Editing University of Rochester (section)

==History==
[[File:RushRheesLibraryInWinterObliqueFromLeft.jpg|thumb|The façade of [[Rush Rhees Library]], the main library on campus]]

=== Early history ===
The University of Rochester traces its origins to The First Baptist Church of [[Hamilton, New York|Hamilton (New York)]], which was founded in 1796. The church established the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York, later renamed the [[Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution]], in 1817.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstbaptistchurchhamilton.org/history.html|title=History|website=First Baptist Church|language=en|access-date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206005848/http://www.firstbaptistchurchhamilton.org/history.html|archive-date=December 6, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> This institution gave birth to both Madison University and the University of Rochester. Its function was to train clergy in the Baptist tradition. When it aspired to grant higher degrees, it created a collegiate division separate from the [[Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School|theological division]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2308|title=University of Rochester History: Chapter 2, Hamilton vs. Rochester: RBSCP|website=rbscp.lib.rochester.edu|language=en|access-date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129081808/https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2308|archive-date=November 29, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Colgate origins">{{cite web |title=Origins of Colgate University |url=http://www.colgate.edu/about/colgates-origins |publisher=Colgate University |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201004020/https://www.colgate.edu/about/colgates-origins |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The collegiate division was granted a charter by the State of New York in 1846, after which its name was changed to [[Colgate University#History|Madison University]].<ref name="Colgate origins" /> John Wilder and the Baptist Education Society urged that the new university be moved to [[Rochester, New York]]. However, legal action prevented the move. In response, dissenting faculty, students, and trustees defected and departed for Rochester, where they sought a new charter for a new university. Madison University was eventually renamed [[Colgate University]].<ref name="Colgate origins" />

=== Founding ===
[[Asahel C. Kendrick]], professor of Greek, was among the faculty that departed Madison University for Rochester. Kendrick served as acting president while a national search was conducted. He reprised this role until 1853, when [[Martin Brewer Anderson]] of the [[Andover Newton Theological School|Andover Newton Theological Seminary]] in Massachusetts was selected to fill the inaugural posting.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2309|title=University of Rochester History: Chapter 3, The Year of Decisions: 1850 RBSCP| website= rbscp.lib.rochester.edu | language=en|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205143618/http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2309|archive-date=December 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

The University of Rochester's new charter was awarded by the Regents of the State of New York on January 31, 1850. The charter stipulated that the university have $100,000 in endowment within five years, upon which the charter would be reaffirmed. An initial gift of $10,000 was pledged by John Wilder, which helped catalyze significant gifts from individuals and institutions.<ref name=":2" />

Classes began that November, with approximately 60 students enrolled, including 28 transfers from Madison.<ref name=":2" /> From 1850 to 1862, the university was housed in the old United States Hotel in downtown Rochester on Buffalo Street near Elizabeth Street (now West Main Street near the [[Interstate 490 (New York)|I-490]] overpass).<ref>{{Cite web |title=United States Hotel |url=https://www.facilities.rochester.edu/history/Hotel/index.htm |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=www.facilities.rochester.edu |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003043328/https://www.facilities.rochester.edu/history/Hotel/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

For the next 10 years, the college expanded its scope and secured its future through an expanding endowment, student body, and faculty. In parallel, a gift of 8 acres of farmland from local businessman and Congressman [[Azariah Boody]] secured the first campus of the university, upon which Anderson Hall was constructed and dedicated in 1862. Over the next sixty years, this Prince Street Campus grew by a further 17 acres and was developed to include fraternities houses, dormitories, and academic buildings including Anderson Hall, Sibley Library, Eastman and Carnegie Laboratories, the [[Memorial Art Gallery]], and Cutler Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2312|title=University of Rochester History: Chapter 6: A Critical Decade RBSCP|website=rbscp.lib.rochester.edu|language=en|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205143600/http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2312|archive-date=December 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:RheesLibraryGreatHall.jpg|thumb|The [[Great Hall]] of [[Rush Rhees Library]]]]

