
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.

Hackathon student makes a difference with data for native Tunisia
Anis Kallel ’17 is already working to improve the education system in his home country.

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.
Students with a ‘hidden passion’ share surprising double lives
Many University of Rochester students thrive on the school’s open curriculum, which allows and even encourages students to pursue multiple passions with equal vigor. The Memorial Art Gallery’s “Hidden Passions:…

‘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.

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.

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?

W. Kamau Bell appearance highlights ‘Color Cannot Divide Us Week’
The comedian and CNN host tops a week of events sponsored by the University’s ‘We’re Better Than That’ anti-racism campaign and the Student Programming Board.

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.

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.