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Picture: My desk before midterms in the Fall of 2012. “Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have…

A look at the new team! As the semester has come to a start, the soccer season has also begun. It's a hectic time of going to new classes (and…

Summer 2013 has come to an end. Wow, I needed to actually write that out to reinforce it to myself because I've been in denial. Yup, breaks my heart to…

As the number of international students coming to the University of Rochester from around the world continues to grow, we make every effort to recognize the variety of credentials applicants…

This week, I began my third and final semester of nursing school. The day is filled with orientation, introductions and scheduling for the upcoming semester. The majority of our coursework…

IB puts you at an ideal jumping off point to excel in college. The International Baccalaureate program features a broad and deep curricular exploration of the intersections between disciplines. This…

This summer, I taught fourteen high school students. My course lasted two weeks, and we spent 8:30-11:30 a.m. together in the classroom. I had a variety of students. One young…

While there are many elements of the International Baccalaureate program that we appreciate, we feel that there are three reasons UR and IB are a great fit for each other:…

I love what I study at the University of Rochester (which is public health by the way). I thought I would write about how my summer internship relates to my school…

These images were created by students taking the "Mastering Computer Graphics: Using Photoshop Like a Pro" course as part of Pre-College Programs. This summer, students learned the basic techniques of…