===Twentieth century===
The first female students were admitted in 1900, the result of an effort led by famous suffragist [[Susan B. Anthony]] and [[Helen Barrett Montgomery]]. During the 1890s, a number of women took classes and labs at the university as "visitors" but were not officially enrolled nor were their records included in the college register. President [[David Jayne Hill]] allowed the first woman, Helen E. Wilkinson, to enroll as a normal student, although she was not allowed to matriculate or pursue a degree. Thirty-three women enrolled among the first class in 1900, and Ella S. Wilcoxen was the first to receive a degree, in 1901.<ref name="May, Arthur J. 1977">May, Arthur J. (1977) ''A History of the university of Rochester'', Princeton: Princeton University</ref> The first female member of the faculty was [[Elizabeth Denio]] who retired as Professor Emeritus in 1917. Male students moved to River Campus upon its completion in 1930 while the female students remained on the Prince Street campus until 1955.

Anthony's work left a lasting impression on the university, with multiple awards, buildings and centers being named after her.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Susan B. Anthony Center |url=https://www.rochester.edu/sba/ |access-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006024548/https://www.rochester.edu/sba/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=First-Year Hill |url=https://www.rochester.edu/reslife/first-year/first-year-hill.html#sue- |access-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006023045/https://www.rochester.edu/reslife/first-year/first-year-hill.html#sue- |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Expansion ====
Major growth occurred under the leadership of [[Benjamin Rush Rhees]] over his 1900–1935 tenure. During this period, George Eastman became a major donor, giving more than $50 million to the university during his life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/3598|title=University of Rochester Library Bulletin: George Eastman and the University of Rochester, His Role, His Influence RBSCP| website=rbscp.lib.rochester.edu|language=en|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205143611/http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/3598|archive-date=December 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Under the patronage of Eastman, the Eastman School of Music was created in 1921. In 1925, at the behest of the [[General Education Board]] and with significant support from [[John D. Rockefeller]], George Eastman, and [[Henry A. Strong]]'s family, medical and dental schools were created.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/about/history.aspx|title=History - School of Medicine and Dentistry - University of Rochester Medical Center - University of Rochester Medical Center|website=www.urmc.rochester.edu|language=en|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205143555/https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/about/history.aspx|archive-date=December 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/dentistry/about/history.aspx|title=History of Eastman Dental - Eastman Institute of Oral Health - University of Rochester Medical Center|website=www.urmc.rochester.edu|language=en|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205143552/https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/dentistry/about/history.aspx|archive-date=December 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The university awarded its first [[PhD]] that same year.

