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student does a leap on the quad that makes it look like he is jumping over Rush Rhees Library.
Campus & Community
October 16, 2020

Living a dream on American Ninja Warrior

Will Schlageter ’20 (T5), a former triple major at Rochester, is in the semifinals of the NBC sports competition.

Will Schlageter ’20 (T5), a former triple major at Rochester, is in the semifinals of the NBC sports competition.

topics: Class of 2020, Take Five Scholars Program,
Srihari Govindan

Professor of economics Srihari Govindan’s collaborations with this year’s Nobel laureate go back 25 years and typically focus on other areas of game theory.

Professor of economics Srihari Govindan’s collaborations with this year's Nobel laureate go back 25 years and typically focus on other areas of game theory.

topics: Department of Economics, Nobel Prize, School of Arts and Sciences,
many musicians performing together in separate Zoom windows.
The Arts
October 16, 2020

The show must go on(line)

University campuses look and feel different this fall, but as we continue to social distance and limit the capacity of large spaces, Rochester musicians have found ways to stay connected with their audiences.

As we continue to social distance and limit the capacity of large spaces, Rochester musicians have found ways to stay connected with their audiences.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, Audio and Music Engineering, Eastman School of Music, Rachel Waddel, School of Arts and Sciences,
Quantum processor closeup.
Science & Technology
October 15, 2020

Quantum engines? Entanglement as fuel?

It’s still more science fiction than science fact, but perfect energy efficiency may be one step closer due to new research by Rochester physicists.

It’s still more science fiction than science fact, but perfect energy efficiency may be one step closer due to new research by Rochester physicists.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, quantum science, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
portrait of Brian Basu standing outside Rush Rhees Library

Puerto Rican students who arrived as guests after Hurricane Maria have made their mark on campus—and helped the College attract more students from the island.

Puerto Rican students who arrived after Hurricane Maria have made their mark on campus—and helped the College attract more students from the island.

topics: admissions, diversity-inclusion, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences,
220 nobel prize recipient Harvey Alter

Nobel laureate Harvey Alter’s work as an NIH hematologist led to profound improvements in blood transfusion safety and starkly reduced transmission of a potentially deadly virus.

University of Rochester graduate and Nobel Prize recipient Harvey Alter improved blood transfusion and reduced transmission of a hepatits C.

topics: awards, Lynne Maquat, Nobel Prize, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
vote 2020 buttons

Rochester political scientists say concerns about this year’s electoral process are challenging some fundamental ideas about the nation.

Political scientists say concerns about this year’s electoral process in the US are challenging some fundamental ideas about the nation.

topics: Department of Political Science, elections, Gretchen Helmke, School of Arts and Sciences,
image of sheet music for the carillon

The gift establishes the Arthur Satz Department of Music and will fund a minimum of five professorships in the humanities within the School of Arts & Sciences.

The gift establishes the Arthur Satz Department of Music and will fund a minimum of five professorships in the humanities.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, Arts and Humanities, School of Arts and Sciences,
immune cells escaping inflammation
Science & Technology
October 7, 2020

Imaging the secret lives of immune cells in the eye

Rochester researchers combine videography and artificial intelligence to track the interactions of microscopic immune cells in a living eye without dyes or damage, a first for imaging science.

University of Rochester researchers develop way to track immune cells in a living eye without dyes or damage, a first for imaging science.

topics: Center for Visual Science, Flaum Eye Institute, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics,

In an opinion article for CNN, rock historian John Covach writes that behind Eddie Van Halen’s “blistering guitar solos” was an “exceptional musical gift and keen pop intelligence.”

In an opinion article for CNN, rock historian John Covach writes that behind Eddie Van Halen’s “blistering guitar solos” was an “exceptional musical gift and keen pop intelligence.”

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, Eastman School of Music, Institute for Popular Music, John Covach, School of Arts and Sciences,