Ten appointed to named professorships
Rochester faculty have been appointed to named professorships in recognition of their leadership as reseearchers and teachers.
University sets tuition rates, financial aid for 2020-21
The Board of Trustees has approved tuition and financial aid rates for the 2020-21 academic year at the University of Rochester.
Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson to speak on River Campus
Dyson is the fourth speaker in the “Difficult Conversations as a Catalyst for Change” lecture series, and is the author or editor of more than 20 books on race and race relations in the United States.
Michael Chihoski joins University as senior associate vice president for Facilities and Services
Chihoski joins Rochester with more than 25 years of operations and facilities experience and has particular expertise in construction, facilities management, plant operations, emergency management, and environmental health and safety.
University named top producer of student Fulbrights for fourth time
For the fourth time in six years, Rochester placed among the nation’s top universities for student Fulbright Grants.
Rochester scientists receive NSF CAREER awards
The National Science Foundation has granted its most prestigious award in support of junior faculty, the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, to several University of Rochester researchers this year.
University earns first Community Engagement Classification from Carnegie Foundation
Rochester is among 119 colleges and universities to receive the elective designation that indicates institutional commitment to community engagement.
University joins Climate Action 100+ in support of sustainable investing
Rochester is the sixth higher education institution in the nation to join this coalition of investment firms, pension funds, and institutional investors pushing corporations to take action on climate change.
Two honored with Presidential Diversity Awards
Kit Miller, director of the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, and Caroline Nestro ’18W (PhD), a senior associate in the Department of Psychiatry, are the recipients of the 2020 Presidential Diversity Award.
Reflecting on the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Members of the University of Rochester community lend their voices to the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., reflecting the power of his message more than fifty years after his death.