Extracurriculars

Campus

The Perks of Being a D’Lion

February 6, 2015

  What is a D’Lion? Most people will ask me this question whenever I proudly announce that I am part of the D’Lion Society at Rochester this year. Briefly speaking,…

Diversity

First Impressions of Goa, India

January 27, 2015

Over the summer, while browsing through the list of events that celebrate the International Year of Light 2015, I stumbled upon the description of a festival called “The Story of…

Campus

Delta Upsilon’s Dance 4 Charity

January 23, 2015

The fraternity I am a part of, Delta Upsilon, hosts an annual campus dance competition called Dance 4 Charity (D4C). This past December was the fourth annual show, hosted inside…

Extracurriculars

A Spirit of Activism at Rochester

December 8, 2014

As mentioned in my first post, one of the major factors in my decision to come to Rochester was my admissions interview. I remember hearing that "a spirit of activism…

Alumni

Meet Lauren Bradley, Advisor to the Student Alumni Ambassadors!

December 5, 2014

Today, I want to highlight one of my favorite advisors, Lauren Bradley, advisor to the Student Alumni Ambassadors, otherwise known as the SAAs. Lauren works for the Office of Advancement…

Careers and Outcomes

Scientific Conferences Aren’t Nearly as Boring as They Sound!

November 25, 2014

Charles Gaugh, Optics Expert, and myself at the “Frontiers in Optics” Industry Exhibit Hall Last month, I traveled to Tucson, AZ, for an annual scientific conference in optics as a…

Extracurriculars

Congrats to the New Order of Omega Initiates!

November 21, 2014

As president of Order of Omega, the campus Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Honors Society, I had the distinct privilege of facilitating and organizing this year’s application process, one of the…

Campus

Halloween at Rochester

November 5, 2014

Hello my dear students! Welcome to the class I call "UR 201: Happy Halloween!" Fall is always one of my favorite seasons in Rochester and celebrating Halloween at Rochester is…

Academics

Free Lessons at Eastman

October 29, 2014

One of the many reasons why I was so attracted to the University of Rochester was actually because of one of its schools, the Eastman School of Music. As a…

Extracurriculars

Life as a Campus Times Editor

October 22, 2014

When I wandered into the Campus Times office the Wednesday of my first official week of college, I had no idea how much the place would come to mean to…

Diversity

Welcome to Sophie 101

October 7, 2014

Hello all! Welcome to Sophie 101! In this introductory “class,” you will be learning a lot about me and my general college life at University of Rochester! This is the…

City of Rochester

Rochester: The Ideal Home-Base for an Epic Road Trip Summer

August 5, 2014

Rochester makes a convenient home base for the adventure-ready road-trip warrior. Since I’m from the West Coast originally (never being east of Montana!), this whole side of the country is…