A Look at 2017

• The Year in Pictures
• The Year in Scholarship
• URMC’s and UR Medicine’s Inspiring People
• School of Nursing's Year in Review

Toys for All Tots

For children with severely impaired movement or other disabilities, the simple act of playing with a toy can be a tremendous challenge. Students from the Hajim School are addressing this issue. They are using their engineering skills to adapt battery-operated toys so that children affiliated with Golisano Children’s Hospital can experience the joy of play. Learn more.

Take a Trip to the River Campus Libraries

The River Campus Libraries (RCL) serves as a gateway to information, a hub for programming, and a technology showcase. With new study spaces, expanded research collections, and service-oriented staff, RCL supports students and faculty as they explore, research, and collaborate. Learn more about RCL in this new video.

Turning Waiting Rooms into “Welcome Rooms”

Inside the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center at Brown Square, in the heart of a Rochester neighborhood marked by its high rate of poverty, lives a group of polychromatic paintings created specifically for the center’s space and patients by students in an introductory painting class taught in spring 2017 at the University of Rochester. Learn more about how students and the community have benefitted from this experience.

Alumni Spotlight: Dave Chishom ’13E (DMA)

David Chisholm knows how to craft a single story in two distinct media: comic art and jazz. Learn more about this composer, multi-instrumentalist, comic artist, music school faculty member, and alumnus in the Master Class section of the current issue of Rochester Review.

Headlines

• Engineering students recognized for excelling in the humanities
• Major renovations coming to Eastman Community Music School
• Chemists go “back to the future” to untangle quantum dot mystery

Your Rochester Connections

Join alumni and friends for activities throughout the country and around the world.

Share Your Wisdom with Students

Offer your expertise on career exploration, internships, and job searching to undergraduate students at our annual Student-Alumni Networking Nights this coming week. These gatherings provide students with an invaluable resource as they begin exploring career opportunities. Admission is complimentary and includes hearty hors d’oeuvres. Register in advance for these events in New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C.

Cheer on the Yellowjackets

Join fellow alumni, parents, and friends to support the men's and women's basketball teams as they face off against East Coast opponents this winter. Between games, take a break from the action with exclusive tailgate receptions for Yellowjackets fans. Find the tailgate event closest to you here.

Rebrand Yourself with LinkedIn

In this webinar from Sandra Long '79, owner of Post Road Consulting and the author of LinkedIn for Personal Branding: The Ultimate Guide, learn how to create a memorable impression using LinkedIn and demonstrate your unique brand qualities both online and offline for employers, candidates, potential clients, and business partners. Learn more here.