Tag: global engagement
FACE Foundation funds international optics education collaboration between Rochester and École Centrale Marseille
The grant supports collaboration between US and French institutions at a time when international education and study abroad have been severely impacted by COVID-19.
University applauds ruling on DHS and DOL H-1B rules
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the University’s October 19 lawsuit, deciding that interim rules from the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor restricting H-1B visas must both be set aside.
Beauclaire Mbanya ’20 awarded Rhodes Scholarship in global competition
Beauclaire Mbanya is the third Rochester student or alumnus to receive a Rhodes Scholarship. He will head to Oxford, UK, to pursue a master’s degree relating to sustainable energy.
University files federal lawsuit over H-1B visa rules
New federal regulations would make it more difficult for universities and other employers to hire and retain skilled foreign employees to work in the US under H-1B and some legal permanent resident status categories.
University links with WeWork to support undergraduates in China
The University of Rochester has recently joined with WeWork to provide work and study areas to undergraduates throughout China who are remote this semester.
New journal focuses on curbing violence against women in India
The University of Rochester’s Susan B. Anthony Center is instrumental in starting an academic journal for best practices and scientific research on combating gender-based violence in South Asia.
University celebrates Supreme Court ruling upholding DACA program
The University reaffirms its unqualified support to its undocumented students and employees who study and work here under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Students on campus find joy in the little things
Not every student can go home. More than 700 Rochester undergraduates have been living on the River Campus, in single rooms, since the University closed residence halls for most of the undergraduate population, in late March.
A bittersweet spring for Rochester’s Davis Projects, DAAD RISE winners
It’s a bittersweet spring for the University’s 2020 Davis Projects for Peace and DAAD RISE winners. Fifteen students were selected for the summer programs, which have been canceled.
Fatima Zaidouni ’20 awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship
The award will allow the physics and astronomy major to pursue a postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge in the UK beginning this fall.