{"id":633122,"date":"2024-12-19T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=633122"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:09:15","slug":"2024-the-year-in-photos-and-video-633122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/2024-the-year-in-photos-and-video-633122\/","title":{"rendered":"2024: The year in photos and video"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/szjrjlVn-fM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>University photographer J. Adam Fenster shares his favorite images that he made this year. Plus, a look back at 2024 in video.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>For J. Adam Fenster, the key to making compelling photos is checking around the edges or fringes of an assignment, finding where the action isn\u2019t <i>necessarily<\/i> supposed to be taking place. And he would know\u2014Fenster has been the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\">University of Rochester<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s lead photographer for more than 15 years, capturing moments ranging from the intricate to the iconic.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As 2024 comes to a close, we talked with Fenster about his favorite images of the year\u2014taking a look at what happened over, around, and through the University and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-07_dance_conference_0437.jpg\" alt=\"three celtic dancers in sequined costumes wait backstage to go on for a performance \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-07_dance_conference_0437.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-07_dance_conference_0437-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-07_dance_conference_0437-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-07_dance_conference_0437-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-07_dance_conference_0437-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-07_dance_conference_0437-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-07_dance_conference_0437-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-07_dance_conference_0437-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-07_dance_conference_0437-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Enter stage left<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>McKenna Young \u201926, Grace Van Der Meer \u201925, and Nora Rooney \u201925 of <a href=\"https:\/\/ccc.rochester.edu\/celtic\/home\/\"><strong>UR Celtic<\/strong><\/a> prepare for their performance at a welcome concert for attendees of the 2024 American College Dance Association Northeast Conference, hosted by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/dan\/\">Program of Dance and Movement<\/a><\/strong>, in Feldman Ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a photojournalist for years,\u201d says Fenster, \u201cand the general wisdom was to arrive early and stay late. And sometimes the photo isn\u2019t always in the most obvious spot. This was the warm-up area, away from where the performances were happening. As soon as I walked in, I saw this composition. <b>There\u2019s great symmetry and natural light, and I like how they\u2019re connected to one another by their hands.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And three is always a cool number to have in an image. I think this photo is more interesting than any of the action photos I made that day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/news\/story\/a-match-made-medical-students-learn-where-they-will-train-during-nationwide-ceremony\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-15_match_day_0329.jpg\" alt=\"Medical students anxiously wait for the reveal of where they'll be matched for their residencies\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-15_match_day_0329.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-15_match_day_0329-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-15_match_day_0329-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-15_match_day_0329-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-15_match_day_0329-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-15_match_day_0329-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-15_match_day_0329-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-15_match_day_0329-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-15_match_day_0329-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Waiting to exhale<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Each year on Match Day, thousands of medical students across the country find out where they\u2019ll be spending the next four years for their residency. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/news\/story\/a-match-made-medical-students-learn-where-they-will-train-during-nationwide-ceremony\">Here, students at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, await the countdown to the reveal at noon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fenster says you\u2019ll often hear photographers talk about layers. \u201cThis is layered front-to-back and side-to-side. I think <b>I put the camera over my head to get this photo, and that angle allows the viewer to see more of those layers.<\/b> I had never made an interesting photo of the \u2018before\u2019 of Match Day, as it\u2019s usually about the joy and excitement that comes a few moments after this photo. So it was nice to capture the anticipation for a change.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-22_Studio_X_2354.jpg\" alt=\"A student wears a VR headset\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-22_Studio_X_2354.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-22_Studio_X_2354-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-22_Studio_X_2354-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-22_Studio_X_2354-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-22_Studio_X_2354-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-22_Studio_X_2354-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-22_Studio_X_2354-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-22_Studio_X_2354-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-03-22_Studio_X_2354-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Another dimension, another dimension<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>A student tests out a virtual reality (VR) headset in Mary Ann Mavrinac Studio X, located within Carlson Library.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent the morning at Studio X and I made hundreds of photos that day,\u201d recalls Fenster. \u201cThis was a staged shoot; they kept bringing in students to populate the space. <b>This photo is total eye candy.