In an interview for the Living History Project, alumnus Noah Pizmony-Drezner (UR 2000) noted that when he was choosing a college:

The portion of the online exhibit, "We Want More..." which focuses on the University of Rochester provides highlights of the early women at the University, as well as some of the "firsts" - first faculty, first graduates, first dean, first trustee, first department chair, etc.

Homer.
His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby, Esq; Master of His Majesties Revells in the Kingdom of Ireland. London: James Flesher, for the author, 1669.

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895).
Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872.

John Evelyn (1620-1707).
An Essay on the First Book of T. Lucretius Carus De Rerum Natura. Interpreted and Made English Verse by J. Evelyn Esq. London: Gabriel Bedle & Thomas Collins, 1656.

John Dryden (1631-1700). 
The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis. Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden. Adorn'd with a Hundred Sculptures. London : Jacob Tonson, 1697. 

At the end of a letter addressed to the poet William Walsh (bap. 1662- d. 1708), and dated December 12 [1693], John Dryden outlined the plan to publish his translation of the works of Virgil:

John Dryden (1631-1700); Thomas Sprat (bap.1635-1713); Edmund Waller (1606-1687).
Three Poems upon the Death of his Late Highness Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland. London: William Wilson, 1659.

John Dryden (1631-1700)
An Ode, on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell; Late Servant to his Majesty, and Organist of the Chapel Royal, and of St. Peter's Westminster. The Words by Mr. Dryden, and Sett to Musick by Dr. Blow. London: Henry Playford, 1696.
Courtesy of Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections, Sibley Music Library.

Our first student to enroll from continental Europe was Simon Tuska (Class of 1856), and the first from Asia was Theodore Thanbyah (Class of 1871).

The Ask the Archivist column in the Summer 2021 Rochester Review answered a question from Campus Times Features Editor Melanie Earle ’23, who asked about the history of the carved wooden Yellowjacket sculpture which currently nests in a corner of Hirst Lounge in Wilson Commons. You can read the article here.