{"id":720512,"date":"2026-10-04T21:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=720512"},"modified":"2026-10-04T21:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:54:38","slug":"meliora-weekend-2026-recap-photo-essay-720512","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/meliora-weekend-2026-recap-photo-essay-720512\/","title":{"rendered":"The wonder of being together: Meliora Weekend 2026 in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thousands of Yellowjackets came home to URochester for four days of big ideas, big performances, and even bigger reunions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":720542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[42,14,41012],"class_list":["post-720512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-alumni","tag-events","tag-videos"],"acf":{"external":"","hide_featured_image":false,"related":"show_related","style":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"pt-0","title":"","content":"[su_row][su_column size=\"2\/3\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n

Thousands of Yellowjackets came home to URochester for four days of big ideas, big performances, and even bigger reunions.<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nSome things are simply better in person.\r\n\r\nFrom October 1 to 4, more than 8,000 (and counting!) alumni, students, families, faculty, staff, and friends gathered across the University of Rochester<\/a>\u2019s campuses for Meliora Weekend 2026\u2014a four-day celebration of the people, places, ideas, and traditions that make URochester a singular place to be.\r\n\r\nThere was plenty to wonder about. PBS NewsHour journalist Amna Nawaz made a case for resisting cynicism and holding on to our humanity\u2014even when the world gives us reasons not to. Andrew Ross Sorkin looked to the lessons of 1929 to ask when economic optimism becomes dangerous. Actor, author, humorist, and woodworker Nick Offerman brought his signature wit to campus. And Grammy Award\u2013winning Alarm Will Sound came home to Eastman, where the ensemble got its start 25 years ago.\r\n\r\nBut the real headliners? The thousands of Yellowjackets who came to reconnect\u2014with classmates and professors, with campus traditions, with favorite haunts, and, of course, with each other.\r\n\r\nNearly 300 events filled the weekend with conversations and concerts, reunions and research, food and festivities, athletics and a whole lot of URochester spirit.\r\n\r\nAnd because some things are better seen than summarized, we\u2019ll stop talking now. Take a look back at Meliora Weekend 2026.\r\n\r\n[\/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1\/3\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n
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