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University of Rochester photos by J. Adam Fenster (unless otherwise indicated)
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Aerial view of the River Campus, the University of Rochester’s main academic hub for undergraduate and graduate students in Arts, Sciences & Engineering. The 154-acre campus is located about two miles south of downtown Rochester, New York, alongside the Genesee River.
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Danielle Benoit (right), associate professor of biomedical engineering, and Lisa A. DeLouise, associate professor of dermatology, use “microbubbles” to regenerate salivary gland cells. For patients with head and neck cancers, radiation therapy often irreversibly damages the salivary glands. Rochester researchers are working to find drugs that would help patients by preventing such damage.
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Each year, first-year medical students participate in the White Coat Ceremony, during which they don white coats to mark the start of their journey toward becoming physicians. Here, they gather for a post-ceremony group portrait on the steps of the Eastman Quad.
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Words wishing visitors “Welcome” in dozens of languages greet students like Asma Hanan Ahmad Sazili ’19 at the Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center and the Language Center in Frederick Douglass Commons.
Check out the programs and events sponsored by the Burgett Intercultural Center >>
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The cast members of In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer pose for a promotional photo. Each year, the International Theatre Program’s productions introduce undergraduate students to both the performance and technical aspects of theater arts.
Learn more about the International Theatre Program and its upcoming productions >>
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Virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR) designers, makers, technologists, and aficionados explore the University’s Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester is uniquely positioned to become an international leader in light and sound innovations, which are essential to the technologies driving advances in VR/AR.
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The Eastman Opera Theatre performs The Marriage of Figaro in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.
Learn more about the world-renowned student ensembles at the Eastman School of Music >>
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Abdulmalik Kurdi ’18 is greeted by fellow engineering graduates after the diploma ceremony for members of the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Class of 2018. (University of Rochester photo / Keith Waters)
Learn more about studying engineering at the Hajim School >>
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Ashwini Manjunatha ’18, left, and Theresa Xu ’18 blow bubbles while waiting for their graduation ceremony to get under way. (University of Rochester photo / Keith Waters)
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Anne Cheng ’18, left, Venice Magunga ’18, and Anmol Almast ’18 share a hug following the Arts, Sciences & Engineering Commencement ceremony. (University of Rochester photo / Keith Waters)
Find more stories, photos, and features from Rochester’s 168th Commencement ceremonies >>
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Students paddle kayaks on the Genesee River, a vital part of River Campus life and history. The University’s alma mater, Beside the Genesee, pays tribute: Full many fair and famous streams / Beneath the sun there be / Yet more to us than any seems / Our own dear Genesee.
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Seyed Ali Biashad ’18 operates his laptop from the comfort of a hammock on Eastman Quadrangle.
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The statue of Martin Brewer Anderson stands on the Wilson Quad, the heart of undergraduate student life on the River Campus. Anderson was the first president of the University of Rochester, which was founded in 1850.
Learn more about living on River Campus as an undergraduate student >>
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Gordon Xu ’18 adjusts “Blob-bot,” a novel robotic amoeba platform and his team’s Senior Design Day project.
Read about other senior capstone research projects from Rochester students >>
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Rochelle Vassell ’21 rehearses with the University’s Chamber Orchestra.
Learn more performing arts at the University of Rochester >>
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Fredella Lee ’18 demonstrates a device her team built to bring safe, portable diabetes screening to the people of Micronesia.
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Steven Boida ’18 rehearses a routine with the Strong Jugglers.
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From left, doctoral students Joe Murphree and Maitreyi Jayaseelan work with the vacuum chamber set up in physics professor Nicholas Bigelow’s lab.
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Interdepartmental digital communications major Aliye Gallagher ’19 studies in the Messinger Periodical Reading Room in Rush Rhees Library. Rochester’s unique curriculum allows students to create their own majors, or pursue double and even triple majors.
Learn more about the interdisciplinary nature of learing at Rochester >>
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Campus tour guides known as Meridians lead a group of prospective students and their families through the Great Hall of Rush Rhees Library.
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The University’s Memorial Art Gallery is one of the few university-affiliated art museums in the country that also serves as a community art museum.
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Yaal Dryer ’20 looks through primary source material during history professor Laura Smoller’s class.
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Eastman School of Music alumnus Thapelo Masita ’17 warms up on the cello backstage at Kodak Hall before a rehearsal for this year’s Gateways Music Festival. The festival brings together classical musicians of African descent for a week of workshops and free performances.
University of Rochester photos by J. Adam Fenster (unless otherwise indicated)