The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York. The university is highly regarded for its programs in health care and optics. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees through the schools of Health Sciences, Arts & Sciences, Engineering & Applied Science and Simon Business School.
In fact, The University of Rochester’s main campus is located at 1 Lomb Memorial Drive on the south side of the Genesee River near downtown Rochester. It is situated near High Falls and Flint’s Pond. The university has five satellite locations throughout the Rochester region including many classrooms and laboratories at Strong Hospital.
The National Science Foundation has ranked the University of Rochester as one of the top 25 research universities in the United States. It’s also one of the country’s leading producers of undergraduate degrees in engineering, chemistry and physics.
The university has many famous graduates including former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, Nobel Prize winner James Watson (who discovered the structure of DNA), and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
In addition, The University of Rochester has several well-known alumni including former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw, actor James Woods, former Massachusetts governor William Weld, former IBM president Thomas J. Watson Jr., former CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite, former U.S. senator John Warner (R-VA), former U.S. senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT), former U.S. senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and former U.S. senator George McGovern (D-SD).
