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research Photos Videos Galleries 47 items DateSort Untitled videoUntitled videoUntitled video Daguerreotype Research 1 item Electron microscopes at the University of Rochester's Goergen Hall May 24, 2011. //photo: J. Adam Fenster/University of RochesterElectron microscopes at the University of Rochester's Goergen Hall May 24, 2011. //photo: J. Adam Fenster/University of RochesterElectron microscopes at the University of Rochester's Goergen Hall May 24, 2011. //photo: J. Adam Fenster/University of Rochester Faculty research 5 items Footage of a naked mole rat in the Gorbunova and Seluanov Lab at the University of RochesterFootage of a naked mole rat in the Gorbunova and Seluanov Lab at the University of RochesterFootage of a naked mole rat in the Gorbunova and Seluanov Lab at the University of Rochester Mole Rat Research 13 items Warner Community Research 0 items Exterior views from the south side of the University of Rochester Medical Center's (URMC) Clinical and Translational Science Building (CTSB) December 30, 2010. Begun in Fall 2008, the $76.4 million facility will help accelerate scientific discoveries into new ways to understand, treat, prevent, and cure diseases. //photo: J. Adam Fenster/University of RochesterExterior views from the south side of the University of Rochester Medical Center's (URMC) Clinical and Translational Science Building (CTSB) December 30, 2010. Begun in Fall 2008, the $76.4 million facility will help accelerate scientific discoveries into new ways to understand, treat, prevent, and cure diseases. //photo: J. Adam Fenster/University of RochesterExterior views from the south side of the University of Rochester Medical Center's (URMC) Clinical and Translational Science Building (CTSB) December 30, 2010. Begun in Fall 2008, the $76.4 million facility will help accelerate scientific discoveries into new ways to understand, treat, prevent, and cure diseases. //photo: J. Adam Fenster/University of Rochester Saunders Research Building 147 items View All Kendra R. Watson: rising Chemical Engineering senior, Eisenberg Summer Research Fellow, is pictured in the lab of Astrid Müller (R), assistant professor in chemical engineering in Gavett Hall July 20, 2021. Müller recently published a paper in Chemical Reviews about a laser technique that involves shooting pulsed lasers at a solid immersed in liquid to create nanoparticles with remarkably controlled properties -- and to create them much more quickly than with traditional wet-lab procedures. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester

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hammock Photos Videos Galleries 4 items DateSort Nora Dimmock Department Head and Film Studies Librarian Multimedia CenterNora Dimmock Department Head and Film Studies Librarian Multimedia CenterNora Dimmock Department Head and Film Studies Librarian Multimedia Center 2009-08-05 Nora Dimmock 2 items l-r: River Campus library dean Mary Ann Mavrinac, 2013 Martin E. Messinger Libraries Recognition Award recipient and Digital Humanities Center and Film and Media Studies Library head Nora Dimmock, University of Rochester president Joel Seligman, and Delores Conway November 12 , 2013. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochesterl-r: River Campus library dean Mary Ann Mavrinac, 2013 Martin E. Messinger Libraries Recognition Award recipient and Digital Humanities Center and Film and Media Studies Library head Nora Dimmock, University of Rochester president Joel Seligman, and Delores Conway November 12 , 2013. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochesterl-r: River Campus library dean Mary Ann Mavrinac, 2013 Martin E. Messinger Libraries Recognition Award recipient and Digital Humanities Center and Film and Media Studies Library head Nora Dimmock, University of Rochester president Joel Seligman, and Delores Conway November 12 , 2013. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester 2013-11-12 Nora Dimmock 3 items l-r: University of Rochester president Joel Seligman, 2013 Martin E. Messinger Libraries Recognition Award recipient and Digital Humanities Center and Film and Media Studies Library head Nora Dimmock, and River Campus library dean Mary Ann Mavrinac November 12 , 2013. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochesterl-r: University of Rochester president Joel Seligman, 2013 Martin E. Messinger Libraries Recognition Award recipient and Digital Humanities Center and Film and Media Studies Library head Nora Dimmock, and River Campus library dean Mary Ann Mavrinac November 12 , 2013. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochesterl-r: University of Rochester president Joel Seligman, 2013 Martin E. Messinger Libraries Recognition Award recipient and Digital Humanities Center and Film and Media Studies Library head Nora Dimmock, and River Campus library dean Mary Ann Mavrinac November 12 , 2013. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester 2013-11-12 Nora Dimmock 3 items Nora Dimmock, librarian, head of Digital Humanities Center and Film and Media Studies Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Photo by Brandon Vick, University of Rochester http://www.rochester.eduNora Dimmock, librarian, head of Digital Humanities Center and Film and Media Studies Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Photo by Brandon Vick, University of Rochester http://www.rochester.eduNora Dimmock, librarian, head of Digital Humanities Center and Film and Media Studies Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Photo by Brandon Vick, University of Rochester http://www.rochester.edu 2013-11-22 Nora Dimmock 3 items Brendon Tran, left and John Gerald Maqui, both '22 share a hammock in Eastman Quad September 19, 2019. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester

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Rush Rhees Library. // Drone photos and video over River Campus from 200’ AGL as tree leaves change to Fall colors October 25, 2022. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester

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Zach rose ’23 and Nick Jiang ’24 perform with the Yellowjackets. // Students enjoy Dandelion Day on Wilson Quad during Springfest Weekend at the University of Rochester April 22, 2022. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester

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