University News

Adam Snyder, assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences and neuroscience, has received a Sloan Research Fellowship, awarded to young scientists considered to be future leaders in the scientific community.

Computer science professor Randal Nelson, who died unexpectedly, is being remembered as a curious and creative engineer who was deeply invested in supporting Rochester students.

In a career spanning five decades, Richard (Dick) Fenno, who died in April 21, was instrumental in shaping the field of political science and in establishing the national reputation of Rochester's political science department.

Donated cloth masks will be distributed to employees carrying on the work needed to keep the University operational during the coronavirus crisis.

Effective immediately and until further notice, all students and employees currently working or living on non-Medical Center locations are required to wear a face mask when out in public or when social distancing is not possible.

A team of 14 physicians, physician assistants, and registered nurses have returned to Rochester after supporting health care providers at two New York City hospitals hard hit by the coronavirus.

Faculty members Benjamin Miller and Marvin Doyley have been inducted as fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

The University of Rochester will receive important support from the $2 trillion recovery package designed to help the country fight coronavirus.

Rochester faculty have been appointed to named professorships in recognition of their leadership as reseearchers and teachers.

The Board of Trustees has approved tuition and financial aid rates for the 2020-21 academic year at the University of Rochester.

Dyson is the fourth speaker in the “Difficult Conversations as a Catalyst for Change" lecture series, and is the author or editor of more than 20 books on race and race relations in the United States.

Chihoski joins Rochester with more than 25 years of operations and facilities experience and has particular expertise in construction, facilities management, plant operations, emergency management, and environmental health and safety.