Students serve as public health ambassadors to reinforce pandemic safety measures
Rochester students volunteer to serve as public health ambassadors to help raise awareness among their peers about campus precautions and procedures to help limit the spread of COVID-19.
Staff and volunteers help ease students into quarantine housing
Staff and volunteers provide welcome bags, peer support, and food delivery to students in isolation or quarantine due to COVID-19.
Author, antiracist activist Ibram X. Kendi to deliver University’s MLK address
Kendi, a best-selling author, professor, antiracist activist, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in America, will give a virtual speech as the event celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Beauclaire Mbanya ’20 awarded Rhodes Scholarship in global competition
Beauclaire Mbanya is the third Rochester student or alumnus to receive a Rhodes Scholarship. He will head to Oxford, UK, to pursue a master’s degree relating to sustainable energy.
RCCL changing name to Center for Community Engagement
The Rochester Center for Community Leadership’s new name reflects the center’s focus on connections with community partners.
Military veterans find a home at University
Rochester is annually recognized as a Best College for Veterans for its efforts to ensure service members can access the benefits of higher education. Meet a few of the current University students who have served in our nation’s armed forces.
Professors from AS&E recognized for excellence in undergraduate teaching
Tanya Bakhmetyeva, Rudi Fasan, and Scott Seidman are this year’s recipients of the Goergen Awards, an annual recognition for faculty members in Arts, Sciences & Engineering.
Tanya Bakhmetyeva ’06 (PhD) is a teacher and teammate in the classroom
The associate professor of gender, sexuality, and women’s studies believes in empowering students through experiential learning.
Rudi Fasan is a chemistry professor with all the elements of success
Fasan is being recognized for his commitment to training undergraduates to perform biological and organic chemistry research in the lab.
Scott Seidman’s ‘particular set of skills’ helped faculty through challenges of distance learning
The biomedical engineering professor, who is being recognized for undergraduate teaching, says his philosophy is to give students freedom with responsibility.