Many University of Rochester students thrive on the school’s open curriculum, which allows and even encourages students to pursue multiple passions with equal vigor.
The Memorial Art Gallery鈥檚 鈥�鈥� lecture series is in its third season of celebrating the creative lives and private hobbies of Rochesterians. This week, the event focuses on students and the surprising double lives they sometimes lead.
Here, we highlight those students聽being featured at the 鈥淗idden Passions鈥� event on Thursday, February 9.
Dan Hargrove 鈥�17 (KEY) is an international relations major with two distinct pursuits he has followed since childhood.听The first is his art. With no formal training, Hargrove has honed his craft, creating detailed, colorful ink and watercolor drawings which he showcases in an online portfolio at .听He鈥檒l also be discussing the coral reef he created and has maintained in an aquarium at home since he was 14 years old.
Erik Rosenkranz 鈥�18 is a mechanical engineering major who hopes to pursue a career as a civil engineer. He is captivated by bridges, looking at them and analyzing them. But his 鈥渉idden passion鈥� is for woodworking, especially the longboards that he builds and rides.
Engineering students Omar Soufan 鈥�17 (left) and Ibrahim Mohammad 鈥�17 knew from the minute they met that they were bonded by their pasts鈥攁nd their future. Together they share a 鈥渉idden passion鈥� that has led them to create 3-D printed prosthetics for Syrian refugees.
