Curriculum Vitae
The professor who merges Socrates and spreadsheets
Accounting professor Joe Hoyle has spent decades refining a teaching style that’s both demanding and deeply supportive.
Tailwind of Love
A journey of grief, growth, and friendship
Athletics
Beyond the scoreboard
Spider student-athletes have an entire team behind them taking a holistic approach to nurturing their potential.
Chemistry
What makes smoky, charred barbecue taste so good?
Professor Kristine Nolin reveals the mouth-watering chemistry of cooking over an open flame.
Spiders Near and Far
Public Service
Goode’s good news
Junior Chloe Goode was named a 2025 Truman Scholar, an award designed to launch careers in public service. She's UR’s first Truman recipient since 2014.
Software Engineering
Behind the pins: Visual discovery at Pinterest
Robert Heler, ’12, helps power Pinterest’s visual magic — blending AI, creativity, and code to turn inspiration into reality.
Art Insurance
The artsy side of insurance
Alexandra Castiglia, ’19, protects priceless art with passion, proving that a love for art history can lead far beyond the museum.
Music
Bebop blessings
Benjamin Stalder, ’25, set the traditional Latin Mass to the sounds of jazz. His composition debuted in Cannon Memorial Chapel in the spring.
“It is amazing how otherwise responsible adults ... can be so crazy during football season.”
—Ron Bessent, R’70
Eye
Campus News
“Thanks to our Spider community, our university’s best days are ahead.”
—Kevin F. Hallock, president
In Memoriam
Bearing new witness
The consecration ceremony for a new memorial was a moment to “recognize and honor those that were seemingly forgotten and voiceless.”
Books
A very Spider tale
Tina Hallock, UR’s first lady, reconceived the origin story of our distinctive mascot as a children’s book. Proceeds go toward scholarships for UR students.
Scary Spider Movie
Cry Wolf turns 20
Sports
Portrait
Forward momentum
Spider baseball coach Mik Aoki measures his program’s success by more than just what happens on the field.
More to Explore
Q&A
We often feature UR students who leave the U.S. to study abroad. Lucas Dominguez Molina, ’25, went the other way — leaving home in Madrid to study for a year in UR’s Robins School of Business.
Summer intern learns entrepreneurial skills at a fledgling UR alumni company
Student Experience
July 21, 2025
Recent UR grad pens an award-winning essay about reconnection and grief
Student Experience
July 21, 2025
UR alum’s unplanned career path leads her to event planning
Alumni
July 18, 2025
UR professors officiate weddings as former students tie the knot
Alumni
July 17, 2025