During [[World War II]], Rochester was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the [[V-12 Navy College Training Program]] which offered students a path to a Navy commission.<ref name="rochester-v-12">{{cite web |url=http://mcnygenealogy.com/book/news-uofr-4.htm |title=The News about the University of Rochester, 1944 |publisher=GenWeb Monroe County |access-date=September 25, 2011 |year=2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402150407/http://mcnygenealogy.com/book/news-uofr-4.htm |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1942, the university was invited to join the [[Association of American Universities]] as an affiliate member and it was made a full member by 1944.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2335|title=University of Rochester History: Chapter 29, The Impact of Pearl Harbor RBSCP |website=rbscp.lib.rochester.edu|language=en|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205143607/http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2335|archive-date=December 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Between 1946 and 1947, in infamous [[Human experimentation in the United States#Uranium experiments|uranium experiments]], researchers at the university injected [[uranium-234]] and [[uranium-235]] into six people to study how much uranium their kidneys could tolerate before becoming damaged.<ref name="goliszek-136-137">Goliszek, 2003: pp. 136–137</ref> In 1955, the separate colleges for men and women were merged into the college on the River Campus. In 1958, three new schools were created in engineering, business administration, and education.<ref>[http://www.rochester.edu/aboutus/history.html University of Rochester:] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233815/http://www.rochester.edu/aboutus/history.html |date=March 3, 2016 }} History and Distinctions</ref> With guidance provided by [[Lewis White Beck]] at this time, the university also acquired widespread international recognition for the excellence of its Ph.D. program in Philosophy as well as close research collaborations with [[Kantian]] scholars throughout Germany and the United States.<ref name="RCL2022">{{cite web | first = Vincent | last = Tanzi | title=Leafing Through Lewis White Beck's Career and Mind | website=River Campus Libraries | date=September 29, 2022 | url=https://www.library.rochester.edu/rbscp/blog/leafing-through-lewis-white-becks-career-and-mind}}</ref><ref>[https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/kant.1997.88.4.385/html?lang=en "Lewis White Beck in memoriam". Seebohm, Thomas M. Kant-Studien  88. Jahrg.,  S. 38 1997 Lewis White Beck Memoriam on Google]</ref><ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/2106957?seq=1 "Proceedings of the Third International Kant Congress" Beck, Lewis White.''Philosophy and Phenomenological Research'' Vol. 33, No. 3 (Mar., 1973), pp. 429–431 Lewis White Beck North American Kant Society on Google]</ref><ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3130967 ''Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association'', Vol. 71, No. 5 (May, 1998), " Memorial Minutes: Lewis White Beck 1913-1997 pp. 135-136 Lewis White Beck on JSTOR.org]</ref>  The Graduate School of Management was named after [[William E. Simon]], former [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] in 1986. He committed significant funds to the school because of his belief in the school's free market philosophy and grounding in economic analysis.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/29/business/a-school-to-simon-s-liking.html|title=A School to Simon's Liking|last=Schmitt|first=Eric|date=October 29, 1986|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 5, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205093140/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/29/business/a-school-to-simon-s-liking.html|archive-date=December 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
Under the leadership of [[William H. Riker|William Riker]], the Department of Political Science at Rochester went from a six-person faculty with no graduate program to one of the most exciting political science departments in the United States. Riker established a new undergraduate program and trained an extraordinary number of graduate students. What emerged at Rochester, in the words of [[University of Georgia]]'s [[Keith T. Poole]] and Princeton's [[Howard Rosenthal (political scientist)|Howard Rosenthal]], was "the best doctoral program in political science in the world." According to [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]] professors [[Nelson W. Polsby|Nelson Polby]] and [[Eric Schickler|Eric Shickler]], Rochester professor [[Richard Fenno]] "contributed more to the understanding of the U.S. Congress than any other scholar in the more than 200 years since the founding of the American nation".<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.sas.rochester.edu/psc/about/index.html |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=www.sas.rochester.edu |language=en-US |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003003949/http://www.sas.rochester.edu/psc/about/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Name change controversy ====
Following the princely gifts given throughout his life, George Eastman left the entirety of his estate to the university after his death by suicide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tech.mit.edu/V52/PDF/V52-N15.pdf|title=Eastman dies by own hand|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810114423/http://tech.mit.edu/V52/PDF/V52-N15.pdf|archive-date=August 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The total of these gifts surpassed $100 million, before inflation, and, as such, Rochester enjoyed a privileged position amongst the most well-endowed universities. During the expansion years between 1936 and 1976,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last1=Jarrell|first1=Gregg |last2=Dorkey |first2=Frank C. |date=November 1993|title=University of Rochester's Endowment Fund Review |website=University of Rochester |url=https://urresearch.rochester.edu/fileDownloadForInstitutionalItem.action?itemId=4419&itemFileId=6639}}</ref> the University of Rochester's financial position ranked third, near [[Harvard University]]'s endowment and the [[University of Texas System]]'s [[Permanent University Fund]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Secrets of the Academy: The Drivers of University Endowment Success|first1=Jialan|last1=Wang|first2=Antoinette|last2=Schoar|first3=Josh|last3=Lerner|journal=Journal of Economic Perspectives|volume=22|issue=3|pages=207–222|doi=10.1257/jep.22.3.207|year=2008|s2cid=17968423|url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w14341.pdf|access-date=December 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211234418/https://www.nber.org/papers/w14341.pdf|archive-date=December 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to financial mismanagement combined with a decline in the value of large investments and a lack of portfolio diversity, the university's place dropped to the top 25 by the end of the 1980s.<ref name=":3" /> At the same time, the preeminence of the city of Rochester's major employers began to decline.

