If you have taken any time looking at the University of Rochester’s humanities departments you’ll see that there are several different areas of study. Full of programs, professors, libraries, even…

It’s September so you know what that means: college application season has arrived! As you are narrowing down your list of schools and sending out your applications, those letters of…

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…

This past summer I traveled to Bermuda and worked as a research assistant on an archeological dig run by the University of Rochester’s History Department. I, along with several University…

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…

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…

Welcome to the long awaited (I hope) second installment of the Rochester food marathon. Read Rochester Food Marathon Part 1 Shepards Pie, The Old Toad ($17) – For those of…

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…

  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…

Congratulations— you are going to college! Now that you have committed and know exactly where you are heading in the fall, you may catch yourself in the awkward time period…