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Rush Rhees Library tower is 186 feet high. The Hopeman Carillon in the tower is the largest musical instrument in the city and one of the largest in the country. It contains fifty bells which were imported from Holland. Its total weight is 6,668 pounds. The total cost in 1973 was about $27,000. Take a few seconds and hear the carillon from the Rush Rhees tower. The Library contains close to 42 miles of shelving. Floor area is over 350,000 sq.ft. Total seating capacity is about 2070, providing a seat for almost every third student on River Campus. There are hundreds of lockers and carrels available to students, plus 55 private studies available to researchers. Voyager, our online catalog, replaced an older system in January 1997. One large computer, many microcomputers, and computer terminals help in many aspects of library work, including circulation, cataloging, interlibrary loan, and reference, and there are about 100 microcomputers (PC and Macintosh) for student use.
University of Rochester / Brandon Vick
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UR Academic Honors Abound for Rochester Student-Athletes

4/23/2025 11:26:00 AM

By: Scott Sabocheck, Director of Athletic Communications
The 2024-25 academic year is coming to a close and several members of University of Rochester varsity athletic teams have received awards from the University for outstanding excellence in the classroom.
 
Three individuals received the Suzanne O'Brien Book Awards, ten athletes were named Provost Circle Scholars and 11 scholars were elected Phi Beta Kappa for the 2024-25 academic year.
 
Phi Beta Kappa recognition is awarded to seniors, and some juniors, and is based on exceptional academic performance and a letter of recommendation from a faculty or staff member. New members are elected each spring by members of the Iota chapter at the recommendation of the nominating committee. Approximately ten percent of each graduating class is chosen to Phi Beta Kappa.
 
Individuals earning Phi Beta Kappa in 2025 are Megan Bell (women's track & field), Jack Corcoran (baseball), Skye Crocker (men's XC/track & field), Logan Kinajil-Moran (men's soccer), Alexia Nelms (volleyball), Alejandro Porras (squash), Emily Ren (field hockey), Richard Santarosa (men's XC/track & field), Krish Vennam (men's tennis), Tom Whiteley (squash). Additionally, Leah Tang (women's swimming & diving) was elected last year as a junior.
 
Rochester's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa welcomes a total of 118 seniors and 11 juniors as the 2025 inductees, joining 18 students who were elected last spring as juniors.
 
Junior student-athletes are nominated by the Department of Athletics & Recreation to receive the Provost Circle Scholar award. The honorees have the highest cumulative grade point average among the junior class who are competing with one of the University's 23 varsity intercollegiate athletic teams.
 
The 2025 Provost Circle Scholars are Nate Beitel (men's basketball), Alyssa Horng (women's XC/track & field), Jackson Kane (football), Marshall Kim (golf), Kennedy Leininger (rowing), Ahaan Malhotra (men's tennis), Morgan Napolitano (lacrosse), Zoe Noble (women's track & field), Maciej Nowak (men's soccer) and Cece Vassallo (women's soccer).
 
Lastly, three sophomore student-athletes received the Suzanne J. O'Brien Book Award this academic year. The award is co-sponsored by the Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and presented to individuals for outstanding achievement as first-year's and are selected based on scholarly achievement, humanistic values, cocurricular activity, and leadership potential.
 
Rochester student-athletes receiving the O'Brien Book Awards in 2024-25 are Nate Attwell (men's swimming & diving), Lauren Blanch (women's soccer) and Jenna Ufberg (lacrosse).
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