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Jess Gale stands outside her store, The Siren and the Sea: Books and Coffee.

The Siren and the Sea: An odyssey, of sorts

For Rochester independent bookshop owner Jess Gale ’04, community is essential to both the journey and the destination.

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

Helping NASA see the universe in a 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.

Students attend the Candlelight ceremony during Welcome Week.

Campus & Community

Yellowjackets from the start: Welcome Week sets the tone for a new school year

Excitement, anticipation, and school spirit abound as new and returning students arrive at URochester for the start of the 2026–27 academic year.

Portrait of Curtis Stewart holding a violin, lit dramatically against a reddish background with soft shadowed text.

From the Magazine

The class that changed me: Curtis Stewart ’08, ’08E

The Grammy nominee recalls the violin lessons at Eastman that at once terrified and inspired him.

Illustration of photodynamic therapy showing light killing a bacterial cell.

Health & Medicine

How light can fight abdominal infections

A light-activated therapy being tested at URochester could give doctors an antibiotic-free way to target stubborn abdominal infections.

Hire Rochester interns Alayna Leestma, Claire Cho, Triet Ly, and Ivan Cea Gomez on the URochester quad.

Campus & Community

New paid internship program helps URochester students launch careers

This summer’s inaugural Hire Rochester undergraduates are building skills, confidence, and professional connections.

Pinned bee specimens viewed head-on in a collection drawer, with a metallic green bee in sharp focus at center.

Science & Technology

20,000 ways to bee: Everything you want to know about bees

Professor Bob Minckley answers common questions about the surprisingly diverse—and downright weird—world of bees.

Campus & Community

Deep dives and high stakes

From coral reefs to human spaceflight, two URochester alumni are asking questions—and finding answers—at the planet’s most demanding frontiers.

Laser light passes through a “time gate” consisting of a thin film of indium tin oxide.

Science & Technology

New imaging technique sees through deep tissue, dense fog, and other obstacles

The AI-enhanced technology could improve noninvasive cancer imaging, lower costs, and make LiDAR systems more effective in poor visibility.

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.