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ADMISSIONS
Five tips for applying to college during the pandemic
Advice for prospective students and parents as they lay out a path to college over the next several months.
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VACCINES
COVID-19 vaccine: What’s RNA research got to do with it?
Rochester research into RNA structure and function provides key information for developing coronavirus treatments.
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PSYCHOLOGY
How New Year's resolutions can make you happier
A Rochester motivational research expert explains that resolutions that contribute to the world can fulfill psychological needs.
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VACCINES
Newly approved Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrives at Rochester
Researchers and volunteers in Rochester have been involved in the testing of the vaccine since May.
Beauclaire Mbanya, who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, is the third University of Rochester student or alumnus to receive a Rhodes Scholarship, and the first in 56 years. (Photo: Yassine Khalfalli ’21)
COMMUNITY
Rochester alumnus awarded Rhodes Scholarship
Beauclaire Mbanya Jr. ’20 has received the prestigious global award, and will use the scholarship to study in Oxford.
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
Can social networks help us be more creative?
Rochester researchers found that social media could encourage new ways of thinking if creativity was part of the network's algorithms.

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Rochester responds to COVID-19

Our University community has worked tirelessly in the face of daunting challenges presented by the coronavirus. These teams support students, faculty, and staff; research to develop vaccines and therapies; and care for patients and members of the larger community.

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Recognizing Loretta Ford

Loretta Ford, founding dean of the University of Rochester School of Nursing, is celebrating her 100th birthday. Read her profile on our Celebration 2020 website to learn about the extraordinary impact she’s made.

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What’s your Rochester Effect?

Rochester is a way of thinking. Always pushing and questioning, learning and unlearning.

Disrupting the world as we know it, fueled by the relentless quest to improve humankind.

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