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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.

The Best Translated Book Award — launched in 2008 by Three Percent, the University’s website for translated literature — is the only prize of its kind to honor the best original works of international fiction and poetry published in the United States.

Douglas and Constance Beck have committed more than $1 million to establish a fellowship for doctoral students in political science and related fields.

Trustee Ronald Rettner wants to ensure that River Campus buildings and spaces, with a strong focus on Eastman Quad, endure for generations to come.

This second graduating class now completes the group of Public Safety staff members planned to serve in this role.

Joan Shelley Rubin is a professor of American cultural history. The endowed position honors the late Dexter Perkins, a prominent American diplomatic historian.

Voice students who want to perfect their vowel vocalizations can get help from a new simple, free application, developed by a group of computer science students, called “Vowel Shapes.”

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.

Suxing Hu, senior scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)’s theory division, is recognized for his work in attosecond physics.

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.