- addresses
Do not abbreviate street addresses in running text. Exceptions are the abbreviations NW, NE, SE, and SW used in some street addresses.
The construction on Wilson Boulevard will continue until March.
In running text, use the traditional abbreviations for states when they appear in conjunction with a city, and spell out when they stand alone.
He lives in Pennsylvania, but plans to move to Tacoma, Wash.
The company is based in New Jersey.
E-mail and Web site addresses should be run into text with no special spacing or font treatment. Addresses can be broken at the end of a line, but do not add a hyphen.
Normal punctuation should be used after the address if needed.
You can e-mail the Alumni Association at info@alumni.rochester.edu.
In Web addresses that start with http://www., eliminate the http://. However, in addresses that start with http:// but are not followed by www, it is necessary to retain the http://.
The University's Web page can be found at www.rochester.edu.
At http://listener.uis.rochester.edu/alumni/, you will find many links to the University.
- area code
The University area code is (585).
In general publications, when using University phone numbers in running text, use the complete phone number including area code (585). For internal publication, like Currents, the use of University extensions (x5-5277) is acceptable.
- buildings
Capitalize building names; can omit "Hall," "Building," etc. in informal writing and on second reference.
Wallis Hall
Rush Rhees Library
Drama House
He walks from Schlegel to Hoyt each morning.
Administrative Annex |
Robert B. Goergen Athletic Center Alexandra Palestra
Edmund A. Hajim Alumni Gymnasium Field House
Pool and courts Squash and Racquetball Center |
Mt. Hope Professional Building |
Ambulatory Care Facility |
Goler House |
New York State Center for Advanced Technology |
Susan B. Anthony Halls Danforth Dining Center
Gannett Hall Gates Hall Hollister
Hall Morgan Hall |
Graduate Maisonettes |
River Road Buildings River Road Laboratory River
Road Residence |
Bausch & Lomb Hall |
Harkness Hall |
Rush Rhees Library |
Burton Hall |
Hill Court Chambers House Fairchild
House Gale House Kendrick House
Munro House Slater House |
Sage Art Center |
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center |
Hoeing Hall |
Schlegel Hall |
Center for Optoelectronics and Imaging |
Hopeman Engineering Building |
Carol G. Simon Hall |
Central Utilities Plant |
Hoyt Hall |
Spurrier Hall |
Computer Studies Building |
Hutchison Hall Hubbell Auditorium Lander
Auditorium |
Strong Auditorium |
Computing Center |
Hylan Building |
Strong Memorial Hospital |
Crosby Hall |
Interfaith Chapel |
Supplies & Accounts Building |
de Kiewiet Tower |
Arthur Kornberg Medical Research Building |
Taylor Hall |
Dewey Hall |
Laboratory for Laser Energetics |
Tiernan Hall |
Frederick Douglass Building Bookstore Dining
Center The Meliora |
Lattimore Hall |
Todd Union |
Drama House |
Lovejoy Hall |
Towne House |
Eastman Dental Center |
Mail Services Building |
University Park |
Facilities and Services Building |
Medical Center Annex |
Valentine Tower |
Fairbank Alumni House |
School of Medicine and Dentistry |
Wallis Hall |
Fauver Stadium |
Medieval House |
Whipple Park Apartments |
Founders Court Anderson Tower Wilder
Tower |
Meliora Hall |
Wilmot Building |
Gavett Hall |
Morey Hall Eastman Kodak Colonnade |
Wilson Commons |
Gilbert Hall |
Mt. Hope Campus 575 Mt. Hope Ave. 590
Mt. Hope Ave. 630 Mt. Hope Ave. (Peter Barry House)
668 Mt. Hope Ave. (Ellwanger & Barry Bldg.) 685
Mt. Hope Ave. (Fairbank Alumni House) 692 Mt. Hope Ave.
(Patrick Barry House) |
Helen Wood Hall |
- campuses
Capitalize campus when used in conjunction with a specific campus name; lowercase otherwise.
River Campus
Eastman Campus
South Campus
Mt. Hope Campus
Medical Center
He rides his bike to campus.
- e-mail
E-mail addresses should be run into text with no special spacing or font treatment. Addresses can be broken at the end of a line, but do not add a hyphen.
Normal punctuation should be used after the address if needed.
You can e-mail the Alumni Association at info@alumni.rochester.edu.
- geographic terms
Capitalize places, real or imaginary, with special names.
Scottish Highlands; Finger Lakes; Gotham City
- New York
In running text, spell out the name of the state when it appears alone; abbreviate as N.Y. when it appears in conjunction with a city.
He just moved to New York.
He just moved to Geneseo, N.Y.
In complete postal addresses, abbreviate as NY.
When there is a confusion as to whether the state or the city is meant, write New York State or New York City. Do not overuse this construction; the context of the sentence should make it clear which is meant.
See states.
- phone numbers
In general publications, when using University phone numbers in running
text, use the complete phone number including area code (585). For internal
publications, like Currents, the use of University extensions (x5-5277)
is acceptable.
- place names
See geographic terms.
- postal addresses
See addresses and ZIP codes.
- states
In general University style,
use the traditional abbreviations for states when they appear in conjunction with a
city, and spell out when they stand alone.
He lives in Pennsylvania, but plans to move to Tacoma, Wash.
Traditional state abbreviations |
STATE NAME | ABBREVIATION |
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming |
Ala. none Ariz. Ark. Calif. Colo. Conn. Del. D.C. Fla. Ga. none none Ill. Ind. none Kan. Ky. La. none Md. Mass. Mich. Minn. Miss. Mo. Mont. Neb. Nev. N.H. N.J. N.M. N.Y. N.C. N.D. none Okla. Ore. Pa. R.I. S.C. S.D. Tenn. none none Vt. Va. Wash. W.Va. Wis. Wyo. |
- URL
Universal Resource Locator. Synonymous with Web address. Always abbreviated.
Web site addresses should be run into text with no special spacing or font treatment. Addresses can be broken at the end of a line, but do not add a hyphen.
Normal punctuation should be used after the address if needed.
In Web addresses that start with http://www., eliminate the http://. However, in addresses that start with http:// but are not followed by www, it is necessary to retain the http://.
The University's Web page can be found at www.rochester.edu.
At http://listener.uis.rochester.edu/alumni/, you will find many links to the University.
- ZIP codes
Internal ZIP codes have been set by University Mail Services and box numbers have been issued to all River Campus addresses. Contact Mail Services for a user's guide or check the Web at www.rochester.edu/mailservices/.