Student Life
What is our University motto and what does it mean?
Meliora; Ever Better
What is the newest (in terms of construction) dormitory building on the River Campus?
Genesee Hall
What is Rochester's signature dish?
What is the name of our alumni weekend?
Meliora Weekend
What is the name of the cemetery that borders the River Campus?
Mount Hope Cemetery
What is our only Division 1 sports team?
Squash Team
How many quads do we have on campus?
5 - First-Year Quad, Eastman Quad, Wilson Quad, Frat Quad, Engineering Quad
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6 - First-Year Quad, Eastman Quad, Wilson Quad, Frat Quad, Engineering Quad, Upperclassmen Quad
Rochester hosts an annual festival in Highland Park. What is the name of this festival?
Lilac Festival
The superstitious consequence of walking through the clock tower
Will not graduate
There is a legend that one of the River Campus buildings is home to a ghost. Which building is this?
Rush Rhees Library
What is the name of the first student Spirit Weekend during Spring Semesters!
Winterfest Weekend
How many buildings are connected by the main tunnel system through Rush Rhees library?
11 - Rush Rhees, Meliora, Bausch and Lomb, Hoyt, Dewey, Lattimore, Morey, Wilson Commons, Rettner, Douglass, ---
Rochester is known as the _____ City!
Flour
What year did the annual Boar Head's dinner tradition begin?
1934
How many statues originally made up the group of Meliora Madams, located between Meliora Hall and Rush Rhees library?
Eight
What year was Rochester Rotaract founded?
2006
What University building has chandeliers that were made from washtubs?
Kodak Hall, Eastman Theatre
Who was responsible for founding Eastman Kodak in Rochester?
George Eastman
If one accidentally walked through the clock tower, how would you reverse the effects of the superstition?
By throwing an acorn and landing it in the brim of George Eastman's hat!
Rochester faculty and alumni have won how many Nobel Prize awards?
Seven
What are the Meliora values?
M - Meliora
E - Equity
L - Leadership
I - Integrity
O - Openness
R - Respect
A - Accountability
Which River Campus building was originally designed like a ship, and used as the naval science building?
Harkness Hall
What corporation was founded in Rochester that revolutionized printing technology?
Xerox
Which Rochester tradition debuted in May 1951?
Dandelion Day
Rochester is known as the ____ Valley because of its innovation in photocopying and photography.
Optics