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stress engineered optical glass
Science & Technology
October 22, 2020

Finally, a way to see molecules ‘wobble’

Breakthrough by international optics team reveals how proteins behave in 3D, enabling new insights into cell behavior and disease progression

University of Rochester optics faculty teams with French optical scientists to develop a way to visualize how proteins behave in 3D.

topics: COVID-19, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research, Thomas Brown,
three professors

Tanya Bakhmetyeva, Rudi Fasan, and Scott Seidman are this year’s recipients of the Goergen Awards, an annual recognition for faculty members in Arts, Sciences & Engineering.

University of Rochester faculty members are earn recognition for their teaching excellence among undergraduates.

topics: Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Rudi Fasan, School of Arts and Sciences, tanya bakhmetyeva, teaching,
tanya bakmetyeva seated at desk

The associate professor of gender, sexuality, and women’s studies believes in empowering students through experiential learning.

The associate professor of gender, sexuality, and women’s studies at Rochester believes in empowering students through experiential learning

topics: awards, Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, School of Arts and Sciences, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies, tanya bakhmetyeva,
two people wearing lab coats standing in a chemistry lab

Fasan is being recognized for his commitment to training undergraduates to perform biological and organic chemistry research in the lab.

Fasan is being recognized for his commitment to training Rochester undergraduates to perform biological and organic chemistry research in the lab.

topics: awards, Department of Chemistry, Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Rudi Fasan, School of Arts and Sciences,
teacher lecturing in front of a class

The biomedical engineering professor, who is being recognized for undergraduate teaching, says his philosophy is to give students freedom with responsibility.

The biomedical engineering professor, who is being recognized for undergraduate teaching, says his philosophy is to give students freedom with responsibility.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, awards, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching,
flagpole with the inscription MELIORA

New federal regulations would make it more difficult for universities and other employers to hire and retain skilled foreign employees to work in the US under H-1B and some legal permanent resident status categories.

Regulations would make it more difficult for universities and other employers to hire and retain skilled foreign employees to work in the US.

topics: global engagement,
woman and 2 daughters seated on rug floor of lodge, wearing beaded cloth dresses

History professor Brianna Theobald earns two awards for her book “Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century”

University of Rochester history professor Brianna Theobald earms two awards for her book "Reproduction on the Reservation."

topics: awards, book authors, Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences,
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,