<\/b> It\u2019s colorful, it\u2019s punchy, and you\u2019ve got the thirds thing going on, compositionally, with the vertical color blocks in the window.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/eclipse\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-08_total_eclipse_1807.jpg\" alt=\"A solar eclipse is seen from the University of Rochester's River Campus \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-08_total_eclipse_1807.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-08_total_eclipse_1807-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-08_total_eclipse_1807-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-08_total_eclipse_1807-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-08_total_eclipse_1807-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-08_total_eclipse_1807-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-08_total_eclipse_1807-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-08_total_eclipse_1807-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-08_total_eclipse_1807-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Sky\u2019s the limit<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In April, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/eclipse\/\">Rochester was in the path of totality<\/a><\/strong> for an all-too-rare total solar eclipse. Despite the overcast sky, the day yielded memorable images, with a University community ready to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>In Fenster\u2019s words, he couldn\u2019t have gotten this photo without a lot of help. \u201cThere was so much build-up to the eclipse\u2014so many expectations. I had five cameras working that day. And then the clouds rolled in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What might be mistaken as a drone shot was actually taken from the roof of the University\u2019s Brooks Crossing Apartments. \u201cI kept thinking \u2018I\u2019m not going to get a good photo today.\u2019 At the last minute, I called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/public-safety\/\"><strong>Department of Public Safety<\/strong><\/a> and asked to get up to the roof at Brooks Crossing. There, <b>I set up a tripod and programmed the camera\u2019s intervalometer (a feature used for remote shutter release) to make a series of images every few seconds for the duration of the eclipse<\/b> while I was back on campus capturing the scene on the quad.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/eastman-roc-city-concerts-underserved-rochesterians-609262\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-26_ESM_jail_concert_1328.jpg\" alt=\"An Eastman School of Music ensemble performs for inmates in the rehabilitation unit at the Monroe County Jail.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-26_ESM_jail_concert_1328.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-26_ESM_jail_concert_1328-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-26_ESM_jail_concert_1328-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-26_ESM_jail_concert_1328-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-26_ESM_jail_concert_1328-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-26_ESM_jail_concert_1328-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-26_ESM_jail_concert_1328-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-26_ESM_jail_concert_1328-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-04-26_ESM_jail_concert_1328-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>In concert<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>An <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\">Eastman School of Music<\/a><\/strong> ensemble <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/eastman-roc-city-concerts-underserved-rochesterians-609262\/\">performs for inmates in the rehabilitation unit at the Monroe County Jail<\/a><\/strong>. This is believed to be the first time live music has been performed within the jail walls\u2014and it\u2019s also the first time the Eastman School has brought musicians there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<b>This was one of the most moving experiences I\u2019ve had working on an assignment for this institution<\/b>,\u201d says Fenster. \u201cThe juxtaposition between the musicians, the inmates, and the guards was striking for me, and there was something incongruous about hearing such beautiful music in such an unlikely place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor photographers, access is everything, and sometimes you need to ask for a little more than what event organizers are initially willing to provide. Before the concert, I asked the head guard if I could climb a staircase to get this elevated angle, which makes the image possible from a compositional standpoint and shows the important context.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-13_senior_picnic_0223.jpg\" alt=\"Student blowing massive amounts of bubbles through a bubble gun\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-13_senior_picnic_0223.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-13_senior_picnic_0223-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-13_senior_picnic_0223-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-13_senior_picnic_0223-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-13_senior_picnic_0223-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-13_senior_picnic_0223-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-13_senior_picnic_0223-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-13_senior_picnic_0223-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-13_senior_picnic_0223-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Lighter than air<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>As part of Senior Week, members of the Class of 2024 enjoy a picnic on Wilson Quad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<b>Any time you have backlit bubbles, it\u2019s worth going after<\/b>,\u201d says Fenster. \u201cIt\u2019s got a nice springtime feel to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-17_commencement_7177.jpg\" alt=\"Xavier Green gets a hug from his father Bobby during the processional of the University's Commencement ceremony\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-17_commencement_7177.