Features

Fighting against poverty in Rochester with the Urban Fellows Program

Urban Fellows, an annual program hosted by the Center for Community Engagement (CCE) and funded by Americorp, gives undergraduate students the opportunity to work with local nonprofits over the summer — and get paid for it. 

Going for baroque

At the far end of the room lies the Eastman Italian Baroque Organ, the only full-sized Italian Baroque organ in the Western Hemisphere. 

New vocal jazz program at Eastman

Not a trace of the thunderous applause from just a moment earlier lingers in the air; instead, the crowd is hushed, breath caught in their chests for fear of breaking the spell.

Early voting at the Susan B. Anthony House

From Oct. 26 to Nov. 3, the Susan B. Anthony Museum and House (SBA) will be holding early voting for the upcoming general election. 

CT Eats: Enjoy a relaxing respite with a flight of Happy Earth Tea

If you’re looking for a way to take a load off after a particularly frazzling day, take a walk over to Happy Earth and snag a tea flight before 6 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday.

CT Interviews: PSL presidential candidate Claudia De La Cruz

Despite most coverage focusing on Harris and Trump, some third-party candidates have been making a wave.

Interpreting speech prosody in neurodivergence

As we go about our everyday lives, we unconsciously pick up cues when talking to people — through this process, we can determine a speaker’s emotion relatively confidently from just their tone or pitch, especially if they are someone close to us.

SADACA’s Voices Unheard: Global Dialogue

Each organization had their own segment to highlight a pressing issue occurring in the regions they represent. Their presentation consisted of not just information on the issue, but also how we, as students, could help.

Rochester Producers & Musicians hosts introductory GarageBand workshop

On Oct. 4, Rochester Producers & Musicians (RPM) hosted a workshop for students interested in learning to use GarageBand, Apple’s free digital audio workstation.

“Is Russia Redeemable?” Exiled Russian Journalist Alexander Nevzorov tells us

Exiled Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov delivered a lecture titled “Is Russia Redeemable?” in Morey Hall on the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 1.