Campus & Community Two sophomores receive Critical Language Scholarships May 10, 2021 Diego Encinas ’23 will study Portuguese and Jason Hahn ’23 will study Russian as part of government immersion program.
Campus & Community Optics grad has her eyes on the stars May 6, 2021 Optical engineer Alyssa Ho ’21 is headed to Raytheon to work on space system projects.
Science & Technology A new way to make AR/VR glasses look more like regular glasses April 30, 2021 Rochester researchers are combining freeform optics and a metasurface to avoid ‘bug eyes’ in AR/VR glasses and headsets.
University News Susana Marcos to lead Center for Visual Science February 11, 2021 Internationally recognized pioneer in vision science and its applications is named the next director of one of the University’s most highly regarded research centers.
Science & Technology An optical coating like no other February 4, 2021 Researchers in the Institute of Optics have developed a new class of optical coatings, Fano Resonance Optical Coatings, that can both reflect and transmit the same wavelength simultaneously.
Health & Medicine Chip on a card would detect COVID-19 antibodies in a minute January 6, 2021 Researchers in Rochester are developing a “completely new diagnostic platform” that could prove to be a valuable clinical tool for detecting exposure to multiple viruses from a single drop of blood.
University News FACE Foundation funds international optics education collaboration between Rochester and École Centrale Marseille December 10, 2020 The grant supports collaboration between US and French institutions at a time when international education and study abroad have been severely impacted by COVID-19.
University News Jannick Rolland named fellow of National Academy of Inventors December 8, 2020 The director of the Center for Freeform Optics holds more than 50 patents and is considered a pioneer in optical applications in augmented and virtual reality.
Science & Technology Building a quantum network one node at a time November 3, 2020 New research demonstrates a way to use quantum properties of light to transmit information, a key step on the path to the next generation of computing and communications systems.
Science & Technology Finally, a way to see molecules ‘wobble’ October 22, 2020 Breakthrough by international optics team reveals how proteins behave in 3D, enabling new insights into cell behavior and disease progression