awards

This year, nineteen individuals and three groups will be honored during the College’s annual Student Life Awards, also known as "the Rockys." The 2019 dinner and awards ceremony takes place Thursday, April 18.

The Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections presented its third annual awards to partners and individuals who exemplify the career center’s values.

Did you know: 92 percent of the Class of 2018 were working or in graduate school within six months of graduation? A new data visualization offers the most detailed picture yet of “first destinations” of recent College graduates.

Four Rochester researchers from four different fields are 2019 recipients of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious recognition for junior faculty members.

Danielle Benoit, an associate professor of biomedical engineering who has provided research experiences for more than 80 undergraduates in her lab, is the second recipient of the College Award for Undergraduate Teaching and Research Mentorship.

Three biomedical engineering faculty members–Danielle Benoit, Catherine Kuo, and Amy Lerner–have been inducted as fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

Kaija Straumanis ’12 (MA) has received the Lillian Fairchild Award—which recognizes artists for their commitment to the Rochester community—for her work bringing world literature to new audiences.

Marian Crotty is the 2019 recipient of the honor from the University's Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies for her first book of short stories, What Counts as Love.

The Campus Prevention Network (CPN) recently ranked the University’s sexual assault prevention efforts in the “Advanced” category for its programming, critical processes, and institutionalization.

Political science major Jin Seokjin Kim ’20 (T5) has been selected for the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship program at the University of California, Berkeley.