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August 28, 2019 | 02:16 pm

Marvin Doyley selected for first cohort of national STEM leadership program

The professor of electrical and computer engineering is one of 20 faculty members nationwide who have been selected for the IAspire Leadership Academy, a program aimed at building diversity in STEM fields.

topics: announcements, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, diversity, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Marvin Doyley, research funding,
University News
August 28, 2019 | 11:26 am

Sina Ghaemmaghami named new director of undergraduate research

Sina Ghaemmaghami, an associate professor of biology who joined the University of Rochester in 2012, has been appointed the director of undergraduate research.

topics: announcements, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, Sina Ghaemmaghami,
University News
August 20, 2019 | 03:33 pm

University Trustee and Board Chairman Emeritus
G. Robert Witmer Jr. ’59 remembered as leader ‘of great integrity, intelligence, and grace’

University Trustee and Board Chairman Emeritus G. Robert Witmer Jr. ’59—noted jurist, distinguished alumnus, longtime servant of the University and the Greater Rochester community, and a man known affectionately as “Mr. Rochester”—is being remembered this week as one of the institution’s most significant and beloved leaders. Witmer died Sunday evening, August 18.

topics: board of trustees, obituaries, Robert Witmer,
University News
August 12, 2019 | 02:53 pm

Two faculty recognized by DOE as exceptional researchers

Two University of Rochester faculty members–Hussein Aluie and Ellen Matson–have been named recipients of Early Career Research awards from the Department of Energy.

topics: Department of Chemistry, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ellen Matson, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hussein Aluie, School of Arts and Sciences,
University News
August 8, 2019 | 01:17 pm

These mentors make a difference for first-generation, minority students

Five University of Rochester faculty mentors are the inaugural recipients of a new mentorship award from the University’s David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity.

topics: awards, David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Linguistics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, diversity, Douglas Kelley, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laurel Carney, Mark Buckley, Maya Abtahian, Roman Sobolewski, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
University News
August 4, 2019 | 10:11 am

Five appointed to named professorships

Several members of the University faculty were recently appointed to named or endowed professorships.

topics: B. Paige Lawrence, Department of Chemistry, Department of Environmental Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Neurology, Eastman School of Music, Elilzabeth Marvin, Nimish Mohile, Rudi Fasan, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Steve Georas,