University of Rochester student Marissa Balanon-Rosen paints a piano with area youth in Pulaski Park in Rochester, NY August 8, 2013, as part of her “Pianos for Peace” project. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester
Fashion
Balonon-Rosen
Dazzling lights. Live music. Eight young fashionistas, each wearing unique and brilliant outfits, were featured on the runway for Creative Art Club (CAC)’s 2026 Fashion Show. Read More
Artemis II
Balonon-Rosen
My feed filled instantly with influencers explaining the mission. Some of them had millions of followers. Their videos were polished, confident, and loaded with terms like "trans-lunar injection" and “free-return trajectory.” They spoke with the authority of people who had studied astrophysics and literal rocket science their entire lives. Read More
cluster search engine
Balonon-Rosen
Coming to you from the makers of MelCourses, a new cluster search engine will be unveiled next semester. RocLab, the student-led team behind the search engine, is a campus organization that focuses on building tech solutions. For the past year and a half, RocLab has been working on creating a cluster search engine to replace the University’s current system, according to sophomore Will Record, a director and development team lead with RocLab. Read More
