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Katherine Grzesik in a classroom teaching and gesturing at a screen with equations.

Katherine Grzesik: Crunching numbers and sparking curiosity

November 10, 2025

The innovative statistics professor and Goergen Award winner focuses on the student experience at URochester.

David Foster in a classroom teaching and gesturing at a screen full of graphs and equations.

David Foster: Guiding students to find their own path

November 8, 2025

Student advocacy, industry experience and rigorous theoretical knowledge earned him URochester’s highest award for teaching.

Side view of a large group of URochester NROTC members having a group photo taken on Eastman Quad.

A proud naval tradition at URochester turns 80

November 7, 2025

The University’s Naval ROTC unit has trained generations of student-leaders and military officers, shaping academic excellence and national service.

Graphic featuring photo of Jennifer Dunivent next to the University of Rochester shield and the text "alumni connections: Jennifer Dunivent" followed by her list of four degrees and graduation years.

Jennifer Dunivent ’00N, ’04N (MS), ’08S (MS), ’25S (MBA): First-generation and future-focused

November 6, 2025

The nurse practitioner-turned-operations executive reflects on forging first-generation pathways at the University of Rochester.

Rick Carl sitting in front of a Moog Synthesizer in the University of Rochester's synthesizer lab.

Rick Carl ’19, ’20 (MS): Blending creativity and engineering in synthesizer design

November 4, 2025

The synthesizers Rick Carl ’19, ’20 (MS) created for Moog Music Inc. are part of a new cutting-edge lab at URochester.

Mary Ellen Burris next to an illustration that says "my rochester story with Mary Ellen Burris '68 (EdM)."

Mary Ellen Burris ’68W (EdM): From “voice of the customer” to champion of education

October 31, 2025

The Warner School graduate built a career advocating for shoppers—then turned her attention to helping future educators thrive.

Archival photo of two water fountains next to each other. The larger one has a plaque above it reading "white" and the smaller fountain has a sign that reads "colored," illustrating American illiberalism.

Society & Culture

Steven Hahn ’73 on America’s illiberal past and present

October 31, 2025

From eugenics to segregation, the Pulitzer Prize winner says America’s ‘darker impulses’ run deep.

Close up of the Memorial Art Gallery entrance with Cutler Union tower in the background.

University News

Transformative gift helps Memorial Art Gallery get closer to its free admission goal

October 30, 2025

Abby and Doug Bennett, with the Sands Family Foundation, give $3 million to support permanent free access—and invite others to join their challenge.

Heather Higginbottom ’94: On leading with purpose

October 21, 2025

From Capitol Hill to JPMorgan Chase, the political science graduate traces a career shaped by URochester and driven by public service.

Ruth Lawrence looking off camera and smiling in a white coat with an MD badge on the collar.

University News

Ruth Lawrence, pioneering pediatrician and breastfeeding advocate, dies at 101

October 16, 2025

Her seven-decade career at the University of Rochester reshaped how clinicians support mothers and infants.