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Benjamin Castañeda and Emilio Ochoa converse while reviewing data displayed on multiple computer screens.

From the Magazine

Breathing life-saving services into rural communities

Professor Benjamín Castañeda ’09 (PhD) leads a global effort to meet critical needs for medical technology.

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Bryce Davis ’20: Combining music and finance into a fulfilling career

The economics and music major found his path by embracing unexpected opportunities.

AI-generated illustration of artificial general intelligence shows a gleaming robot sitting at a desk, looking pensive, and writing with its left hand with a few books stacked on the desk.

Science & Technology

How artificial general intelligence could learn like a human

Computer scientist Christopher Kanan discusses AI, large language models, and the responsible use of artificial general intelligence.

John Ghyzel in a University of Rochester Yellowjackets uniform pitching a baseball.

John Ghyzel ’24: From pro pitcher to Rochester graduate

Seven years after leaving the University to play professional baseball, the Virginia native earned a bachelor’s in engineering science.

University of Rochester graduate student smiles while manipulating the apparatus in an optics lab.

Science & Technology

Twisting atomically thin materials could advance quantum computers

Placing two layers of special 2D materials together and turning them at large angles creates artificial atoms with intriguing optical properties.

Yaofang (Vicki) Liang smiles and looks out the window of JoyMart, the Asian grocery store and cafe she founded and runs.

Yaofang (Vicki) Liang ’23W (PhD): Pride and JoyMart

Gratitude led a Warner School graduate to open an Asian grocery store and cafe at Rochester’s College Town.

Open Letter wins Republic of Consciousness Prize for English translation of Melvill

Rochester’s literary translation press published Rodrigo Fresán’s invented biography of Herman Melville, translated by alumnus Will Vanderhyden.

Photo of Lea Thome in a layout that shows the University of Rochester "spirit R" and says "alumni . . . connections: Lea Thome '22, political science."

Lea Thome ’22: A global citizen helps shape global policy

At Rochester, the German native forged her path to a career analyzing international relations in an interconnected world.

Aaron Do holds a poetry book and smiles while looking up at Yefim Ravin, who is seen from behind.

Coursework: Learning Russian in the heart of Rochester

Undergraduates learn language, culture, politics, and customs from Russian-speaking Jewish émigrés.

Sonya Maria Hadrigan named associate vice president for research integrity

Hadrigan will lead a University-wide compliance program aimed at ensuring integrity across the research landscape.

Nathan Deen joins University as deputy general counsel

Deen will lead a team of attorneys providing legal advice and services to University administration on a wide variety of issues and projects.

Exterior view of Wilmot Cancer Institute, a designated National Cancer Institute cancer center.

University’s Wilmot Cancer Institute earns prestigious National Cancer Institute designation

The new classification places Rochester among the top 4 percent of cancer centers in the United States.

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