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Lauren Ghazal pictured next to a graphic that reads "My Rochester Story with Lauren Ghazal, assistant professor, School of Nursing."

Campus & Community

Lauren Ghazal: An advocate for young adult cancer survivors

December 2, 2025

The nurse scientist has devoted her career to supporting fellow cancer survivors while expanding her research’s impact.

Science & Technology

Barry Silverstein ’84 to help lead the future of AR/VR at URochester

November 19, 2025

The former senior director and chief technology officer of optics and display in Meta’s Reality Labs will direct the Center for Extended Reality.

Political science professor Gretchen Helmke stands in her office with whiteboards and notes behind her.

From the Magazine

Office hours with Gretchen Helmke

November 14, 2025

The 2025 Guggenheim Fellow on turning a passion for reading and writing into a career solving our most vexing political puzzles.

Kathryn Cowdrick holding a model of a human throat next to an illustration that reads "ever wonder what happens when an opera singer gets a cold."

Health & Medicine

What happens when an opera singer gets a cold?

November 14, 2025

When illness threatens a performance, singers rely on science, technique, and tough judgment calls.

Close up image of a baby with oxygen support and mother nearby to illustrate respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in babies and infants.

From the Magazine

This pediatrician’s wish: For RSV to be a thing of the past. We’re almost there.

November 13, 2025

An essay by Brenda Tesini, an associate professor of pediatrics who treats patients at URochester’s Golisano Children’s Hospital.

Michael Clark leads the class Principles of Biology.

Campus & Community

Michael Clark: Inspiring learning through the art of asking questions

November 10, 2025

The Goergen Award–winning lecturer keeps students engaged with workshops and critical thinking exercises.

Katherine Grzesik in a classroom teaching and gesturing at a screen with equations.

Campus & Community

Katherine Grzesik: Crunching numbers and sparking curiosity

November 10, 2025

The innovative statistics professor and Goergen Award winner focuses on the student experience at URochester.

David Foster in a classroom teaching and gesturing at a screen full of graphs and equations.

Campus & Community

David Foster: Guiding students to find their own path

November 8, 2025

Student advocacy, industry experience and rigorous theoretical knowledge earned him URochester’s highest award for teaching.

White text reads "Faculty Awards" against a blue-colored background image of architectural detail featuring an ironwork owl and vines.

University News

Recent awards spotlight accomplishments of URochester faculty

October 30, 2025

The National Academy of Medicine and the Packard Foundation are among the organizations honoring faculty members at the University.

Ruth Lawrence looking off camera and smiling in a white coat with an MD badge on the collar.

University News

Ruth Lawrence, pioneering pediatrician and breastfeeding advocate, dies at 101

October 16, 2025

Her seven-decade career at the University of Rochester reshaped how clinicians support mothers and infants.