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Campus Life
May 13, 2014 | 05:52 pm

Five Rochester students earn NSF research fellowships

The fellowship, which is part of a federally sponsored program, provides up to three years of graduate study support for students pursing doctoral or research-based master’s degrees.

topics: awards, fellowships, National Science Foundation,
still image from a black-and-white film showing girl blowing up balloons
Campus Life
May 6, 2014 | 08:38 pm

Festival brings student films to the big screen

A diverse group of 19 student films was presented at the University’s 9th annual Gollin Film Festival on Wednesday, May 1, with the top films winning $1,200 in cash prizes.

topics: announcements, Environmental Humanities Program, film, Film and Media Studies Program, School of Arts and Sciences,
student holding a child at a community center in Egoli, South Aftica
Campus Life
April 21, 2014 | 06:41 pm

Rochester students to build community center in South Africa

This summer Rochester students John Dawson ’13/T5’14 and Katherine Wegman ’15, will spend two months in Cape Town, South Africa, building a new community center for residents of Egoli, a squatter community on the outskirts of Cape Town.

topics: announcements, Davis Projects for Peace, global engagement,
students helping a child set up dominos
Campus Life
March 3, 2014 | 06:33 pm

Student network praised as model of community leadership

Noted by Washington Monthly and the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs, the Rochester Center for Community Leadership (RCCL) encourages involvement in service, political activities, and social and cultural life in and around Rochester.

topics: announcements, Rochester Center for Community Leadership,
student performers on stage
Campus Life
February 26, 2014 | 09:44 pm

Student musicians salute those who rock

Inspired by the 2003 film School of Rock, No Jackets Required hopes to teach its audience a lesson on rock ‘n roll at their spring concert, Friday, February 28, in Wilson Commons.

topics: events,
Akan Nelson speaking at a podium
Campus Life
February 17, 2014 | 09:26 pm

Living black history at Rochester

Student groups across the University are sponsoring performances, lectures, workshops, and other events designed to bring black history alive for today’s students and to build community with others on and off campus.

topics: announcements, Black History Month, douglass leadership house,
Bernard Lafayette and Martin Luther King
Campus Life
February 5, 2014 | 09:42 pm

Civil rights legend visits Rochester

Dr. Bernard “Doc” Lafayette Jr. arrives during Rochester’s Season for Nonviolence celebration for a week of training, lectures and workshops.

topics: events, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence,