{"id":669182,"date":"2025-09-26T09:48:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=669182"},"modified":"2025-10-01T11:30:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:30:40","slug":"photo-essay-recap-meliora-weekend-2025-669182","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/photo-essay-recap-meliora-weekend-2025-669182\/","title":{"rendered":"An eye on the past, and the future, at Meliora Weekend 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Rochester\u2019s signature fall event welcomed thousands of community members for a weekend of inspiration and celebration.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>From September 18 to 21, Meliora Weekend 2025 played host to more than 9,000 attendees across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/\"><b>University of Rochester<\/b><\/a>\u2019s campuses. A combination of homecoming, reunion, and parents and family weekend, this Rochester tradition gave students and families, alumni, community members, faculty and staff, and distinguished guests countless ways to celebrate, while also marking the University\u2019s 175th anniversary\u2014plus centennial milestones for the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Strong Memorial Hospital, and the School of Nursing. It was also an opportunity to turn an eye toward the future, as Rochester officially launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/forever-better-at-meliora-weekend-2024-621122\/\"><strong><em>For Ever Better: The Campaign for the University of<\/em><\/strong><em><strong> Rochester<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, which aims to raise $1.75 billion for Rochester\u2019s future and engage 250,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Continue the celebration with a look back at the weekend\u2019s festivities!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_669212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-669212\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-669212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-19_MW_candid_1962.jpg\" alt=\"Meliora Village is seen via aerial drone during Meliora Weekend. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-19_MW_candid_1962.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-19_MW_candid_1962-630x473.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-19_MW_candid_1962-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-19_MW_candid_1962-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-19_MW_candid_1962-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-669212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>QUAD GOALS: <\/strong>Meliora Village (better known as the Wilson Quadrangle) was the place to be, and where much of the weekend\u2019s celebrating happened.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URochester\u2019s signature fall event welcomed thousands of community members for a weekend of inspiration and celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1132,"featured_media":669742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[42,14,42222],"class_list":["post-669182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-alumni","tag-events","tag-for-ever-better-campaign"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>An eye on the past, and the future, at Meliora Weekend 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The University of Rochester\u2019s signature fall event welcomed thousands of community members for a weekend of inspiration and celebration.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/photo-essay-recap-meliora-weekend-2025-669182\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An eye on the past, and the future, at Meliora Weekend 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The University of Rochester\u2019s signature fall event welcomed thousands of community members for a weekend of inspiration and celebration.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/photo-essay-recap-meliora-weekend-2025-669182\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-26T13:48:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-01T15:30:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-19_Meliora_Weekend_Giveaway_Celebration_Jugglers-GK-0111-1-1200x630.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Johanna Lester\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Johanna Lester\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/photo-essay-recap-meliora-weekend-2025-669182\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/photo-essay-recap-meliora-weekend-2025-669182\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Johanna Lester\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11f5bdb13aa38901954615db929ba097\"},\"headline\":\"An eye on the past, and the future, at Meliora Weekend 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-26T13:48:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-01T15:30:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/photo-essay-recap-meliora-weekend-2025-669182\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/photo-essay-recap-meliora-weekend-2025-669182\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/2025-09-19_Meliora_Weekend_Giveaway_Celebration_Jugglers-GK-0111-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"alumni\",\"events\",\"For Ever Better campaign\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Campus &amp; 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