Marisa Straub Maslek ’13 and James Maslek ’15

‘Will you marry me?’

According to University records, about 10 percent of Rochester’s alumni are married to other alumni, not to mention the faculty...

Jose Perpignan, Jr. ’16N in his final year of the School of Nursing’s Family Nurse Practitioner program

‘Community Hero’

From the pandemic front lines to Highland Hospital, Jose Perpignan, Jr. ’16N is still there for his neighbors and his...

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Those We Lost

Journalist. Pianist. Doctor. Candlemaker. Mother. Son. Daughter. Among the grim toll of the COVID-19 pandemic were several alumni from all...

Illustration by David Cowles

Jazz Music Is Protest Music

Jazz was invented by Black artists in the late 1800s as a combination of harmony and rhythmic and soulful expression....

Protecting the Public

Tony Vargas experienced firsthand the tragedy of the pandemic last spring, as it ravaged the New York City region. His...

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Central Park Hero

In addition to his role overseeing clinical research for emergency medicine for New York state’s largest health network, Timmy Li...