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Rochester Review
From the Magazine
Dive into Rochester Review, the magazine of the University of Rochester. Explore compelling stories that showcase the spirit of our community. Be informed, stay connected, and celebrate what makes °µĶų³Ō¹Ļ ever better.
Stories from the spring 2026 issue
The making of a dream engineer
Michelle Carr ā10, ā22 (Flw) had her first lucid dream as an undergraduate. Sheās been unraveling the science of the sleeping mind ever since.
Americaās greatest hits: The soundtrack of a nation at 250
°µĶų³Ō¹Ļ experts guide you through 250 years of American music, from Indigenous song and spirituals to jazz, rock, hip-hop, and Bad Bunnyās Super Bowl LX performance.
The art of whatās next
At the Memorial Art Gallery, Timothy Peterson is building a collection that reflects todayās complexity while helping shape the canon that endures.
Our man in ChinaĀ
For seven years, Dan Wang ā15 observed, documented, and analyzed a nation changing at breakneck speed. Now heās got world leaders hanging on his every word.
They got the funk
Five decades after forming the funk band Broad Street Stroke at °µĶų³Ō¹Ļ, the members still gather every weekend on Zoom.
The secret to happiness? Feeling loved
Two psychologistsāone a happiness researcher and the other a relationship expertāsay love isnāt found. Itās created, one mindset at a time.
Office hours with Pablo Sierra Silva
The °µĶų³Ō¹Ļ professor, who teaches World History Through Soccer, on the power of primary sources and sport as a window onto society.
When the going gets tough: What you need to know about resilience
A new trandisciplinary research center brings together faculty dedicated to studying resilience science.
Ask the archivist: Whatās the story behind this stamped leather artifact?Ā
Melissa Mead delves into the history of °µĶų³Ō¹Ļ collectible cigarette cards.
Faculty works: Spring 2026
Six new books and recordings from °µĶų³Ō¹Ļ faculty span topics from Soviet cinema to Indigenous justice.
Holding court: 125 years of Yellowjacket menās basketball
Across more than 2,500 games and 1,400 wins, generations of student-athletes have built one of the Universityās most successful programs.
Get to know Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro
The °µĶų³Ō¹Ļ alumnus reflects on his formative experiences and shares lessons learned from a career dedicated to public service.
The script doctor is in
Sylvia Owusu-Ansah ā00 shapes medical storytelling on HBO Maxās The Pitt.
Wordplay | Solution: You snooze, you win
Access the answer grid for the crossword puzzle from the spring 2026 print edition of Rochester Review magazine.
Fall 2025
175 ways °µĶų³Ō¹Ļ makes the world ever better
What good is the research university? At the University of Rochester, the answers get ever better.
Inside °µĶų³Ō¹Ļās pioneering living donor liver transplant program
What happens when you combine a determined doctor, a groundbreaking procedure, and an institution built to support the research behind complex medicine.
How °µĶų³Ō¹Ļ is redefining collaboration through transdisciplinary research
A quartet of groundbreaking new centers receives $8.5 million in institutional funding.
The class that changed me: Curtis Stewart ā08, ā08E
The Grammy nominee recalls the violin lessons at Eastman that at once terrified and inspired him.
Office hours with Gretchen Helmke
The 2025 Guggenheim Fellow on turning a passion for reading and writing into a career solving our most vexing political puzzles.
Chemical reactions: What you need to know about PFAS
°µĶų³Ō¹Ļ researchers shed light on the synthetic compounds lurking in everyday life.
Ask the archivist: What’s one question that’s stumped you?
Melissa Mead delves into the puzzling history of °µĶų³Ō¹Ļās alma mater, āThe Genesee.ā
Faculty works: New books and recordings by °µĶų³Ō¹Ļ professors
A selection of recently released works by our esteemed educators.
Grand slam: Joe Reina wins 500th game as °µĶų³Ō¹Ļās varsity baseball coach
The winningest coach in program history reflects on his success on and off the field.
Good sport: Fencing club president Jackie Hsiao ā27
The third-year anthropology major fences her way to the Junior Olympics.
This pediatricianās wish: For RSV to be a thing of the past. Weāre almost there.
An essay by Brenda Tesini, an associate professor of pediatrics who treats patients at °µĶų³Ō¹Ļās Golisano Childrenās Hospital.
