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Close up of a hand holding an instrument near an apparatus emitting a red laser representing the kind of work and manufacturing supported by the NSF STELLAR Engine.

The URochester-led NSF STELLAR Engine launches with $15 million in federal funding.

The University of Rochester-led NSF STELLAR Engine launches with $15 million in federal funding over the next two years.

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Office of Government and Community Relations, research funding, Research Impact Acclerates, Thomas Brown,
person sitting at a computer looking at a screen with an AI avatar virtual patient that looks like another person, demostrating having an online conversation.

URochester researchers have developed SOPHIE, a virtual ‘patient’ that trains doctors to communicate better.

University of Rochester researchers have developed SOPHIE, a virtual ‘patient’ that trains doctors to communicate better.

topics: artificial intelligence, Department of Computer Science, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, Ehsan Hoque, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Medical Center, research finding, Research Impact Advances, videos,
URochester men's soccer team player Johnny Makula curves a soccer ball during a kick to demonstrate the Magnus effect.

‘Miracle’ goals scored from seemingly impossible angles are made possible by physics.

Want to know how to curl a soccer ball? Understanding the physics behind the Magnus effect can give your corner kicks a serious leg up.

topics: athletics, Class of 2027, Class of 2028, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, John Lambropoulos, videos,
Smiling man in blue suit.

University President Sarah Mangelsdorf is elevating the CIO role to reflect the strategic importance of technology across the entire institution.

Jim Forrester, associate vice president of information technology at University of Rochester Medicine, has been named interim University of Rochester chief information officer and University vice president.

topics: staff,
Overhead shot featuring several editions of The Settlement Cook Book alongside Jewish foods like bagels, babka, and hamantaschen, with the central focal point on Nora Rubel's book, "Recipes for the Melting Pot: The Lives of the Settlement Cook Book."

A new book reveals how The Settlement Cook Book became an unlikely guide to immigration, assimilation, memory, and belonging.

A new book reveals how The Settlement Cook Book became an unlikely guide to immigration, assimilation, memory, and belonging.

topics: Department of Religion and Classics, Nora Rubel, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
ornate owl with the words Faculty Awards next to it.

As part of an ongoing series, we’re spotlighting accolades for URochester faculty.

As part of an ongoing series, we’re spotlighting accolades for University of Rochester faculty.

topics: awards, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, faculty, Medical Center, School of Arts and Sciences,
An advanced robotic arm with its finger outstretched reaches toward a human arm. The point where they almost connect shows AI and symbols representing mathematical models

The funding launches a new institute to investigate one of science’s biggest mysteries: the difference between life and machines.

The $4.2 million Templeton Foundation grant launches a new institute to investigate one of science’s biggest mysteries.

topics: Adam Frank, artificial intelligence, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Gourab Ghoshal, research funding, Research Impact Accelerates, School of Arts and Sciences,
A smiling Barry Silverstein next to text that reads "ever wonder" with a thought bubble emerging from it that reads "how will ar/vr change the world?"

Human vision isn’t a direct recording of the world. That’s why virtual and augmented reality still struggle to replicate it.

Human vision isn’t a direct recording of the world. That’s why virtual and augmented reality still struggle to replicate it.

topics: Center for Extended Reality, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Duje Tadin, Ever Wonder, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Michele Rucci, School of Arts and Sciences, videos,
Two URochester students get situated within an off-road vehicle.
Campus & Community
June 24, 2026

Driven to be ever better through off-roading

URochester students gain hands-on engineering experience through designing, building, and racing off-road vehicles together.

URochester students gain hands-on engineering experience through designing, building, and racing off-road vehicles together.

topics: alumni, Chris Muir, Class of 2026, Class of 2027, Class of 2028, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, videos,