Maison ROCOCO Corporation Founder and CEO Yohay Wakabayashi poses for a photograph in at Sensoji Temple on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2023 in Tokyo. (

Show us your town: Tokyo

Visitors love the city’s temples, shrines, and gardens. They savor its sushi, noodles, yakitori, and many culinary delights. And they...

The adventures of Zack and Jill

On their 38th wedding anniversary, Jill Hummel ’81 and her husband, Zack—otherwise known by their self-appointed titles of Captain Zack...

Shane Campbell-Staton ’08 leans against graffiti wall

Stories of evolution

This scholar, evolutionary biologist, and master storyteller uses classrooms and lecture halls along with podcasts, television, and film to attract...

LA overhead at night

Show Us Your Town: Los Angeles

Famous for its embrace of dreamers and storytellers, the nation’s second largest metropolitan region is much more than palm trees...

Show Us Your Town: Houston

Home to nearly 1,200 alumni and friends, Houston is one of the country’s friendliest and most diverse cities, say members...

Many roads to Italy

Dr. Arnold Lisio ’56, ’61M (MD) grew up hearing stories about Italy from his Italian father and Italian American mother....

Evans Lam

The Hong Kong connection

Evans Lam is a member of the University of Rochester’s Board of Trustees and the national chair of the University’s...