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