Two University of Rochester students named as Schwarzman Scholars
The highly competitive program prepares leaders for a 21st-century global landscape in which China plays a pivotal role.
Beth Greenwood ’22 in a league of her own
The mechanical engineering major continues to break boundaries for women in baseball. She’s played for Rochester’s varsity team, trains with the US national women’s squad, and will appear in an upcoming TV show on Amazon Prime.
College seniors hitting the job market should follow these tips
Rochester’s career center director says the pandemic has opened up new opportunities, but graduates must be flexible.
Madison Lang ’22 honored with ‘astronaut scholarship’
The biomedical engineering major is one of 60 college students pursuing STEM degrees who were selected for the award.
University of Rochester to induct 127 students into Phi Beta Kappa
In a ceremony to be held both on campus and livestreamed, Rochester students will be inducted into the nation’s oldest academic honor society.
Playing Ben Affleck’s daughter
Maddy Wary is a mathematics and brain and cognitive sciences dual major from Hawaii. But during Spring Break this week, she makes her onscreen debut in Triple Frontier, a Netflix action thriller.
Gap year leads budding writer to Rochester
After graduating from high school, Olivia Alger ’22 decided college could wait. She worked in a hotel, taught refugee children in France, and wrote for a literary magazine. Now she joins the Class of 2022.
From Rochester to the world: Local student shares international focus
Lucy Farnham ’22 took her first Spanish class in seventh grade, and it was love at first syllable. The Rochester native joins the Class of 2022 as a Spanish major, is thinking of adding Japanese, and is considering a career in the US Foreign Service.
Four years after picking up viola, dreaming big at Eastman
“I want to win competitions, perform in famous halls under major conductors, and show the world my heart through my craft,” says first-year viola performance major Adrain Jackson. “I want to be great.”
Students venture into Rochester for Wilson Day, Eastman Day of Service
They set up school classrooms, played with children, cleaned senior living centers, served meals, and performed yardwork at more than 80 organizations around Rochester as part of the annual day of service for first-year students.