
January 2025 in Photos
The start of a new year brought innovative events, a peek into the past, and a snowy first day of classes. Here’s how we spent January at the University of Rochester.

Amanda Stent ’01: Guiding the future of AI in industry and academia
The Head of AI Strategy & Research in the Office of the CTO at Bloomberg reflects on the state of artificial intelligence.

Jon Onyiriuka ’08: From courtside to client-side
How the Rochester alumnus has converted his experiences as a student and an athlete into career success on Wall Street.

Two Open Letter books nominated by National Book Critics Circle
Rochester’s literary translation press edited and published two of the longlisted books for the organization’s 2024 Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

A catalyst for change
The new Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute will drive transformations in research, training, care, and advocacy.

Show us your town: Toronto
Toronto native Jeffrey Kishner ’01S (MBA) shares plenty of picks for the perfect long weekend.

Composing in reel time
A journey through film score history sets students on the path to understanding—and crafting—their own compositions.

Ask the archivist: When did the University power up its first computers?
A question for the University of Rochester’s archivist about the beginnings of administrative computing on campus.

Eastman scores
Luther Henderson III ’71E, ’73E (MM) chooses Eastman’s Ensemble Library as home for his father’s Duke Ellington arrangements.

A ‘boom’ in women’s sports
Karen Durkin ’87 reflects on how women’s sports became big business.