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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,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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Robert Alexander, the dean of admissions, financial aid, and enrollment, offers advice for prospective students and parents as they lay out a path to college over the next several months.

Rochester Dean of Admissions Robert Alexander offers advice for prospective students and parents as prepare for college during COVID-19.

topics: admissions, COVID-19,
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John Barry ’69 (MA) says that the virulence of the 1918 flu made it a very different disease than COVID-19, but the lessons of that pandemic still resonate.

University of Rochester alumnus John Barry says that the 1918 flu was very different than COVID-19, but the lessons of that pandemic still resonate.

topics: COVID-19, Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences,