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Young woman deeply engaged with her smartphone, seen through a distorted, swirling blur effect to illustrate the concept of social media echo chambers.

Your social media feed is built to agree with you. What if it didn’t?

Tue, 10 Feb 2026

A new study points to algorithm design as a potential way to reduce echo chambers—and polarization—online.
Steve Lim and Walter McDonald smile while seated in chairs against a bright yellow background.

Undergraduates launch affordable AI receptionist service

Fri, 19 Dec 2025

Walter McDonald ’27 and Stephen Lim ’27 created OrbitPhone to help small businesses manage calls and appointments.
Chunlei Guo hovering over a simulator to test sunlight absorption of a solar thermoelectric generator device he holds.

Black metal could give a heavy boost to solar power generation

Tue, 12 Aug 2025

Researchers improved solar power technology by engineering a solar thermoelectric generator 15 times more efficient than current state-of-the-art devices.
Two people in a green wheat field with a drone flying nearby overhead.

How brain-inspired analog systems could make drones more efficient

Mon, 28 Jul 2025

Electrical and computer engineers want to mimic the brain’s visual system to create AI tools for guiding autonomous systems.
Exterior of Wegmans Hall, home of the newly renamed Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

Goergen Institute’s name change reflects University of Rochester’s artificial intelligence expertise

Tue, 07 Jan 2025

The newly retitled Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence serves as an interdisciplinary hub of experts at Rochester.
A University of Rochester data science student flanked by seven members of the Rochester Fire Department with a fire truck and equipment in the background.

Data science students help speed up Rochester Fire Department’s emergency responses

Thu, 19 Dec 2024

The students analyzed millions of data points to determine where to best place fire stations, fire trucks, and other resources.
Two people sit across from a table using American Sign Language, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality to test a tabletop interactive play system for deaf and hard of hearing children.

Zhen Bai: Using AI to advance child development and learning

Thu, 14 Nov 2024

Computer scientist Zhen Bai develops technology to help kids benefit from and learn about artificial intelligence.
Overhead view of a vehicle with sensors activated while turning into a crosswalk with people to illustrate the concept of improved autonomous machines.

How to design autonomous machines that are more reliable and less costly

Thu, 03 Oct 2024

An international team of computer scientists has developed a new method to reduce cost-safety tradeoffs.
An illustration of several colorful, hexagon shaped icons representing different academic fields like space engineering, music, math, AI, and genetics.

Back-to-school meets future-ready: New academic programs at Rochester

Fri, 13 Sep 2024

The range of recently launched degree programs reflects what students, the workforce, and the world need and want to become ever better.

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