Campus Life

Since its 2013 launch under an award from the National Science Foundation, CeFO has been shaping the future of optical instrumentation on a global scale, and has more than doubled the number of partner companies in just this past year.

As a PhD candidate in biophysics, Karl Smith studies glass filters 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. But his "hidden passion" is crafting stories on demand on his 1926 Underwood typewriter for 10 cents each.

As a freshman, Skylar Cerbone ’20 normally wouldn’t take Lynda Powell’s intermediate course, American Elections, this fall. But Cerbone didn’t want to wait. “It’s a presidential election year,” the political science major says. “I had to take this class now. It’s too important not to.”

The campaign highlights the services available to University community members who every day cope with a disability or have a special accessibility need.

According to a national study, Rochester students voted in the 2012 presidential election at a similar rate to the national average -- at around 42 percent. This year, students share their students of how they have become engaged in what for most will be their first political contest.

Although international students are not eligible to vote, they have plenty to say about this year's American presidential election.

Since he arrived, Laube’s picked up violin, honed graphic design skills, and actively participated in several cultural groups. “Rochester works for me,” he says.

Each summer the University allocates thousands of dollars to enable to students to conduct research here or abroad—independently, in a lab, or under the guidance of a professor.

A new lecture and community conversation series, to be held at Brue Coffee on Genesee Street, aims to bring students and the community together for topical conversation.

The University’s six new admissions counselors come from Rochester, Ohio, Florida, New York City—and Jamaica. All six were hired this summer over hundreds who applied. Their task? To find the next group of exceptional University students.

The deadline to register in the state of New York for next month's election is October 14.

The Frederick Douglass Building officially re-opens this week after a complete renovation of the iconic 79,000-square-foot space. “I feel like I’m in a different building,” says Laura Ballou '97, director of the Campus Center.