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Historic Yellowjacket game footage is a fountain of youth

A storage room contains film canisters and VHS tapes of more than 1,000 athletic contests—the oldest dating to a 1927 football game.

John Nichol standin behind a dilution refrigerator, used to study quantum systems, including nuclear-spin dark states.

Science & Technology

Scientists directly prove the existence of a nuclear-spin dark state

Confirmation of this elusive state in quantum systems could lead to more efficient quantum devices.

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Society & Culture

The truth may hurt. But for couples, it’s worth it.

In a new study of more than 200 couples, a team of Rochester psychologists reveals the truth about honesty in answering tough relationship questions.

A hand holds up a phone and on the screen the new QR code technology to prevent quishing.

Science & Technology

New technology could quash QR code phishing attacks

The improved QR code format would let smartphone users know if they’re heading to a secure website—or wading into a potential ‘quishing’ scam.

Kevin Righter in his office, with OSIRIS-REX memorabilia on the walls behind him.

Science & Technology

Rochester’s Kevin Righter kept NASA space rocks free from contamination

Precise curation was necessary to discover that the Bennu asteroid sample contains building blocks of life on Earth.

Satellite imagery of the Gulf of Mexico showing swirling currents and ocean eddies.

Science & Technology

How does the atmosphere affect ocean weather?

A new Rochester study upends previous assumptions about how surface winds and ocean weather patterns interact.

Al Uy looks at a small red bird that is perched on his hand during a research trip to the Solomon Islands.

From the Magazine

Evolution’s moment of truth

Every year biologist Al Uy travels by plane, boat, and foot to remote corners of the South Pacific to answer one of evolution’s biggest mysteries: How do species originate?

Becky Frank smiles at the camera with her hands on her hips wearing a "Back to the Future" t-shirt in front of the University of Rochester clock tower.

Society & Culture

What can Back to the Future teach us about US nuclear regulations?

Rebecca Frank's undergraduate internship taps into well-known '80s and '90s movies to boost civic engagement on social media.

Diptych of the book cover art for "Melvill" by Rodrigo Fresán and "Muzzle for Witches" by Dubravka Ugresic, both translated and published by Open Letter Press and longlisted by the National Book Critics Circle translation prize.

Two Open Letter books nominated by National Book Critics Circle

Rochester’s literary translation press edited and published two of the longlisted books for the organization’s 2024 Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

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Rochester faculty appointed to named professorships

Named professorships are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate Rochester’s faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.

Nicole Sampson named University of Rochester provost

Sampson, who has decades of higher education leadership experience, has served as interim provost since August.

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Awards and honors recognize faculty accomplishments

International, national, and statewide organizations have recently honored Rochester faculty for their contributions.