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-17_commencement_7177-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-17_commencement_7177-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-17_commencement_7177-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-17_commencement_7177-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-17_commencement_7177-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-17_commencement_7177-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-17_commencement_7177-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-05-17_commencement_7177-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Point of pride<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Xavier Green gets a hug from his father, Bobby, during Rochester\u2019s 174th Commencement ceremony in May. The event marks the conferral of academic degrees for all undergraduate and graduate students.<\/p>\n<p>For Fenster, \u201cThis is the essence of Commencement. <b>As photographers, we\u2019re always looking for emotion. <\/b>Hundreds of these moments happen throughout the day, but they\u2019re so brief you\u2019re not always able to catch them. This was during the processional before anything was happening on the stage. It\u2019s another example of finding the fringes of the action. I also had enough time to run and get their names.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-21_kikitos_0173.jpg\" alt=\"small red and black bird captured midflight \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-21_kikitos_0173.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-21_kikitos_0173-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-21_kikitos_0173-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-21_kikitos_0173-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-21_kikitos_0173-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-21_kikitos_0173-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-21_kikitos_0173-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-21_kikitos_0173-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-21_kikitos_0173-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Taking flight<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i>Myzomela cardinalis<\/i>, known locally as kikito, is pictured in flight near Kirakira, the provincial capital of the Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Islands. Rochester Professor and Chair of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/\">Department of Biology<\/a><\/strong> J. Albert Uy explores the ecology and genomics of hybridization in this species, using a combination of genetic and genomic approaches with field observations and experiments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much time have you got?\u201d laughed Fenster, when asked how he made this photo, taken during a research trip to the Solomon Islands in June. \u201cI asked myself, \u2018What\u2019s the photo here? It\u2019s got to be a bird in flight.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Things you should know: It took Fenster two days to travel from Rochester to the Solomon Islands, five flights each way, and several vaccinations. He photographed the birds\u2014which are very small, about the size of hummingbirds\u2014for only about two out of seven days of active photography. His flight home was delayed, allowing him a few extra hours on the day of his departure to go out one final time with Uy, who set up a decoy and a speaker playing myzomela calls, to make this shot, which landed on the cover of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/pr\/Review\/pdfs\/rr_fall2024.pdf\">fall 2024 issue of <em>Rochester Review<\/em><\/a>, distributed to approximately 150,000 alumni, friends, and supporters of the institution globally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it works to tell a story. <b>I made over ten thousand photos during this trip. If I had to pick one, this is probably it.<\/b> It was an incredible opportunity, an incredible trip. It\u2019s great that the Office of Marketing and Communications sees the value in making these kinds of images, in documenting the research being done by Rochester researchers around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/jR0x3nSkHdA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-24_jazz_festival_0860.jpg\" alt=\"Large metallic letters spelling JAZZ with a young girl sitting between the J and the A\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-24_jazz_festival_0860.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-24_jazz_festival_0860-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-24_jazz_festival_0860-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-24_jazz_festival_0860-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-24_jazz_festival_0860-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-24_jazz_festival_0860-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-24_jazz_festival_0860-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-24_jazz_festival_0860-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-24_jazz_festival_0860-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Letter best<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, of which the University is a sponsor, celebrated its 21st season in June. The event featured numerous musicians from the Eastman School of Music community\u2014current students, faculty, staff, and alumni\u2014as well as students and faculty from the Eastman Community Music School, and concert spaces at the Eastman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was late in the day and I was waiting for something to happen,\u201d shares Fenster, who had made numerous photos already of performers onstage. \u201c<b>The light became more horizontal, and the colors were getting more and more saturated.<\/b> And then I noticed this little girl playing among the giant letters just off Gibbs Street, near Eastman. It was along the edges of the event, among crowds of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/lung-to-brain-microchips-viral-neuroinflammation-622662\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-26_Miller_lab_0343.jpg\" alt=\"A photonic wafer with sensor chips \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-26_Miller_lab_0343.