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Three women poised to take first-ever higher-ed leadership roles
On July 1, three women will create history in the Rochester area as each one officially becomes the first woman to preside over her respective college or university.
UR’s Feldman gives parting advice, but says he’ll stick around
Richard Feldman, president of the University of Rochester for nearly 18 months, gave this bit of parting advice Tuesday night: “If you ever get invited to the Nobel Prize ceremony, […]
Binstock earns five-year renewal at Memorial Art Gallery
Jonathan Binstock has been appointed for a second five-year term as director of the University of Rochester‘s Memorial Art Gallery. During his first five years as the Mary W. and […]
UR names vice president for equity and inclusion
Mercedes Ramírez Fernández will join the staff July 1, coming from Virginia Tech, where she has been associate vice provost for strategic affairs and diversity.
UR’s first female Nobel laureate speaks at Sunday’s commencement
The main graduation ceremony for the University of Rochester takes place Sunday morning with the first female Nobel laureate from UR giving the commencement address. Exercises for the colleges of […]
Eastman professorship will honor the late Paul Burgett at University of Rochester
Two anonymous alumni of the University of Rochester have provided a gift to the Eastman School of Music that will create an endowed professorship honoring the late Paul Burgett. Burgett, […]
Slaughter’s papers will be kept at University of Rochester
Louise M. Slaughter’s congressional papers are being donated to the University of Rochester. The late congresswoman, who died in 2018 while still in Congress, represented the Rochester area for 31 […]
UR names Wisconsin provost to be university’s first female president
The University of Rochester has named a Wisconsin provost and the first woman in its history as president. Sarah C. Mangelsdorf, provost of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a psychology […]
Wall Street CEO steps up to chair UR Board of Trustees
Wall Street CEO Richard B. Handler has been elected chairman of the University of Rochester‘s Board of Trustees. Handler, who earned his undergraduate degree at UR in 1983, succeeds Danny […]
UR’s ‘beloved’ Paul Burgett dies at 72
Paul J. Burgett, a music scholar, vice president and dean at the University of Rochester, as well as a warm and welcoming presence at the university for more than 50 […]
Report: UR’s economic impact continues to grow
The figures describing the University of Rochester can seem staggering. $1.2 billion in annual payroll for 30,800 employees. $3.2 billion total pumped into the economy in the form of that […]
UR picks veteran dean as interim president
The University of Rochester’s Board of Trustees has selected a retired dean and longtime philosophy professor, Richard Feldman, as interim president to replace Joel Seligman when he steps down at […]
