TOGETHER WE MADE HISTORY

On October 21, 2011 we publicly launched The Meliora Challenge, our most ambitious fundraising campaign ever. Thank you for helping us Learn, Discover, Heal, Create—and Make the World Ever Better.

  LEARN

  DISCOVER

  HEAL

  CREATE

“My opportunity to be at Rochester came in part on the backs of people who came before me. I think that the extent to which we achieved our goals, it becomes a little bit self-fulfilling. What we've really done with this Campaign is build a new culture of philanthropy and engagement within the University community.”

— LARRY BLOCH '75, P'13S

In 2005, we embarked on a campaign to stretch the frontiers of our research, to enhance the quality and breadth of our teaching and health care, and to bolster and develop more of the paradigm-breaking programs that set us apart from our peers. We challenged ourselves to make the University and the world ever better.

Thanks to your passion, leadership, and generosity, we did it. Together, we raised more than $1.37 billion during The Meliora Challenge.

This report provides the highlights from a remarkable chapter in the University’s history and the transformative impact it has had on our people, our programs, and all of the places in which we learn, discover, heal, and create. We are now both a stronger University and community, positioned to reach further and aim higher. From here, we make our ascent to the next level.

— JOEL SELIGMAN, PRESIDENT, CEO, AND G. ROBERT WITMER, JR. UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

thank you