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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.

University News

Gretchen Helmke named Guggenheim Fellow for political science

The professor and Bright Line Watch cofounder’s research focuses on the rule of law and democratic erosion in the United States and Latin America.

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.

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Campus & Community

Bryce Davis ’20: Combining music and finance into a fulfilling career

The economics and music major found his path by embracing unexpected opportunities.

Photo of Lea Thome in a layout that shows the University of Rochester "spirit R" and says "alumni . . . connections: Lea Thome '22, political science."

Campus & Community

Lea Thome ’22: A global citizen helps shape global policy

At Rochester, the German native forged her path to a career analyzing international relations in an interconnected world.

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William Hauser, professor emeritus of history, remembered

Hauser was devoted to teaching Japanese and East Asian history over a career of nearly four decades.

University of Rochester graduate student smiles while manipulating the apparatus in an optics lab.

Science & Technology

Twisting atomically thin materials could advance quantum computers

Placing two layers of special 2D materials together and turning them at large angles creates artificial atoms with intriguing optical properties.

Open Letter wins Republic of Consciousness Prize for English translation of Melvill

Rochester’s literary translation press published Rodrigo Fresán’s invented biography of Herman Melville, translated by alumnus Will Vanderhyden.

Aaron Do holds a poetry book and smiles while looking up at Yefim Ravin, who is seen from behind.

Campus & Community

Coursework: Learning Russian in the heart of Rochester

Undergraduates learn language, culture, politics, and customs from Russian-speaking Jewish émigrés.