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.
Helping NASA see the universe in a new light
Dozens of URochester alumni helped build NASA’s next-gen Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
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.
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.
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.
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
From the classroom to the cockpit—and beyond
Rochester native and F-35B pilot William Horn ’14 returns home as a featured performer at this year’s Rochester International Airshow.
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.
Science & Technology
Could FDA-evaluated tissue chips succeed where animal testing falls short?
URochester researchers hit an important FDA milestone for tissue chip technology that predicts dangerous immune reactions to cancer therapies.
Campus & Community
Thinking about a PhD? Your biggest questions, answered
Professor Darren Lipomi offers candid advice on choosing a graduate program, finding the right advisor, funding your education, and building a career in research.
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.
University news
Can scientists predict—and control—turbulence?
URochester joins a new NSF–funded center to find the answers by combining experiments, theory, simulations, and AI.
URochester’s Mt. Hope Family Center now home to the Baby Safe Sleep Coalition
The historic partnership and public health investment aim to reduce preventable infant deaths in Monroe County.
URochester faculty appointed to named professorships
Named positions are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate the work of URochester’s faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.