Wordplay | Solution: Life of a demisemiseptcentennial
View the answer grid for the crossword puzzle that appears in the fall 2025 print edition of Rochester Review magazine.
Spring 2025
The magnificent Mickey7
Alumnus Edward Ashtonās sci-fi novel Mickey7 gets a Hollywood glow up with Bong Joon-hoās film Mickey 17.
Take a vow: On keeping your word in the modern world
Bestselling author Cheryl Mendelson ā73 (PhD) discusses marital vows, including their history and role, and why ditching the classic ones may be a bad idea.
Turning timeās pages
A collaborative acquisition of the medieval Ghent-Bruges Book of Hours offers unique opportunities for research, teaching, and community outreach.
Rochesterās cancer center earns national designation
āItās an extraordinary moment in the history of the cancer center,ā says Wilmot Cancer Institute director Jonathan Friedberg.
Breathing life-saving services into rural communities
Professor BenjamĆn CastaƱeda ā09 (PhD) leads a global effort to meet critical needs for medical technology.
Ask the archivist: Was the Rochester Plan greater than the sum of its parts?
A question for the University of Rochesterās archivist about the history of the Rochester Plan.
50 years of helping grow womenās athletics
Jane Possee has seen the rise of womenās sports at Rochester while having a significant hand in shaping them.
Material world
°µĶų³Ō¹Ļ graduate Kasia Maroney ā92 talks about her career as an art conservator restoring priceless objects to their full glory.
Yaofang (Vicki) Liang ā23W (PhD): Pride and JoyMart
Gratitude led a Warner School graduate to open an Asian grocery store and cafe at Rochesterās College Town.
Coursework: Learning Russian in the heart of Rochester
Undergraduates learn language, culture, politics, and customs from Russian-speaking Jewish ƩmigrƩs.
Historical Yellowjacket game footage is a fountain of youth
A storage room contains film canisters and VHS tapes of more than 1,000 athletic contestsāthe oldest dating to a 1927 football game.
Defining involution through sculpture
A Rochester graduate student and acclaimed sculptor examines a topic that is increasingly relevant to Chinese society.
Loretta Ford, former School of Nursing dean who transformed the profession, dies at 104
Ford cofounded the nurse practitioner model and developed a holistic approach to nursing education, research and clinical practice.
Fall 2024
Evolutionās moment of truth on the Solomon Islands
Every year biologist Al Uy travels by plane, boat, and foot to remote corners of the South Pacific to answer one of evolutionās biggest mysteries: How do species originate?
Show us your town: Toronto
Toronto native Jeffrey Kishner ā01S (MBA) shares plenty of picks for the perfect long weekend.
Eastman scores
Luther Henderson III ā71E, ā73E (MM) chooses Eastmanās Ensemble Library as home for his fatherās Duke Ellington arrangements.
Ask the archivist: When did the University power up its first computers?
A question for the University of Rochesterās archivist about the beginnings of administrative computing on campus.
A āboomā in womenās sports
Karen Durkin ā87 reflects on how womenās sports became big business.Ā
A catalyst for change
The new Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute will drive transformations in research, training, care, and advocacy.Ā
Summer 2024
Doctors, patients, algorithms, and avatars
Clinicians, computer scientists, and ethicists are working across the University to incorporate reliable and ethical AI into medical diagnosis and treatment.
James Druckman: When politics gets personal
As the 2024 election season heats up, Jamie Druckman, a renowned expert on political polarization, is as busy as heās ever been.
Bit by megabit: 50 years of computer science at °µĶų³Ō¹Ļ
The Department of Computer Science at Rochester marks 50 years of revolutionary progress.
A sort of homecoming
An alumnus and his family chose the Medical Center for gene therapy after their sonās diagnosis with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Ask the archivist: Can we come up and see the book sometime?
A question for Melissa Mead, the John M. and Barbara Keil University Archivist and Rochester Collections Librarian.
Reengineering the concert experience
Stu Elby ā82 helps make Sphere a revolutionary entertainment venue.
Alumni in the news
A Rochester Review roundup of select °µĶų³Ō¹Ļ alumni who have made headlines for their accomplishments.
Basic haircare is not always cut and dried
Barbers and stylists connect with us as humans, care for communities, and make us feel whole, says ClipDart founder Kyle Parker ā18.