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First-generation students find mentors, resources, and niches at Rochester
Thu, 01 Feb 2024
About 20 percent of Rochester’s undergraduate student body are the first in their family to make the higher education leap.
Continue ReadingPhotonic chips could give drones a lift when GPS is unavailable
Fri, 13 Oct 2023
Rochester researchers aim to leverage the quantum technique of weak value amplification to replace the gyroscopes in drones.
Continue ReadingUniversity expands support for low-income, first-generation college students
Thu, 03 Sep 2020
The University will significantly expand the support services offered to low-income, first-generation college students as a result of a major federal grant administered by the Kearns Center.
Continue ReadingThese mentors make a difference for first-generation, minority students
Thu, 08 Aug 2019
Five University of Rochester faculty mentors are the inaugural recipients of a new mentorship award from the University’s David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity.
Continue ReadingSummer in Rochester means research
Wed, 24 Jul 2019
There’s no better time to do research at the University than during the summer. While the classrooms may be quiet, labs and libraries remain busy as undergraduate students work on projects from engineering to political science.
Continue ReadingReady to mentor ‘students like myself’
Fri, 03 May 2019
A biomedical engineering major and first-generation student, Kharimat Alatise ’19 is ready to pursue her doctorate and “be a role model to first-generation and minority students.”
Continue ReadingSummer is ‘when it happens’ for research on River Campus
Fri, 27 Jul 2018
Research at the University of Rochester doesn’t end when most students leave campus for the summer. It thrives. Students from across the globe are on the River Campus this summer, taking part in Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and other research programs with Rochester students and faculty members.
Continue ReadingHigh school students complete Upward Bound summer program
Thu, 03 Aug 2017
Seventy high school students from the Rochester City School District took part in the annual Upward Bound academic summer showcase, presenting the results of their six-week research projects.
Continue ReadingIt’s one community for Kearns summer researchers
Fri, 28 Jul 2017
In their labs, the 61 Kearns Center summer researchers work among one another, and in their dorms they live among one another, forming tight friendships that will be vital as they move on to graduate school and professional careers.
Continue ReadingKearns Center scholars are studies in resiliency, success
Fri, 19 May 2017
Established in 2002, the center has the goal of increasing diversity in higher education by building an educational pipeline, from undergraduate through graduate school, for students who might not otherwise have had access to higher education.
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