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University of Rochester scientists Lee Murray, John Kessler, Vasilii Petrenko, and Thomas Weber pose with equipment used to study methane in the environment.

The methane hunters

How URochester scientists are tracking the elusive greenhouse gas—and why it matters.

Eastman School of Music student string quartet and percussionist perform for Monroe County Jail residents and staff.

Measure by measure: Making music inside Monroe County Jail

A new partnership explores what happens when incarcerated people are given the chance not just to listen to music but to create it.

A molybdenite (MoS2) mineral sample, the natural rock from which the chemical element molybdenum (Mo) is extracted, is reflected below and set against a black background.

Science & Technology

A tiny poke gives molybdenum a new structure

Researchers reveal a way to recrystallize the heat-resistant metal molybdenum without extreme heat, opening new possibilities for next-generation semiconductors.

Shake Shack CEO Rob Lynch, wearing a green blazer, exchanges an elbow bump with an employee in the restaurant kitchen as another employee smiles.

Campus & Community

Shake Shack’s big cheese

Shake Shack CEO Rob Lynch ’99, ’00S (MBA) has built a career reviving restaurant brands by investing in people.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope suspended inside a large clean room at Goddard Space Flight Center as technicians work nearby.

From the Magazine

Helping NASA see the universe in a whole new light

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will let scientists survey the cosmos like never before, thanks in part to dozens of URochester alumni.

Graduation cap and crumpled paper to illustrate college application essay writing.

Campus & Community

How to write your best college application essay

URochester’s enrollment leader offers applicants insight into writing their college application essay and personal statement.

A hand in a stars-and-stripes sleeve holds a sign reading “The Science of Showing Up,” in red, white, and blue to illustrate voter turnout.

From the Magazine

What every American needs to know about voter turnout

Rochester political scientists explain why people do and don’t exercise their right to vote—and the implications of that choice for democracy.

Riley Laygo stands in a Yellowjackets softball uniform holding a baseball glove and ball while standing on a baseball field.

Campus & Community

Riley Laygo ’27 is rewriting the URochester softball record book

After a record-breaking season, the Yellowjackets star is exploring what else she can do.

A split image contrasts the KivuWatt methane extraction barge on Rwanda’s Lake Kivu with fishermen working from wooden boats at sunset.

From the Magazine

Rethinking power on Lake Kivu

Anthropologist Kristin Doughty’s research shows how a vision of progress can be manipulated by those in power—and who bears those costs.

Ever wonder: why not both?

At the University of Rochester, there’s no need to “pick a lane.” Here, art meets analytics, science meets soul, and curiosity leads to unexpected outcomes. It’s a home where thinkers and doers, scholars and starters, healers and leaders come together to create a world that’s ever better.