Grammy Goodness
Three Eastman School of Music alumni were winners at the 63rd Grammy Awards this spring....
Tribute: Richard Friedman ’66M (MD)
The driving forces for Richard Friedman ’66M (MD) were simple: ethics and science. “I felt an ethical obligation to find...
Goal Orientation
In November 2019, I qualified for the US Olympic Team Trials in the women’s marathon. I had a pretty short...
Alice Holloway Young ’57 (Mas), ’69W (EdD)
A groundbreaking educator in Rochester for more than 50 years, Alice Holloway Young ’57 (Mas), ’69W (EdD) received the New...
Those We Lost
Journalist. Pianist. Doctor. Candlemaker. Mother. Son. Daughter. Among the grim toll of the COVID-19 pandemic were several alumni from all...
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...
University Launches Three New Affinity Networks for Alumni and Friends
As part of the University’s Together for Rochester one-year fundraising and engagement campaign—and in response to growing interest from alumni...
Central Park Hero
In addition to his role overseeing clinical research for emergency medicine for New York state’s largest health network, Timmy Li...
The Calming Commissioner
What the NIH’s Anthony Fauci has been to the nation, Mike Mendoza—or, @DrMikeMendoza on Twitter—has been to the Rochester area:...