Campus & Community
URochester students engineer bacteria to build a future on Mars
November 7, 2025
Undergraduates turn Martian air into plastics and fertilizer—earning top honors internationally.
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Campus & Community
Rochester engineers serve the community through design capstone projects
August 21, 2025
Rochester seniors and master’s students provide businesses and nonprofits solutions to real-world problems.
Campus & Community
New scholars program is a catalyst for undergraduate research on chemical sustainability
May 7, 2025
The inaugural cohort of Barbara J. Burger Chemical Sustainability Scholars embarks on 15-month paid research experiences.
Science & Technology
Undergraduate students use bacteria to create clean energy
December 3, 2024
The student-led team used synthetic biology to harness clean energy from bacteria while simultaneously capturing and storing carbon dioxide, taking home a gold medal in the process.
Society & Culture
Historic Bermuda reshapes our understanding of colonial America
November 21, 2024
Smithsonian Magazine highlights the role of a Rochester historian and archaeologist in unearthing Bermuda’s colonial origins.
Campus & Community
Coursework: Engineering students put their skills to the test in design capstones
May 3, 2024
Rochester students invent solutions for project sponsors ranging from major league sports teams to researchers in Costa Rica.
Campus & Community
Exploring the ethical dilemmas of emergency care on the front lines
April 10, 2024
Rachel Whitmoyer ’24, a double major in physics and philosophy, brings her work as an emergency medical technician to bear on her studies at Rochester.
Campus & Community
First-year students help NASA study the total solar eclipse
April 2, 2024
Rochester has one of about 30 teams nationwide taking observations for the Citizen CATE 2024 experiment.
Science & Technology
Printing plant-based pharmaceuticals—without plants
February 5, 2024
Rochester undergraduates developed a 3D-printing system to replicate chemicals found in plants, including those endangered by climate change.
Campus & Community
Wired for research
August 16, 2023
Biomedical engineering student Sophea Urbi Biswas explores how the brain processes speech syntax—and discovers the benefits of conducting research as an undergraduate.