University of Rochester Timelines

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• A Department of Psychiatry is founded, the first department added to the medical school since its opening. Construction of Wing R, first major addition to the building complex, gets under way. (1946)
  1946
• A dormitory for nurses opens at the Medical School and will be named for Helen Wood in 1933 (1925)
  1925
• Anderson and Wilder Towers are named and dedicated. They opened in 1963. (1966)
  1966
• Anthony Memorial Hall opens and houses a gymnasium and other facilities for the College for Women (1914)
  1914
• Bausch and Lomb Riverside Park created along Wilson Boulevard (1989)
  1989
• Carlson Library opens (1987)
  1987
• Carol G. Simon Hall dedicated (1991)
  1991
• Catharine Strong Hall for the College for Women opens and houses classrooms, offices, and an auditorium (1914)
  1914
• Center for Optoelectronics and Imaging opens on South Campus (1993)
  1993
• Computer Studies Building opens (1987)
  1987
• Cutler Union opens on the Prince Street Campus: it is the first student union built at an American women's college (1934)
  1934
• de Kiewiet and Valentine dormitories open (1966)
  1966
• Eastman Dental Center opens (1925)
  1925
• Eastman Laboratory Building opens (1906)
  1906
• Eastman Place opens, with the new Sibley Music Library (1989)
  1989
• Eastman Student Living Center opens (1991)
  1991
• Eastman Theatre construction begins (1920)
  1920
• Eastman Theatre is renovated and restored to its original elegance through a gift of Eastman Kodak (1971)
  1971
• Ernest J. Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience opens at the Medical Center  (2009)
  2009
• Gilbert Hall dormitory opens (1960)
  1960
• Goler House is dedicated (1972)
  1972
• Graham Smith Plaza is dedicated (1976)
  1976
• Ground is broken for a "new" Strong Memorial Hospital. Between 1969-79, 700,000+ sq ft will be added to URMC facilities. (1969)
  1969
• Ground is broken for LLE’s building on the University’s South Campus (1976)
  1976
• Ground is broken for Schlegel Hall (1990)
  1990-05-16
• Ground is broken for the Memorial Art Gallery's second addition. (1968)
  1968
• Ground is broken for the River Campus (1927-05-21)
  1927-05-21
• Harkness Hall, named for 1858 alumnus William Harkness, opens (1946)
  1946
• Hoeing Hall dormitory opens (1956)
  1956
• Hopeman Engineering Building opens (1963)
  1963
• Hoyt Hall opens (1962)
  1962
• Hutchison Hall is dedicated (1972)
  1972
• Institute of Optics and the Department of Biomedical Engineering break ground on a new building that will house both programs (2004)
  2004
• Kappa Nu fraternity opens its house (1955)
  1955
• Kornberg Building opens and is home to the Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences (1999)
  1999
• Lovejoy Hall dedicated (1954)
  1954
• Mees Observatory opens (1965)
  1965
• Meliora Hall opens (1973)
  1973
• Meridian Marker on the Eastman Quadrangle is installed to mark the philanthropy of George Eastman on the centennial of his birth (1954)
  1954
• Merle Spurrier Gymnasium is dedicated (1974)
  1974
• Miller Center opens across from the Eastman Theatre on Gibbs Street (1988)
  1986
• Munro Hall, a dormitory for the College for Women, opens on the Prince Street Campus (1939)
  1939
• OMEGA laser at the Laser Laboratory for Laser Energetics begins an upgrade (1992)
  1992
• Patrick Barry House becomes a University property (1963)
  1963
• Pedestrian bridge connecting the campus with Rochester’s 19th Ward opens (1991)
  1991
• Reynolds Laboratory opens for use by the Chemistry department (1887)
  1887
• Ronald Rettner Hall for Media Arts and Innovation is dedicated (2013)
  2013
• Sage Dining Hall is named and dedicated for William Sage. It opened in 1963. (1966)
  1966
• Sibley Hall opens (1876)
  1876
• Statue of President Anderson is moved from the Prince Street Campus and placed between the Burton and Crosby Residence Halls (1955)
  1955
• Strong Memorial Hospital opens (1926)
  1926
• The administration building is renamed in honor of President W. Allen Wallis (1998)
  1998
• The first men's dormitory, Kendrick Hall, opens on the Prince Street campus (1913)
  1913
• The Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences is named to honor a $30 million commitment from Ed Hajim ‘58 (2009)
  2009
• The Hopeman Chime becomes the Hopeman Carillon with the installation of 50 new bells (1973)
  1973
• The Interfaith Chapel is dedicated--one of the largest glass structures of its kind in the world, with 6,500 square feet of colored-glass walls (1970)
  1970-05-24
• The Laboratory for Laser Energetics is founded; Moshe Lubin appointed director (1970)
  1970
• The Memorial Art Gallery is dedicated (1913)
  1913
• The River Campus is dedicated. The College for Men moves to the River Campus; the College for Women take over the Prince Street Campus (1930)
  1930
• The River Campus stadium is named in honor of Edwin Fauver. (1950)
  1950
• The Sibley Music Library moves from the first floor of the main ESM building into its own new building on Swan Street (1937)
  1937
• The Sphinxes are moved from Sibley Hall to flank the doors between Morey and Lattimore (1955)
  1955
• The University moves to Prince Street with the opening of Anderson Hall (1861)
  1861
• The women's dormitory--the Women's Residence Hall--is renamed in honor of Susan B. Anthony (1974)
  1974
• Tiernan Hall dormitory opens (1957)
  1957
• Wilson Commons is dedicated (1976)
  1976
• Women's dormitories open, with wings named for Susan B. Anthony, Lewis Henry Morgan, Mary T. L. Gannett and Emily Weed Hollister (1955)
  1955