University of Rochester History
The name of the YellowJacket Mascot
What is "Rocky"
This domed library, named for UR's third president, is the centerpiece of the University
What is Rush Rhees Library
This company was founded in 1916 by brothers John and Walter as the Rochester Fruit and Vegetable Company, and now has stores all over the country
What is Wegmans
This iconic Rochester late-night dish piles meat, mac salad and home fries all on one plate
One of the most famous waterfalls located an hour and a half west of Rochester
What is Niagara Falls.
The University of Rochester's one word motto in Latin that means Ever better
What is Meliora
This building was designed by the renowned architect I.M. Pei, who is also famous for designing the iconic glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris
What is Wilson Commons
Originally called the Haloid Company, this Rochester firm became so famous its name became a verb for copying
What is Xerox?
Established in 1838, this is America's first municipal Victorian cemetery and the final resting place of historical figures like Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
What is Mount Hope Cemetary
This Great Lake borders Rochester to the north
What is Lake Ontario?
This Kodak founder also funded one of the most prestigious music schools in the word, also tied to the University of Rochester
Who is George Eastman
The University of Rochester building houses the largest laser facility at any academic institution in the world.
What is the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Joseph Demerath of Rochester Candy Works invented a machine in 1893 to mass-produce this white, fluffy sweet treat, originally made from a plant's root
What is the Marshmallow
Every May, Highland Park hosts a festival celebrating this fragrant purple flower
What is the Lilac Festival
This river runs north through downtown Rochester, also a name of a residential building at U of R
What is the Genesee River?
This is the year the University of Rochester was founded
What is 1850?
Who is James P Wilmot
Kodak engineer Steven Sasson built the first of these devices in 1975, which later hurt Kodak's film business
What is a digital camera?
This Rochester museum is home to the National Toy Hall of Fame, and is the only collections-based museum in the world dedicated solely to the exploration and history of play.
What is the Strong National Museum of Play?
This waterfall sits right in downtown Rochester, in a district named after it
What is High Falls?
This is the name of the museum gifted to the University of Rochester by Emily Sibley Watson in 1912
What is the Memorial Art Gallery
This Building on the Hajim School of Engineering hosts the Office of Disability Resources and a student shop for machines and tools.
What is Taylor Hall
This Rochester optics company originally developed Ray-Ban sunglasses
What is Bausch & Lomb?
This Brewery is the oldest continuously operating brewery in New York State and one of the largest and oldest-running breweries in the United States.
What is the Genesse Brewery
This canal was a historic 363-mile artificial waterway in New York that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River.
What is the Erie Canal?