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  2. List of University of Rochester people - Wikipedia

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    James C. Wyant. 1969 (PhD) National Academy of Engineering, optical scientist, 1st Dean of the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences. [122] Herbert York. 1942 (BS, MS) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, nuclear physicist, 1st Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, 1st Chief Scientist at DARPA.

  3. University of Rochester - Wikipedia

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    The University of Rochester traces its origins to The First Baptist Church of 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. [16] This institution gave birth to both Madison University and the ...

  4. History of Rochester, New York - Wikipedia

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    History of Rochester, New York. An aerial view of downtown Rochester from 1938. Urban Rochester as seen from the air. Settlement of the city of Rochester in western New York State began in the late 18th century, and the city flourished with the opening of the Erie Canal. It became a major manufacturing center, and attracted many Italians ...

  5. Rush Rhees Library - Wikipedia

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    Rush Rhees Library. Rush Rhees Library / riːz / is the main academic library of the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. It is one of the most visible and recognizable landmarks on the university's River Campus. Construction began in 1927 with the other original River Campus buildings and the library was dedicated in 1930.

  6. Nazareth University - Wikipedia

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    Nazareth University. Nazareth University (also known as Naz) is a private university in Pittsford, New York. It offers over 60 undergraduate majors [5] and more than two dozen graduate programs. The college was previously Nazareth College of Rochester, or Nazareth College .

  7. Rochester Institute of Technology - Wikipedia

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    Rochester Institute of Technology. /  43.08472°N 77.67611°W  / 43.08472; -77.67611. The Rochester Institute of Technology ( RIT) is a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was founded in 1829. RIT enrolls about 19,000 students, of whom 16,000 are undergraduate and 3,000 are graduate students.

  8. Strong Memorial Hospital - Wikipedia

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    strong.urmc.edu. Strong Memorial Hospital ( SMH) is an 886-bed medical facility, [1] part of the University of Rochester Medical Center complex (abbreviated URMC), in Rochester, New York, United States. Opened in 1926, it is a major provider of both in-patient and out-patient medical services. Attached to Strong is the 190-bed Golisano Children ...

  9. Eugene F. Provenzo - Wikipedia

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    Provenzo. was born in Buffalo, New York in 1949. He took his BA degree at the University of Rochester in 1972, where he studied History and Education (Honors and Distinction). He received a Ph.D. from Washington University's Graduate Institute of Education in the Philosophy and History of Education in 1976.