Science & Technology
How do magnetic fields affect star formation and high-energy-density lab experiments?
Rochester researchers hope to explain how the fields occur in plasma instabilities
Using data science to estimate fetal weight
Estimates of fetal weight in the third trimester of pregnancy are often inaccurate, so School of Nursing researchers are turning to data science for better assessments.
Rochester researchers go ‘outside the box’ to delineate major ocean currents
For the first time, University researchers have quantified the energy of ocean currents larger than 1,000 kilometers.
Society & Culture
What is the best way to group students?
Rochester researchers have developed a new approach that uses math to determine the best ways to group individuals to maximize learning.
Using improv to address COVID vaccine hesitancy
A new program combines improv theater techniques with coaching on motivation theory to help health care workers guide patients during conversations about vaccination.
Mt. Hope Family Center expands evidence-based trauma services
New federal funding will support the center’s programs addressing child and family trauma at individual and systemic levels.
The Arts
Sam Chanse play premieres at Sloan Performing Arts Center
Fellowship is the latest production commissioned as part of the New Voice Initiative supporting early-career playwrights
Plutzik Reading Series opens 60th anniversary season with Jericho Brown
The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet will give a reading as part of the University of Rochester’s 202–23 Hyam Plutzik Memorial Reading Series—one of the nation’s oldest literary reading series.
Can arts integration deepen students’ understanding?
A partnership between City of Rochester schools and the Memorial Art Gallery leads to innovation in arts education and furthers the museum’s mission to serve the Greater Rochester community.
In Photos
Disability arts ensemble Kinetic Light performs at the Sloan Performing Arts Center
The internationally recognized ensemble Kinetic Light performed at the Sloan Performing Arts Center as part of the group’s fall 2022 East Coast tour. Using art, technology, design, and dance, the artists create, perform, and teach at the intersections of access, queerness, disability, dance, and race.
Student Life
Laith Awad ’24 receives inaugural Obama-sponsored Voyager Scholarship for public service
A first-generation college student and accomplished leader and scholar, Awad aims to combat systemic racism and socioeconomic disparities within health care.
Movers and shakers: Welcoming the Class of 2026 to campus
In a return to move-in-day tradition, more than 1,600 students at the College and the Eastman School of Music embarked on their Rochester experience this week.
Wilson Commons, designed by I.M. Pei, remains a centerpiece of campus life
Over several decades, Wilson Commons has become a place to study, eat, dance, play billiards or violin, put out a newspaper, and even stage a student protest or two.
Voices & Opinion
Brain’s cognitive bias dominates in fantasy sports
In fantasy sports, “your brain can twist and interpret fantasy results in ways that are suboptimal, lazy, and illogical,” explains brain and cognitive scientist Renee Miller.
A baseball call for the ages: Hank Aaron’s record-breaking home run
Baseball broadcasting expert Curt Smith penned an essay for the Library of Congress about Milo Hamilton’s memorable home run call.
Rochester’s Curt Smith remembers Vin Scully
The author of multiple books on baseball, its storied stadiums and legendary broadcasters, recalls a baseball broadcasting legend.
University News
Key information on federal student debt relief programs
Members of the University community with federal student loans may be eligible for student debt relief.
Institute of Optics aims for 50 percent increase in faculty
A $12 million challenge fund presents an opportunity to increase the program’s prominence at a critical time for the optics field.
Faculty in data science, mechanical engineering, and history to receive Goergen Awards
Established in 1997, the award recognizes distinction in undergraduate teaching among faculty in Arts, Sciences & Engineering.