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6 Tips To Stay Organized

November 8, 2022

Busy schedules, deadlines one after another, social commitments… These are just some of the things that I have to train myself to stay on top of as a college student.…

Group of 8 UR Habitat volunteers in front of a partially constructed house.

Extracurriculars

Your guide to volunteering at UR

November 1, 2022

Pictured above: UR Habitat members in October 2022 at the build site for the home they cosponsored. Credit: Flower City Habitat Do you enjoy volunteering in your community? And do…

Getting Campus Support

October 18, 2022

College is hard, especially in a new environment and possibly a new city. Even though the University of Rochester is not that big, it’s a significant transition from high school.…

A Day in My Life

October 18, 2022

8:45 a.m. My alarm goes off, and I blearily emerge from a cocoon of blankets to jump up and silence it. I’m not blessed with being a morning person, but…

Finding Your Crew

October 12, 2022

Like many other students in the class of 2020, I initially struggled to adjust to university life. Orientation and most first-year events were moved online due to COVID, and all…

Finding Your Humanities Community at a “STEM School”

September 20, 2022

Maybe you are a person entirely engrossed in history and you can’t stop visiting museums. Maybe the class “Science, Magic, and the Occult” sounded appealing to you. Maybe you wanted…

Humanities Outside the Classroom

Sophomore year I lived in Douglass Leadership House (DLH). A group and house I was sure at the time everyone knew about, until I actually left it. When I discovered…

City of Rochester

Journeys into the 19th Ward

Three years ago, when I first walked across the River Campus (I know, I’m old). One of the first things I heard about the city of Rochester was, “Don’t go…

Advice for Incoming Rochester Students, From the Class of 2022!

With commencement right around the corner, I decided to ask some of my lovely senior friends to share their advice for incoming students. Since I’m sure that many incoming Yellowjackets…

Making Friends at Rochester

By: Ben Lapidus ’22 Let’s start off with a somewhat concerning caveat – I am not an expert in making friends. In fact, I would consider myself to be…

Exploring Extended Reality in the Libraries with Studio X

By: Ayiana Crabtree ’22 What is Studio X? Located on the first floor of Carlson Library, as the hub for extended reality at the University of Rochester, Studio X fosters…

5 Things Your RA Wants You To Know About Residence Hall Life

Resident Assistant? Residential Advisor? No matter what you call it, your RA (actually referred to as a Resident Advisor) at the University of Rochester is someone to get to know.…