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Optics “Focuses” Efforts to Defeat Physics in Photon Cup

Fauver Stadium gets a boost of energy during annual Photon Cup

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Spotlight on Engineering Alumni: Katie Schwertz

Name: Katie Schwertz Age: 26 Education (UR and additional): B.S. in Optics, University of Rochester, 2008; M.S. in Optical Sciences, University of Arizona. Current city/state of residence: Tucson, AZ Job Title: Design Engineer Employer:  Edmund Optics When and how did you choose your major? I started at UR with the intention of doing statistics and [...]

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Spotlight on Engineering Alumni: Ankur Pansari

Name: Ankur Pansari Age: 30 Occupation: CEO & Founder of Artillery Games Education (UR and additional): B.S. in Optics and B.S. in Applied Mathematics with minor in Physics, University of Rochester, 2004. Current city/state of residence: Silicon Valley, CA Community activities: Big Brothers / Big Sisters.  Former big-brother, now fund-raiser. What do you do now, and [...]

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Spotlight on Engineering Alumni: Gretchen Bauer

Name: Gretchen Bauer Age: 24 Occupation: Systems Engineer Education (UR and additional): B.S. in Optics, University of Rochester, 2010 Current city/state of residence: Hoboken, NJ Why did you choose to attend the University of Rochester? My older brother and cousin were already students at Rochester when I decided to attend. I actually went to Lehigh [...]

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Spotlight on Engineering Alumni: Dan Gray

Name: Dan Gray Age: 31 Education (UR and additional): B.S. in Optics, University of Rochester, 2002. M.S. in Optics, University of Rochester, 2003. Ph.D in Optics, University of Rochester, 2007. Current city/state of residence: Niskayuna, NY Job Title: Lead Optical Engineer Employer: GE Global Research Family: Wife and one son When and how did you [...]

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Spotlight on Engineering Alumni: Thomas Kraus

Name: Thomas Kraus Age: 28 Occupation: Optical engineer Education (UR and additional): B.S. in Optics, University of Rochester, 2005; Take Five, University of Rochester, 2006; M.S. in Optics, University of Rochester, 2007 Current city/state of residence: Springfield, VA Family: Wife, Emily (LaDuque W’05); Son, Ben (Class of 2032?) Community activities: Alexandria Harmonizers – an all-male [...]

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Students, Alumnus Awarded Fellowships to Study Abroad

It’s national fellowship selection season and some of Rochester’s brightest are learning that they’ve been selected as for prestigious awards.

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