University of Rochester
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Located in Rochester, New York and founded in 1850, the University of Rochester is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian institution. A member of the Association of American Universities, Rochester offers degree programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels, as well as in several professional disciplines. The University's current president is Thomas H. Jackson, the University's 9th; he will be replaced by Joel Seligman on July 1, 2005.
Rochester's undergraduate and graduate degree programs in optics, medicine, economics, political science, nursing and music are among the best in the nation.
The sports teams are called the Yellowjackets. They participate in the NCAA's Division III and in the University Athletic Association. One exception to this is the squash team, which plays in Division I.
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Facts and Figures
The following is compiled from The University fact book (external link) (http://www.rochester.edu/news/facts/)
Enrollment
- 4,435 full-time undergraduates
- 2,560 full-time graduate students
- 1,215 part-time graduate students
Faculty
- Faculty: 1,010 full-time faculty
- Full-time faculty and staff: 11,200
- Alumni: More than 91,700 living
Research
Research volume: Rochester consistently ranks among the top 30 colleges and universities nationwide in federally financed science, engineering, medical, and other research.
Academic affiliations
Consortium On Financing Higher Education (COFHE) Rochester is one of the 32 members of this association of the nation's top private colleges and universities.
Association of American Universities (AAU) Rochester is one of 63 members of this organization of the leading public and private research and graduate institutions in the United States and Canada.
Funding and Finances
Tuition and other costs: 2005–06 River Campus undergraduate tuition: $30,540. Total charges (including room, board, fees, books, and personal expenses)—approximately $43,063.
Financial aid: Undergraduate: More than $40 million (includes 2001–02 University scholarship and grant expenditures only, not federal and state grants and loans).
Most Rochester undergraduates receive some form of financial assistance, including academic merit scholarships. More than 95 percent of Ph.D. students receive financial aid, usually enough to cover tuition and living expenses.
Total University budget for expenditures: $1,221,097,000 (2001–02).
Total voluntary support: $57,770,000 (year ending June 30, 2002).
Endowment: $1.1 billion (as of June 30, 2002). As of June 30, 2001 (latest available date for comparative figures), Rochester's endowment was ranked 30th in the nation among institutions of higher educations.
Principal Units
- University of Rochester (http://www.rochester.edu)
- U of R libraries (http://www.library.rochester.edu)
River Campus
- College (Arts, Sciences, and Engineering) (http://www.rochester.edu/college/)
- William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration - External Homepage (http://www.ssb.rochester.edu/)
- Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development (http://www.rochester.edu/Warner/)
Medical Center
- School of Medicine and Dentistry (http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/)
- School of Nursing (http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/SON)
- Strong Memorial Hospital (http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/strong/welcome.htm)
- Golisano Children's Hospital (http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/gchas/)
- Eastman Dental Center (http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/Dentistry/)
Eastman School of Music
South Campus
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics [1] (http://www.lle.rochester.edu/)
- Center for Optics Manufacturing (http://www.opticsexcellence.org/)
- Center for Optoelectronics and Imaging
Memorial Art Gallery (http://mag.rochester.edu/)
Mt. Hope Campus
- C. E. K. Mees Observatory (Bristol Hills) (http://spider.pas.rochester.edu/mainFrame/resources/Mees.html)
Internet Communities
- the University of Rochester Livejournal Community (http://www.livejournal.com/community/ur/)
- The Hive (http://sa.rochester.edu/) (UR's student association)
Notable Alumni
- Francis Bellamy, wrote the original Pledge of Allegiance, published in 1892
- George Abbott (B.A. 1911), Broadway showman who wrote, produced, and directed notable Broadway plays, including The Pajama Game (directed), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (directed), and Damn Yankees (co-wrote)
- Steven Chu (B.A. math and B.S. physics 1970), Nobel laureate (1997, physics)
- Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (B.S. 1943), Nobel laureate (1976, physiology or medicine)
- Frederick Fennell (B.A. 1937, M.A. 1939), internationally recognized conductor, and one of the primary figures in promoting the wind ensemble as a performing group
- Edward Gibson (B.S. 1959), former NASA astronaut
- Jerry Green (A.B. 1967, M.A. 1970, Ph.D. Economics 1970), John Leverette Professor and former Provost of Harvard University
- Susan Hockfield (B.S. 1973), sixteenth president of MIT
- Jay Last (B.S. 1951), member of the Traitorous Eight that founded Silicon Valley
- James A. Pawelczyk (B.S. 1982), NASA astronuat
- Bruce Schneier (B.S. Physics), noted computer security expert
- Avie Tevanian (B.A. Math 1983), an important figure in the development of the NeXT Computer and its successor, Mac OS X at Apple
- Richard Thaler (Ph.D 1974), economist know for pioneering behavioral finance
- Ivan Sag (B.A. 1971), professor of linguistics at Stanford University