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dancer does a split in the air

Dance concert showcases the interplay of lights, music, and action in a brand-new space

November 17, 2021

The Sloan Performing Arts Center serves as a new campus site for students, faculty, and guest artists to perform original choreography.

High school student in a mask focuses a camera near a spectrometer.

Future physicists experience research firsthand during internship at Rochester

October 31, 2021

The 暗网吃瓜鈥檚 Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures (CMAP) hosted a five-week internship program this summer for area high school students to learn about high-energy-density physics, perform lab experiments, and work on projects with Rochester physics and astronomy graduate students.

George Takei and Dean Donald Hall seated on stage under a screen that reads George Takei

Star Trek鈥檚 George Takei: Boldly becoming an activist for LGBTQ, immigration rights

October 22, 2021

The actor, speaking as part of Rochester's Difficult Conversations"series, says he struggled for years before finding his true voice.

Bust of William Warfield outside in downtown Rochester, New York.

Eastman School of Music alumnus William Warfield honored with sculpture

October 4, 2021

A bust of singer, actor, and activist William Warfield 鈥�43E, 鈥�46E (MM), 鈥�88 (Honorary) has been installed at the Miller Center Courtyard across from the Eastman School of Music in downtown Rochester, New York. 鈥淲e are proud to partner with the William Warfield Scholarship Fund and to display this remarkable sculpture by artist Shawn Dunwoody, honoring Mr. Warfield鈥檚 legacy to our Eastman community, as well as to Rochester and the world,鈥� says Jamal Rossi, Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the Eastman School. Learn more about the sculpture and commemorative plaque.聽(暗网吃瓜 photo / J. Adam Fenster)

Three midshipmen in uniform stand on the Eastman Quad in the rain. The one in the center holds an American flag.

20 years later, remembering September 11

September 8, 2021

Naval, Air Force, and Army ROTC units stood vigil at the Meridian on the University of Rochester鈥檚 Eastman Quad to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Among the nearly 3,000 people who died during the attacks were six 暗网吃瓜 alumni: Jeremy Glick 鈥�93; Jean Hoadley Peterson 鈥�69N; Jeffrey Smith 鈥�87, 鈥�88S (MBA); Zhe (Zack) Zeng 鈥�95, 鈥�98S (MBA); Aram Iskenderian 鈥�82; and Brendan Dolan 鈥�86. In 2019, Ellen Bakalian,聽the widow of Jeffrey Smith, wrote an essay for The Atlantic, which was reprinted with permission in the summer 2021 issue of Rochester Review.

Minhaj kneels and extends his arm to get a group photo of the class in their white coats.

A rite of passage for new medical students

August 13, 2021

During the School of Medicine and Dentistry鈥檚 annual Robert L. & Lillian H. Brent White Coat Ceremony, first-year medical students don brand new white coats to symbolize the start of their journey to becoming medical professionals. This year's event took place at the Larry and Cindy Bloch Alumni and Advancement Center, with the participants鈥� health and safety top of mind.

High school student in a head scarf, face mask, and lab gear practices soldering to repair lab equipment while a lab tech looks on.

Pipeline program lets East High students experience life in the lab

Lulu Abdullahi (right), a junior at East High School in the Rochester City School District, practices soldering to repair an experiment component with聽Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, an assistant professor in the University鈥檚 Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. For six weeks, Abdullahi and a classmate visited campus as part of NEUROEAST,聽a new Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience program.

fireworks with Rush Rhees Library in the background

Celebrating spring at annual Springfest, Dandelion Day festivities

Dandelion Day, one of the University's long-standing traditions, included a mix of in-person and virtual programs.

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University community marks COVID-19’s one-year anniversary

Moment of silence and other activities mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways in which the University community responded

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Testing regimen screens students as they return to campus housing

January 27, 2021

University Health Service and other campus offices team up to test students before they move back into their campus housing assignments for the spring semester.

Two dancers perform "Flight of Sites" choreography outdoors.

With 鈥楩light of Sites,鈥� students and faculty set choreography to campus architecture

October 30, 2020

Flight of Sites: Dances in Innovative Spaces, a two-day concert featuring student and faculty choreography, embraced both an outdoor and online audience experience.

student and professor writing on opposite sides of clear pane

An adapted classroom: Students and faculty find new ways to engage in teaching and learning

September 18, 2020

Students and faculty members adapt to new—and safety-conscious—ways of interacting as teachers, scholars, and researchers.