In response, the university commissioned a study to determine if the name of the institution should be changed to "Eastman University" or "Eastman Rochester University". The study concluded a name change could be beneficial because the use of a place name in the title led respondents to incorrectly believe it was a public university, and because the name "Rochester" connoted a "cold and distant outpost." Reports of the latter conclusion led to controversy and criticism in the Rochester community. Ultimately, the name "University of Rochester" was retained.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19860217&id=rAkhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TXIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1098,70161] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101194032/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19860217&id=rAkhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TXIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1098,70161|date=January 1, 2016}}, University of Rochester Urged to Change Name</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120715204855/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19860419&id=_mxJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pQoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3151,5556624] What's in a Name? Plenty, Argue University's Alumni</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/25/nyregion/our-towns-change-of-image-in-cold-and-distant-outpost.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013080733/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/25/nyregion/our-towns-change-of-image-in-cold-and-distant-outpost.html|date=October 13, 2016}} Our Towns--Change of Image in "Cold and Distant Outpost</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FFovBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22cold+and+distant+outpost%22&pg=PA165] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918205651/https://books.google.com/books?id=FFovBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22cold+and+distant+outpost%22&pg=PA165|date=September 18, 2023}} Pieterse, "Our Work Is But Begun: A History of the University of Rochester 1850-2005" (Boydell & Brewer, 2014), pg. 165</ref>

