Black History Month 2018
Sponsors and host organizations across the University are planning events to celebrate black history. This year also marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, and the University is joining with other Rochester institutions to honor Douglass’s life and work in his adopted city.
Chad Martinovich named Yellowjackets football coach; Brian Daboll ’97 joins Bills coaching staff
The University of Rochester football program is making headlines this winter, with a new head coach and an alumnus accepting an NFL coaching job.
Beth Olivares takes on expanded diversity role at University
Olivares will report directly to the dean of the Arts, Sciences & Engineering faculty. The move elevates the recognition and consideration of the importance of diversity issues within the Deans’ Office.
Rochester has an opportunity to be a model of respect for all, says Richard Feldman
In a message to mark the start of the spring semester, Richard Feldman, interim president designate, says he hopes the University community can begin a period of healing and rebuilding, a process guided by “our respect for each other and our differences in a campus community that is safe and inclusive for all.”
Richard Feldman appointed interim president
The Board of Trustees has announced that professor Richard Feldman, former dean of the College, will serve as interim president. Professor Feldman has served the University for more than 40 years. He will replace Joel Seligman, who has announced he will step down as president on February 28.
Seligman steps down as president to establish ‘fresh perspective’
University of Rochester President and CEO Joel Seligman announced his resignation Thursday, effective February 28, bringing to a close one of the more transformative chapters in University leadership.
Mark Bils named fellow of the Econometric Society
Bils’s work has focused on how wages and prices respond to the business cycle, and is one of 20 fellows named to the prestigious international organization this year.
A Notice from the Special Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Rochester
The Report of the Independent Investigation will be released to the public and the University community on Thursday, January 11. Links to a livestream presentation and final report will be available here.
Humboldt Research Awards support professors’ collaborations in Germany
Two University faculty members—William Jones of the Department of Chemistry and Xi-Cheng Zhang of the Institute of Optics—have received prestigious Humboldt Research Awards.
2017: The year in scholarship
Each year, the University of Rochester produces academic and scholarly work that contributes to our understanding and appreciation of the world around us.