Meliora Weekend returns in 2022 and promises to be unforgettable! Mark your calendars for September 29-October 2. Featured speakers include Nobel laureate and former U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu ’70; Washington Post Opinions columnist Michele L. Norris, former co-host of National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and founder of The Race Card Project; and Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning author, playwright, and screenwriter. Plus: a performance by Canadian indie pop band Walk Off the Earth.
To mark the first anniversary of the University’s Black Alumni Network, six Black members of the University’s Board of Trustees shared some of their life and career experiences in a conversation with members of the University community.
Starting a sweet venture: Anna Gaines ’15 and Yuting Yang ’16—engineers-turned-entrepreneurs—sell cookies to spread joy.
Our virtual book club allows the University of Rochester community around the world to connect and discuss thought-provoking titles on a variety of topics. There’s still time to read the spring selection, The Personal Librarian, by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, and discuss the novel on August 1.