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-26_Miller_lab_0343-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-26_Miller_lab_0343-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-26_Miller_lab_0343-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-26_Miller_lab_0343-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-26_Miller_lab_0343-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-26_Miller_lab_0343-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-26_Miller_lab_0343-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-06-26_Miller_lab_0343-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h3><b>All that and a bag of (sensor) chips<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Led by Benjamin Miller, a Dean\u2019s Professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/dermatology.aspx\"><strong>Dermatology<\/strong><\/a> with joint appointments in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hajim.rochester.edu\/bme\/\">biomedical engineering<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/biochemistry-biophysics.aspx\">biochemistry and biophysics<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hajim.rochester.edu\/optics\/\">optics<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hajim.rochester.edu\/matsci\/\">materials science<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/lung-to-brain-microchips-viral-neuroinflammation-622662\/\">Rochester researchers are developing microchips with brain and lung tissue to study viral neuroinflammation<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The takeaway here, according to Fenster, is, \u201c<b>Experiment if you have time<\/b>.\u201d He says, \u201cI was working on finding a groove using different camera angles and different light angles. This is the only photo in the gallery that I lit myself. The wafers are semi-opaque and have a weird iridescence that only occurs when lit from a particular angle.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-13_Rucci_Meta_project_0378.jpg\" alt=\"First-year graduate student Alina Neveroska uses blue light and a special dye to check for corneal abnormalities in the eyes of post-doctoral student and test subject Krish Prahalad\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-13_Rucci_Meta_project_0378.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-13_Rucci_Meta_project_0378-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-13_Rucci_Meta_project_0378-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-13_Rucci_Meta_project_0378-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-13_Rucci_Meta_project_0378-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-13_Rucci_Meta_project_0378-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-13_Rucci_Meta_project_0378-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-13_Rucci_Meta_project_0378-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-13_Rucci_Meta_project_0378-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Blue-light special\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>First-year graduate student Alina Neveroska uses blue light and a special dye to check for corneal abnormalities in the eyes of post-doctoral student and test subject Krish Prahalad after an experiment session in the lab of Michele Rucci, a professor of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/bcs\/\">brain and cognitive sciences<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe research itself involves contact lenses in someone\u2019s eye, which are attached to a tiny copper cable,\u201d says Fenster. \u201cThis was actually at the end of the shoot, and this photo has nothing to do with the experiment they were conducting. They\u2019re checking to make sure those crazy contact lenses didn\u2019t scuff up his cornea. So, <b>I\u2019m wrapping up, putting gear away, and I saw that. It\u2019s not why I was there, but to me, it was cooler than anything else<\/b> I photographed while I was in the lab.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-16_White_Coat_1060.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a white medical coat gets a kiss on the cheek from his wife, while holding his infant daughter\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-16_White_Coat_1060.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-16_White_Coat_1060-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-16_White_Coat_1060-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-16_White_Coat_1060-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-16_White_Coat_1060-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-16_White_Coat_1060-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-16_White_Coat_1060-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-16_White_Coat_1060-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-16_White_Coat_1060-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>A fresh coat<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The School of Medicine and Dentistry\u2019s Class of 2028 received their white coats at the annual Dr. Robert L. &amp; Lillian H. Brent White Coat Ceremony in August. Above, Austin Hansen gets a kiss from his wife, Eliza, as he holds their 14-month-old daughter Maggie after the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is another nice family moment that took place away from the action, on the fringes of the event,\u201d says Fenster. \u201cThere\u2019s a sense of release after this ceremony when the students can finally be with their families to celebrate. <b>This photo is sort of a bookend with the one from Match Day.<\/b> You don\u2019t see a lot of families regularly at institutions like this. And if you can weave that into whatever story you\u2019re illustrating, that\u2019s a nice thing to do. It\u2019s a reminder that behind all these people there are often families supporting them.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-19_ESM_move-in_0302.jpg\" alt=\"A mother atop a bunk bed in a dorm room, assisting her daughter with moving in\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-19_ESM_move-in_0302.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-19_ESM_move-in_0302-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-19_ESM_move-in_0302-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-19_ESM_move-in_0302-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-19_ESM_move-in_0302-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-19_ESM_move-in_0302-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-19_ESM_move-in_0302-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-19_ESM_move-in_0302-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-19_ESM_move-in_0302-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Top-down supervision<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Move-in day (or week) is a rite of passage for most Rochester students. With help from her mom, Sharon Xu (top bunk), Koko Connor, a piano major from San Francisco, gets settled into her room in the Eastman School of Music\u2019s Student Living Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a transitional time for students and parents, and <b>this was a situation I hadn\u2019t seen before<\/b>\u2014with the mom directing from the top of the bunk beds,\u201d notes Fenster. \u201cIt\u2019s bittersweet. They\u2019re setting up the room, but they\u2019re also delaying the inevitable separation, the goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-21_Candlelight_Ceremony_0509.