‘We only sing the first and third verses…’
University Dean Paul Burgett leads the incoming class of 2019 in their first performance of the alma mater, “The Genesee,” joined by members of the University’s a cappella ensembles, President Seligman, and other campus leaders.
Turning shovels for a new center for autism care and outpatient imaging
UR Medicine leaders and patients break ground on a new building that will house a state-of-the-art outpatient Imaging Center, as well as the region’s first stand-alone clinic to integrate care of autism with pediatric neuromedicine and child and adolescent psychiatry services. Read more about this new center
Summer sounds
Students in the Eastman Summer Trumpet Institute participate in a master class. The Eastman Summer Music program offers residential music programs and camps for middle and high school students, weeklong institutes devoted to various instruments, and half-day music workshops for all ages,
Renovations at Interfaith Chapel
The Interfaith Chapel sanctuary is being renovated to accommodate an increasingly diverse religious and spiritual campus community. Updates include new carpeting, a handicap-accessible lectern platform, a hearing loop to improve sound quality for the hearing-impaired, and expanded seating for up to 500 people.
Wegmans Hall work underway
A view from the roof of the Hopeman Building as construction gets underway at the site of Wegmans Hall, the future home of the Goergen Institute for Data Science.
A winning plan for Tibet
Vice provost for entrepreneurship Duncan Moore, President Joel Seligman, Michael Wohl, and Simon School of Business students Mikayla Hart, Robert Joseph Kauffman, and Cesar Quijano pose with the Dalai Lama after their third place finish in the national finals of the Tibetan Innovation Challenge, a new intercollegiate social entrepreneurship business plan contest, organized by the University of Rochester. The Simon team’s project — Tibetan Microfinance — would unlock the entrepreneurial potential of Tibetans living in India by bringing them basic financial training and access to capital.
Jazz in the air
Alumni recipients of the ESM-XRIJF Scholarships perform on the Jazz Street stage downtown during the 14th annual Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival,
Roar over Rush Rhees
The U.S Navy’s Blue Angels rehears for the upcoming Rochester International Airshow in the skies over River Campus.
End-of-the-year shout-out
Juniors and senior celebrate the end of the school year on the academic quad.
Remembering Nepal
Students hold a remembrance gathering for victims of the earthquake in Nepal under the flags in Wilson Commons.