit.

College student in mask adjusts dials as part of a research project using flat panel technology.

Smart acoustic devices: coming soon to a screen near you?

A Rochester team that includes Ben Kevelson '22 is using flat panel technology to build a more cost-effective smart device that can also function as a touch interface.

archival photo: coach k with West Point team that played at the University of Rochester

‘Coach K’ and Rochester: Undefeated at the Palestra

The college basketball world is celebrating Duke’s legendary ‘Coach K’ this season as he finishes an influential career that included early games at Rochester.