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of Rush Rhees Library, showing students by candlelight and surrounded by confetti\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-21_Candlelight_Ceremony_0509.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-21_Candlelight_Ceremony_0509-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-21_Candlelight_Ceremony_0509-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-21_Candlelight_Ceremony_0509-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-21_Candlelight_Ceremony_0509-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-21_Candlelight_Ceremony_0509-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-21_Candlelight_Ceremony_0509-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-21_Candlelight_Ceremony_0509-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-08-21_Candlelight_Ceremony_0509-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>A night to remember\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In August, students in the Class of 2028 attended the annual Candlelight Ceremony on the Eastman Quadrangle on the University\u2019s River Campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Candlelight Ceremony used to be a much more subdued event; this year it was so different. Credit to John Blackshear, vice president for student life, who got everyone fired up by DJing this event. There was an energy throughout the crowd,\u201d says Fenster. \u201cI\u2019d forgotten about the confetti cannons but fortunately was able to capture that moment, which really conveys the vibe of the evening. <b>There\u2019s a unity here, a class spirit<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-21_RRL_evening_0645.jpg\" alt=\"Evening sunlight shines through a doorway from Messinger Periodical Room into the Great Hall of Rush Rhees Library. Student is illuminated by the sunlight\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-21_RRL_evening_0645.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-21_RRL_evening_0645-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-21_RRL_evening_0645-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-21_RRL_evening_0645-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-21_RRL_evening_0645-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-21_RRL_evening_0645-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-21_RRL_evening_0645-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-21_RRL_evening_0645-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-21_RRL_evening_0645-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>The path to knowledge<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Fall in Rochester offers up a wealth of beauty\u2014even indoors. Above, the evening sunlight shines through a doorway from Messinger Periodical Room into the Great Hall of Rush Rhees Library.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround mid- to late-October, I start looking around campus for photo opportunities. The leaves are changing, the sun is getting lower. I don\u2019t know what brought me into Rush Rhees Library that day,\u201d says Fenster, \u201cbut the light was changing quickly. The Great Hall is not that dark. <b>This was all about exposing the subject\u2014that beam of light\u2014to create a dynamic photo.<\/b> I like how the light coming through the periodical room door offers up a destination for the subject.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-22_FLX_Fall_Mees_0694.jpg\" alt=\"Mees Observatory surrounded by acres of fall foliage, photographed from above by drone\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-22_FLX_Fall_Mees_0694.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-22_FLX_Fall_Mees_0694-630x472.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-22_FLX_Fall_Mees_0694-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-22_FLX_Fall_Mees_0694-1536x1150.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-10-22_FLX_Fall_Mees_0694-1920x1438.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Four-hundred-plus foot view<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Located 40 miles south of Rochester in the Bristol Hills, the University&#8217;s C.E. Kenneth Mees Observatory is devoted to research, teaching, and public instruction. The observatory houses a 61cm Boller and Chivens Cassegrain reflector, dedicated on May 8, 1965.<\/p>\n<p>In the Finger Lakes for another shoot that day, Fenster found himself driving around the area, making pictures. \u201cI knew we had the observatory because years ago I made photos from there at night. I worked with one of the caretakers at the time. This trip, I launched the drone to make this photo. Shortly after I sent it up, a guy rolled up in his truck and was like, \u2018What are you doing, man? Do you have permission to be here?\u2019 So I introduced myself, and it turns out it was the same caretaker (shoutout to Kurt Holmes from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facilities.rochester.edu\">Facilities<\/a><\/strong>!) from when I was there last, almost 15 years ago. So he went from being not very pleased to see me to being very helpful and kind. <b>This photo is a great way to show how close the University is to one of the most beautiful areas in the world. <\/b>And it\u2019s made entirely possible by the drone, which is a great tool to have in our arsenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-11-05_SBA_grave_stickers_0086crop.jpg\" alt=\"Woman assists man in wheelchair in putting I Voted sticked on the headstone of Susan B. Anthony\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-11-05_SBA_grave_stickers_0086crop.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-11-05_SBA_grave_stickers_0086crop-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-11-05_SBA_grave_stickers_0086crop-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-11-05_SBA_grave_stickers_0086crop-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-11-05_SBA_grave_stickers_0086crop-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-11-05_SBA_grave_stickers_0086crop-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-11-05_SBA_grave_stickers_0086crop-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-11-05_SBA_grave_stickers_0086crop-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-11-05_SBA_grave_stickers_0086crop-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Democracy in action\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Gar and Cindy Lowenguth place \u201cI Voted\u201d stickers on the grave of women\u2019s suffrage leader Susan B. 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