In Review

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EARTH MOVERS: This spring marks the 90th anniversary of the groundbreaking for the River Campus, a day in 1927 when, historian Arthur May noted, “trustees, faculty, alumni, and townspeople smiled the joy in their hearts.” On May 21 of that year, May writes in A History of the University of Rochester, then President Rush Rhees ceremoniously turned the first spadeful of earth before “a big steam shovel gave a little demonstration of its prowess.” Plans for the campus originally included a dozen buildings. Today, there are close to 60.