University of Rochester
| University of Rochester | |
|---|---|
| motto | Meliora ("Better") |
| founding | 1850 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | Rochester (New York) |
| Rector | Sarah C. Mangelsdorf |
| Students | 9300 (2008) |
| Employee | 1225 |
| University sports | University Athletic Association |
| Networks | Association of American Universities |
| Website | www.rochester.edu |
The University of Rochester is a private university in Rochester , New York, founded in 1850 with approximately 8,500 students. She is a member of the Association of American Universities .
- Arts, Sciences and Engineering (Arts, Engineering )
- Eastman School of Music (Music)
- School of Medicine and Dentistry
- School of Nursing
- Simon School of Business ( Economics )
- Warner Graduate School of Education
The university is divided into the River Campus, Medical Center, South Campus, Mt. Hope Campus, Eastman Campus and the Memorial Art Gallery.
Sports
The sports teams are the Yellowjackets . The university is a member of the University Athletic Association .
Personalities
- George Abbott , director
- Porter W. Anderson, Jr. , microbiologist
- Marjorie Beaty , mathematician and university professor
- Karl Brunner , economist
- Steven Chu , physicist
- Corinna Cortes , IT specialist, SVM specialist
- Robert Henry Dicke , physicist
- Vincent du Vigneaud , biochemist
- Richard Exner - literary scholar
- Renée Fleming , soprano
- Robert Fogel , economist
- Robert Forster , film actor
- Daniel Carleton Gajdusek , biologist
- Bruno Gehrig , manager
- Konrad Hummler , private banker
- Arthur Kornberg , biochemist
- Masatoshi Koshiba , physicist
- Larry Kudlow , historian
- Chris Lee , American politician
- Claudio Loderer , economist
- William Howell Masters , gynecologist
- Tim Mosmann , immunologist
- Gérard Mourou , physicist and Nobel Prize winner (2018)
- Marcel Ospel , former CEO UBS
- Ivan say , linguist
- Bruce Schneier , cryptography expert
- Donna Strickland , physicist and Nobel Prize winner (2018)
- George Hoyt Whipple , pathologist
- Richard Thaler , economist and recipient of the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics (2017)
Web links
Commons : University of Rochester - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Office of the President. University of Rochester, accessed October 18, 2020 .
Coordinates: 43 ° 7 ′ 42 " N , 77 ° 37 ′ 42" W.