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October 16, 2013

University of Rochester swimmer and environmental science major Avery Palardy and Earth and Environmental Sciences department assistant professor Vasilii Petrenko examine a carbon 14 extraction line used to study methane found in ancient ice samples in his ice lab August 23, 2013. Palardo is going on a research trip to Antarctica in November. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester

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Often beginning more than a year in advance, the meticulous planning for finding a commencement speaker is what often helps make the speech the highlight of students’ and families’ graduation experience. The quality of this year’s speaker is no different, with the University announcing that Jeannine Shao Collins ’86 will be delivering the school’s 176th […]
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