
Tarek Yamout ’17 named University’s Student Employee of the Year
He was among 24 nominees who were honored in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon in Schlegel Hall. Yamout was chosen by a committee of nomination readers who represented all University campuses.

Miriam Kohn ‘17, Chris Perkins ‘17 win Pan-American debate tournament
Kohn and Perkins are the president and vice president, respectively, of the University of Rochester Debate Union, an intercollegiate debate team that competes around the United States and internationally.

ArtAwake 2017: A look back
ArtAwake, a mix of art, music, food, and family fun in one setting, marked its 10th anniversary this year with an art “happening” held in Rettner Hall. This is the first time ArtAwake has been held on campus.

Career Center announces inaugural Gwennies Award winners
Hosted by the Gwen M. Greene Career & Internship Center, the awards honor student organizations and partners who exemplify the center’s values—respect, collaboration, diversity and inclusion, betterment, and purpose.

Critical Language Scholarship winners to study Turkish, Mandarin Chinese
Daria Lynch ’18 (T5 ’19), a history major, and Christian Wooddell ’17, an anthropology major, will be heading overseas this summer as part of the U.S. State Department program.

University students, youth farmers collaborate for food justice
Students enrolled in a new course in Food Justice & Social Practice combine urban farming, food security, and socially engaged art.

Students win scholarships to New York State Summer Writers Institute
Aaron Banks ’18 and Julianne McAdams ’17 have won scholarships to the highly competitive program of workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

Career Center using data to connect students, employers
By tracking data on job placement, salaries, and location, students can “go online and see that, just because you have an English degree or a psychology degree, it doesn’t mean you have to work for a certain company.”

Wilson Quad goes dark for Earth Hour
When the clock strikes 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, iconic international venues such as Times Square, the Sydney Opera House, and the Taj Mahal all will become dark. So, too, will the River Campus’s Wilson Quad.

What it means to {codelikeagirl}
In 2010 the computer science department’s graduating class of 20 students included only one woman. This year, the expected graduating class of 119 students will be 34 percent female—double the national average.