Four years on campus, a lifetime of friendship
For 62 years, about a dozen “City Girls” have been getting together just about every month. At first, they met...
U of R, U of R, ’68!
While many of the historic events and cultural moments of 1968 continue to resonate in American social and political life,...
The staggering cost of being black in America
The premise isn’t new: engineer and business executive Shawn Rochester ’97, in a recent book, The Black Tax: The Cost...
Wise words on weight loss
Weight loss tips aren’t hard to find. But here are a few from the president of the Obesity Medicine Association....
Making physics less alpha
As a physics student in the 1970s, Barbara Whitten ’77 (PhD) often found herself one of the only women—if not...
Requiem for a civic monument
Chicago public housing and its troubles have been a journalistic focal point for decades, generating a slew of news coverage,...
Systems and sensibility
After working in veterinary medicine for seven years, C. Mike Lindsey ’08, ’09 (T5) was looking for a way to...
Invested in law
Years ago, Diane Ambler ’71 started writing a memoir of sorts. Every chapter began with a quotation of something that...
Alumni leaders: hajim young leadership council
Learn more about the Hajim Young Leadership Council, whose goal is to connect alumni through educational opportunities, provide networking, and...
A new generation in preservation
Caitlin Meives ’05 is such a preservationist that she recently found in her attic the Rochester history department flier that...