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Deep dives and high stakes

From coral reefs to human spaceflight, two URochester alumni are asking questions—and finding answers—at the planet’s most demanding frontiers.

Portrait of Curtis Stewart holding a violin, lit dramatically against a reddish background with soft shadowed text.

From the Magazine

The class that changed me: Curtis Stewart ’08, ’08E

The Grammy nominee recalls the violin lessons at Eastman that at once terrified and inspired him.

Illustration of photodynamic therapy showing light killing a bacterial cell.

Health & Medicine

How light can fight abdominal infections

A light-activated therapy being tested at URochester could give doctors an antibiotic-free way to target stubborn abdominal infections.

Hire Rochester interns Alayna Leestma, Claire Cho, Triet Ly, and Ivan Cea Gomez on the URochester quad.

Campus & Community

New paid internship program helps URochester students launch careers

This summer’s inaugural Hire Rochester undergraduates are building skills, confidence, and professional connections.

Pinned bee specimens viewed head-on in a collection drawer, with a metallic green bee in sharp focus at center.

Science & Technology

20,000 ways to bee: Everything you want to know about bees

Professor Bob Minckley answers common questions about the surprisingly diverse—and downright weird—world of bees.

William Horn in a flight suit in front of a jet.

Campus & Community

From the classroom to the cockpit—and beyond

Rochester native and F-35B pilot William Horn ’14 returns home as a featured performer at this year’s Rochester International Airshow.

Laser light passes through a “time gate” consisting of a thin film of indium tin oxide.

Science & Technology

New imaging technique sees through deep tissue, dense fog, and other obstacles

The AI-enhanced technology could improve noninvasive cancer imaging, lower costs, and make LiDAR systems more effective in poor visibility.

A modular µSiM (m-µSiM) tissue chip platform.

Science & Technology

Could FDA-evaluated tissue chips succeed where animal testing falls short?

URochester researchers hit an important FDA milestone for tissue chip technology that predicts dangerous immune reactions to cancer therapies.

URochester PhD student and advisor in a lab to illustrate how to choose a PhD program and advisor.

Campus & Community

Thinking about a PhD? Your biggest questions, answered

Professor Darren Lipomi offers candid advice on choosing a graduate program, finding the right advisor, funding your education, and building a career in research.

Ever wonder: why not both?

At the University of Rochester, there’s no need to “pick a lane.” Here, art meets analytics, science meets soul, and curiosity leads to unexpected outcomes. It’s a home where thinkers and doers, scholars and starters, healers and leaders come together to create a world that’s ever better.