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Closeup of a medal bearing the University of Rochester seal.

Campus & Community

Students, alumni receive national merit-based awards for study, research, and service

They’ll head to nations around the globe to pursue their academic passions.

A vibrant collage of scenes from around the University, celebrating together at the University of Rochester, showcasing joy and community.

Campus & Community

12 essential experiences for URochester students

Discover the Rochester bucket-list items that you’ll be reminiscing about for years to come.

Composite image of five student scholars.

Campus & Community

New scholars program is a catalyst for undergraduate research on chemical sustainability

The inaugural cohort of Barbara J. Burger Chemical Sustainability Scholars embarks on 15-month paid research experiences.

Woman leads a mindfulness exercise in a classroom, gesturing with one hand raised, as students listen with a slide reading 'Let’s arrive in this moment together'.

Campus & Community

Teaching the teachers to be calm, cool, and collected

A University program trains faculty to embrace mindfulness in the classroom, with instructors and students alike benefiting.

Illustration of three couples facing each other and joining hands with speech bubbles above them.

From the Magazine

Take a vow: On keeping your word in the modern world

Bestselling author Cheryl Mendelson ’73 (PhD) discusses marital vows, including their history and role, and why ditching the classic ones may be a bad idea.

Campus & Community

How a campus start-up is reinventing the networking experience

Four Rochester students and one alumnus developed a start-up venture called Penpal, a digital business card to help students network.

Farrell Cooke poses by a railing with a navy blue background and text reading 'My Rochester Story with Farrell Cooke '14, '19N, '24S'

Campus & Community

Farrell Cooke ’14, ’19N, ’24S (MBA): Coming home to Rochester

How the University provided the three-time graduate with much more than an education, and why she hopes to pay it forward.

From the Magazine

Material world

University of Rochester graduate Kasia Maroney ’92 talks about her career as an art conservator restoring priceless objects to their full glory.

Melissa Mead smiling and leaning against shelf of gray archival boxes in archive.

From the Magazine

Ask the archivist: Was the Rochester Plan greater than the sum of its parts?

A question for the University of Rochester’s archivist about the history of the Rochester Plan.

Handful of people seated and looking at a painting off camera as part of an Art of Observation class at the University of Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery.

Health & Medicine

Want to be a better doctor or nurse? Take a look at this painting.

Rochester’s Art of Observation program helps medical students and clinicians cultivate essential clinical skills.