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three navy midshipmen standing and holding an American flag in front of Rush Rhees Library
Remembering September 11
From left, Naval ROTC midshipmen third class Cal Niezabytowski ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™22 and Andrew Lazarus ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™22, and midshipmen second class Vanessa Carollo ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™21 stand at attention on Eastman Quadrangle at a vigil remembering the terrorist attacks of September 11. Among the nearly 3,000 people who died during the attacks were six ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ alumni: Jeremy Glick ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™93; Jean Hoadley Peterson ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™69N; Jeffrey Smith ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™87, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™88S (MBA); Zhe (Zack) Zeng ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™95, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™98S (MBA); Aram Iskenderian ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™82; and Brendan Dolan ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™86. (ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ photo / J. Adam Fenster)
student walking through an art exhibit is reflected in the exhibit's glass walls.
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½˜Experiencing Civic LifeÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™ through the humanities
For two weeks in July, the Humanities Center at the University of Rochester led high school students in a quest to understand the philosophical underpinnings and practical expressions of civic life. This was the first year of ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œExperiencing Civic Life,ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½� an academic preparation and enrichment program designed to help participants become successful college students and active citizens of American democracy.
three people pose for a photo, holding a framed document
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½˜Tools made of lightÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™
From left, University President Richard Feldman, Donna Strickland ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™89 (PhD), and U.S. Representative Joe Morelle, celebrate at the UniversityÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s annual Commencement dinner. Morelle, made a statement on the House of Representatives floor recognizing Donna Strickland ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™89 (PhD), Gérard Mourou and the UniversityÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s Laboratory for Laser Energetics for their 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics. The statement was inserted in the Congressional Record and a framed version was personally presented to Strickland at the event during Commencement weekend.
Speaker stands at a podium on a stage, with the University of Rochester logo projected behind her.
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½˜Finding the Courage to LeadÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™
In her keynote address at the 10th Annual Diversity Conference, novelist, activist, and commentator Samina Ali described the fear she faced when the birth of her son left her with brain damage. ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œI was scared, and I was completely alone,ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½� says Ali. ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œCourage is like any other physical function in your body ... each time we exercise our brave heart we are reinforcing our neural pathways for courage.ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½� (ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ photo / J. Adam Fenster)
student holds and envelope while people on either side of him kiss and hug him.
Make me a perfect match
Michael Estephan is congratulated after opening his Match Day envelope. At noon precisely, Estaphan and approximately 100 students from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry joined medical students from around the country to simultaneously open sealed envelopes and learn where theyÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™re headed for their residencies. The day caps off years of work and study as the students learn where they will spend the next several years in training for their first jobs as physicians, with Rochester students filling residencies at the top medical centers in the country. (ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ photo / J. Adam Fenster)
Symone Sanders gesturing from behind the podium.
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½˜You are some of the most powerful people in the worldÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™
During this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemorative Address, political commentator Symone Sanders focused on Dr. King's work after the civil rights movement of 1965, and emphasized his lifelong mission of challenging the status quo. "For young people particularly on college campuses," she said, "I like to remind them that you are some of the most powerful people in the world."
students gasp and hold their hands over the faces while looking at a fragile tower made of balsa wood slats in the foreground.
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½˜I am more prepared to work as an engineerÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™
Mechanical Design, also known as ME 204, has a reputation for being one of the toughest courses mechanical engineering students experience. And thanks to professor Chris Muir's approach to the class, it is also one of the most rewarding. In one of the final competitions, seniors Haley Wohlever, Leo Liu, and Crystal Kim must "walk the plank" to see how much weight their balsa wood structure can bear before it snaps into pieces.