In response, University President [[Thomas H. Jackson]] announced the launch of a "Renaissance Plan" for the college that reduced enrollment from 4,500 to 3,600, creating a more selective admissions process.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=https://www.jpbm.org/publicoutreach/roch-ap2|title=Appendix 2: Letter to Rochester Faculty from President Jackson, Provost Phelps, and Dean Aslin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616231244/https://www.jpbm.org/publicoutreach/roch-ap2|archive-date=June 16, 2018}}</ref> The plan also revised the undergraduate curriculum significantly, creating the current system with only one required course and only a few distribution requirements, known as clusters.<ref>[http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=1838 Rochester.edu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623100036/http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=1838 |date=June 23, 2013 }}, Press Release: Rochester Renaissance Plan for The College</ref> Part of this plan called for the end of graduate doctoral studies in chemical engineering, comparative literature, linguistics, and mathematics,<ref name=":4" /> the last of which was met by national outcry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/publications/journals/notices/199603/rochester.pdf|title=Downsizing at Rochester: Mathematics Ph.D. Program Cut|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623212529/http://www.ams.org/publications/journals/notices/199603/rochester.pdf|archive-date=June 23, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Arenson|first=Karen W.|date=February 4, 1996|title=Fears That Loss of a Math Ph.D. Program Figures in a Bigger Equation|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/04/nyregion/fears-that-loss-of-a-math-phd-program-figures-in-a-bigger-equation.html|access-date=January 29, 2022|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222162856/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/04/nyregion/fears-that-loss-of-a-math-phd-program-figures-in-a-bigger-equation.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Arenson|first=Karen W.|date=March 29, 1996|title=Cut in Math Program Is Reversed At the University of Rochester|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/29/nyregion/cut-in-math-program-is-reversed-at-the-university-of-rochester.html|access-date=January 29, 2022|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129184503/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/29/nyregion/cut-in-math-program-is-reversed-at-the-university-of-rochester.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The plan was largely scrapped and mathematics exists as a graduate course of study to this day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/04/nyregion/fears-that-loss-of-a-math-phd-program-figures-in-a-bigger-equation.html|title=Fears That Loss of a Math Ph.D. Program Figures in a Bigger Equation|last=Arenson|first=Karen W.|date=February 4, 1996|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 18, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222162856/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/04/nyregion/fears-that-loss-of-a-math-phd-program-figures-in-a-bigger-equation.html|archive-date=December 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Twenty-first century ===
Shortly after taking office, university President [[Joel Seligman]] commenced the private phase of the Meliora Challenge, a $1.2 billion capital campaign, in 2005.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/03/25/university-rochester-billion-fundraising-goal-reached/70465610/|title=UR's campaign reaches $1.2 billion goal|work=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|access-date=June 16, 2018|language=en|archive-date=October 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014032736/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/03/25/university-rochester-billion-fundraising-goal-reached/70465610/|url-status=live}}</ref> The campaign reached its goal in 2015, a year before the campaign was slated to conclude.<ref name=":5" /> In 2016, the university announced the Meliora Challenge had exceeded its goal and surpassed $1.36 billion. These funds were allocated to support over 100 new endowed faculty positions and nearly 400 new scholarships.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/meliora-challenge-campaign-exceeds-expectations-historic-1-37-billion/|title=Meliora Challenge campaign exceeds expectations with historic $1.37 billion|date=July 7, 2016|work=NewsCenter|access-date=December 5, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225084335/http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/meliora-challenge-campaign-exceeds-expectations-historic-1-37-billion/|archive-date=December 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
After and during the completion of the challenge, the university embarked on a new phase of construction, resulting in the addition of significant campus facilities. This expansion included the construction of two new student dormitories, O'Brien Hall (2013) and Genesee Hall (2017). Furthermore, other additions included Wegmans Hall (2016), a new building for the Computer and Data Science Departments, LeChase Hall (2013), designed to host the Warner School of Education, and Rettner Hall (2013).<ref>{{Cite web |title=River Campus of the University of Rochester |url=https://www.facilities.rochester.edu/history/RC/ |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=www.facilities.rochester.edu |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003041800/https://www.facilities.rochester.edu/history/RC/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The University also expanded the Medical Center, constructing a new [[Golisano Children's Hospital (Rochester, NY)|Children's Hospital]], cancer center and  research building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Medical Center of the University of Rochester |url=https://www.facilities.rochester.edu/history/MC |access-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003050937/https://www.facilities.rochester.edu/history/MC/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On September 1, 2017, a complaint was filed by eight current and former faculty members at the University of Rochester with the United States [[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]] (EEOC). The complaint includes allegations of sexual misconduct/harassment by a tenure track faculty member, and condemnation of the response of the university administration.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/09/14/florian-jaeger-university-rochester-sexual-harassment-controversy-celeste-kidd/665410001/ |title=UR sexual harassment case: What you need to know |work=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |access-date=November 15, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204082251/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/09/14/florian-jaeger-university-rochester-sexual-harassment-controversy-celeste-kidd/665410001/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/education/2019/08/29/florian-jaeger-university-rochester-lawsuit-motion-dismiss-denied-cantlon-kidd-time-person-of-year/2149837001/ |title=Florian Jaeger: UR motion to dismiss lawsuit alleging cover-up denied |work=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |access-date=November 15, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/358503878/University-of-Rochester-Eeoc-3|title=UR EEOC Full Text|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116085823/https://www.scribd.com/document/358503878/University-of-Rochester-Eeoc-3|archive-date=November 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The university's initial public response to the complaint was a claim that the allegations were thoroughly investigated and could not be substantiated.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/09/10/university-rochester-mother-jones-eeoc-professor-sexual-harassment-seligman/652080001/ |title=University of Rochester responds to sexual harassment complaint against professor |work=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |access-date=September 10, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804173231/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/09/10/university-rochester-mother-jones-eeoc-professor-sexual-harassment-seligman/652080001/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/09/12/ur-professor-florian-jaeger-complaint-heats-up-seligman/656628001/ |title=UR complainants vs. Seligman: War of words heats up over prof accused of sexual harassment |work=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |access-date=September 12, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=December 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218072836/http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/09/12/ur-professor-florian-jaeger-complaint-heats-up-seligman/656628001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A new, independent investigation found the individuals covered in the report had not violated policy; however, significant recommendations were made to push the university towards leadership in policy regarding relationships between faculty, staff, employees, and students.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/nyregion/exonerated-university-president-resigns.html|title=Exonerated, University of Rochester President Steps Down|last=Wang|first=Vivian|date=2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 24, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220151855/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/nyregion/exonerated-university-president-resigns.html|archive-date=February 20, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On the same day as the release of the report, university President [[Joel Seligman]] publicly announced his previously tendered resignation.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 24, 2018|archive-date=January 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114025828/https://www.rochester.edu/president/memos/2018/resignation.html|date=January 11, 2018|title=Office of the President:: University of Rochester|url=https://www.rochester.edu/president/memos/2018/resignation.html|url-status=live|website=www.rochester.edu}}</ref> After a mediation process, the lawsuit was settled in 2020 when the university agreed to pay the plaintiffs $9.4 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wadman |first1=Meredith |title=University of Rochester and plaintiffs settle sexual harassment lawsuit for $9.4 million; accusers alleged retaliation by university in case of linguist Florian Jaeger |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/university-rochester-and-plaintiffs-settle-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-94-million |access-date=November 21, 2024 |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science |date=March 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chodak |first1=Adam |title=Hidden Chapter: The Florian Jaeger case and its aftermath |url=https://www.rochesterfirst.com/adam-interviews/hidden-chapter-the-florian-jaeger-case-and-its-aftermath/ |website=RochesterFirst.com |publisher=WROC-TV |access-date=November 21, 2024 |archive-date=September 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919053326/https://www.rochesterfirst.com/adam-interviews/hidden-chapter-the-florian-jaeger-case-and-its-aftermath/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Sarah C. Mangelsdorf]] succeeded Feldman as president of the university in 2019.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/12/17/university-rochester-new-president/2334516002/|title=University of Rochester names first woman president, Sarah Mangelsdorf|website=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|language=en|access-date=April 19, 2019}}</ref> Mangelsdorf is the first woman to serve as president of the university.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://provost.wisc.edu/meet-the-provost/|title=Meet Provost Mangelsdorf|website=Office of the Provost|language=en-US|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419052357/https://provost.wisc.edu/meet-the-provost/|archive-date=April 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2021, the Sloan Performing Arts Center opened, providing space for theatrical programs, dance programs, concerts, and other activities and serves as a home for the Institute for the Performing Arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sloan Performing Arts Center |url=https://www.facilities.rochester.edu/history/RC/Sloan.htm |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=www.facilities.rochester.edu |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006023046/https://www.facilities.rochester.edu/history/RC/Sloan.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, the university completed the $51.5m purchase of College Town, a 312,000-square-foot, mixed-use complex near the Medical Center and began work on a $42m expansion of the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 28, 2023 |title=University of Rochester buys College Town for $51.5M, eyes better connections with campus |url=https://www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2023-07-28/college-town-university-rochester-purchase |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=WXXI News |language=en |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006023046/https://www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2023-07-28/college-town-university-rochester-purchase |url-status=live }}</ref>

