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About Me: Who I Am and Why I’m Here

October 15, 2013

Hello everyone! My name is Jamie Rudd and I’m thrilled to be a member of the University of Rochester Class of 2017. As a student blogger I have the exciting…

Get Ready for Mel Weekend!

October 7, 2013

October is a very special month here at Rochester, with some of the most exciting events of the year happening on the weekends. As a follow up on my previous…

Midterm Exams Like a Boss!

October 1, 2013

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…

Upperclassman Housing

September 12, 2013

Housing is incredible at the University of Rochester, with great campus diversity. When you are a freshman, you get a double (two beds) or triple (three beds) typically, referring to…

Campus Lore: Myths and Superstitions

September 11, 2013

Since its founding in 1850, the University of Rochester has had a long and proud history. And during our journey to become a top private university, we’ve collected our own…

Getting Involved

September 9, 2013

When picking a University, it is important to find one at which you will be able to easily get involved. I have never been a student at a state school,…

How to Have a Successful Orientation Week!

It’s not even my Orientation, and I’m already excited for Orientation Week! As an upperclassman, I am extremely excited to welcome all the new first years and transfer students to…

New and unique majors that mix arts with engineering

Of the dozens of new majors launched at the University of Rochester in the last few years, one highlight is the popular new option in Audio and Music Engineering (AME)…

Revenge of the Shirt: Part II of ‘A Year in T-Shirts’

Hi, my name’s Alycia, I like to get free T-shirts, and this is part two of my blog about them. If you haven’t already, read my Part I of “A…

The Photon Camp: 2013 Edition

Earlier this month, The Institute of Optics organized the first edition of the Photon Camp, a one-week program designed for rising high school seniors to get an overview of the…

Super Orientation!

Faster than a speeding golf cart, able to leap from high school to college in a single bound, and with more programming than meets the eye—it's Orientation! We've been hard…

My Pre-College Experience And Undying Love For Rochester

It has been rumored that if I were to get a cut, I would in fact bleed blue and yellow. People often ask me when my love for University of…