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Jericho Brown seated in a red chair in a field of flowers.
The Arts
August 31, 2022 | 12:45 pm

Plutzik Reading Series opens 60th anniversary season with Jericho Brown

The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet will give a reading as part of the University of Rochester’s 202–23 Hyam Plutzik Memorial Reading Series—one of the nation’s oldest literary reading series.

topics: Department of English, featured-post-side, literature, Meliora Weekend, School of Arts and Sciences,
Three people moving into residence halls with luggage atop dollies.
Campus Life
August 24, 2022 | 03:00 pm

Movers and shakers: Welcoming the Class of 2026 to campus

In a return to move-in-day tradition, more than 1,600 students at the College and the Eastman School of Music embarked on their Rochester experience this week.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, Class of 2026, Eastman School of Music, featured-post-side,
Rending of the Laser Lab expansion.
University News
August 17, 2022 | 01:14 pm

Construction begins on new Laser Lab expansion

The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics has broken ground on a new $42 million, 66,000-square-foot expansion to house office and lab space.

topics: construction, featured-post-side, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Office of Government and Community Relations,
Aerial view of large community solar farm.
University News
August 3, 2022 | 12:00 pm

University embraces community solar through Amp Energy

The University will receive financial credits as a result of the clean, renewable energy generated by six solar farms in nearby areas. Amp Energy is also providing a $100,000 endowed scholarship for undergraduates in the College.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, Facilities and Services, featured-post-side, sustainability,
Sydney Greaves teaching arts integration lesson sitting on floor with children.
The Arts
August 2, 2022 | 10:12 am

Can arts integration deepen students’ understanding?

A partnership between City of Rochester schools and the Memorial Art Gallery leads to innovation in arts education and furthers the museum’s mission to serve the Greater Rochester community.

topics: community engagement, Department of Art and Art History, diversity, featured-post-side, Memorial Art Gallery, School of Arts and Sciences, Warner School of Education,
an illustration of a cross-section of the Earth, showing the inner and outer cores.
Science & Technology
July 25, 2022 | 08:12 am

How did Earth avoid a Mars-like fate? Ancient rocks hold clues

New paleomagnetic research suggests Earth’s solid inner core formed 550 million years ago and restored our planet’s magnetic field.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, featured-post-side, John Tarduno, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Brynn Murphy-Stanley in front of the Great Migration panel she created for the Clarissa Uprooted exhibit.
Campus Life
July 18, 2022 | 09:27 am

Students build strong relationship working with nonprofit Teen Empowerment

Created with undergraduates playing major roles, a local exhibit shows how Clarissa Street—once the center of Rochester’s Black community—was destroyed by urban renewal and housing discrimination.

topics: Class of 2023, community engagement, Department of History, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,