After student protests against the Israel–Hamas war in November 2023,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Koh |first=Alyssa |date=November 21, 2023 |title=War in Gaza hits UR campus |url=https://www.campustimes.org/2023/11/21/war-in-gaza-hits-ur-campus/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Campus Times |archive-date=April 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429135231/https://www.campustimes.org/2023/11/21/war-in-gaza-hits-ur-campus/ |url-status=live }}</ref> University of Rochester students [[List of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the United States in 2024|joined other campuses across the United States]] in setting up encampments on campus.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Meehan |first=Jeffrey |date=April 23, 2024 |title=Students set up encampment at UR to push for Gaza ceasefire amid U.S. college movements |url=https://eu.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2024/04/24/university-of-rochester-protest-students-build-camp-push-ceasefire/73428707007/ |work=Democrat and Chronicle |access-date=April 29, 2024 |archive-date=April 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425010907/https://eu.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2024/04/24/university-of-rochester-protest-students-build-camp-push-ceasefire/73428707007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Strong Memorial Hospital]], the main teaching hospital at the University, is currently undergoing its largest expansion, tripling the size of its [[Emergency department]] and adding a new, nine-story patient tower, which is the largest capital project in university history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strong Will Nearly Triple Size of ED, Offer 100+ New Private Inpatient Rooms |url=https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/strong-will-nearly-triple-size-of-ed-offer-100+-new-private-inpatient-rooms |access-date=July 23, 2024 |archive-date=July 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723143825/https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/strong-will-nearly-triple-size-of-ed-offer-100+-new-private-inpatient-rooms |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, [[Tom Golisano]] announced that he had made a $50 million donation, the largest single gift in University History, to build the Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute, and expand care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Rochester region.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wheeler |first=David |date=June 13, 2024 |title=Golisano will give $50 million for new institute for people with disabilities |url=https://www.whec.com/top-news/major-announcement-expected-thursday-at-golisano-childrens-hospital/ |access-date=July 23, 2024 |website=WHEC.com |language=en-US |archive-date=July 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723142537/https://www.whec.com/top-news/major-announcement-expected-thursday-at-golisano-childrens-hospital/ |url-status=live }}</ref>