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feather-like display of crystals under a microscope.

A student’s dazzling image of recrystallized urea, viewed under a microscope and shot with an iPhone, takes the top prize in the annual Art of Science competition.

The results of the annual Art and Science competition, cosponsored by the Hajim School and River Campus Libraries, are in.
topics: awards, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Student at desk on laptop gazes at camera.

Not every student can go home. More than 700 Rochester undergraduates have been living on the River Campus, in single rooms, since the University closed residence halls for most of the undergraduate population, in late March.

More than 700 University of Rochester undergraduates are still living on campus, in single rooms, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
topics: COVID-19, global engagement, Residential Life,
Logos of David Projects and DAAD Rise juxtaposed.

It’s a bittersweet spring for the University’s 2020 Davis Projects for Peace and DAAD RISE winners. Fifteen students were selected for the summer programs, which have been canceled.

Fifteen University of Rochester students were selected as winners of the now canceled 2020 Davis Projects for Peace and DAAD RISE summer programs.
topics: awards, DAAD-RISE Scholarships, Davis Projects for Peace, global engagement,
portrait of Adam Snyder.

Adam Snyder, assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences and neuroscience, has received a Sloan Research Fellowship, awarded to young scientists considered to be future leaders in the scientific community.

Adam Snyder, assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences and neuroscience, has received a Sloan Research Fellowship.
topics: awards, Center for Visual Science, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Neuroscience, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
nurse holds a balloon as cars drive past the UHS building.

University Health Service staff members organized a “Drive-by Good-bye” for Liz Feuerstein, a UHS staff nurse who retired from the University after almost 32 years of service on Friday, May 1. Several former University staff and retirees came back to campus for the socially-distanced retirement event, including nurse coworkers from over years. The Department of Public Safety led the parade. 

University Health Service staff organized a “Drive-by Good-bye” for Liz Feuerstein, who retired from the University after almost 32 years of service.
topics: University Health Service,
Society & Culture
May 1, 2020

Teaching a large lab class—virtually

Biology professors Dragony Fu and Alexis Stein have creatively adapted a 250-plus-student class—with a lab—to a virtual environment.

Rochester biology professors Dragony Fu and Alexis Stein have creatively adapted a 250-plus-student class—with a lab—to a virtual environment.
topics: Department of Biology, Dragony Fu, School of Arts and Sciences,
Robert Zeng walks through Douglass Dining Center with his to-go lunch order.

Dining Services has adjusted its services and options to accommodate the approximately 750 students who remain in the residence halls on the River Campus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dining Services has adjusted operations to accommodate the 750 or so students who remain in the River Campus residence halls during the COVID-19 pandemic.
topics: COVID-19, Dining Services,
Two vials sit next to each other on lab table.

The Medical Center’s Ann Falsey and Angela Branche, both with the Vaccine and Treatment and Evaluation Unit, are leading an NIH-sponsored clinical trial of remdesivir in the treatment of COVID-19.

The University of Rochester Medical Center has been participating in an NIH-sponsored clinical trial of remdesivir in the treatment of COVID-19.
topics: Ann Falsey,
Headshot of Ethan Fahnestock, in polo shirt, smiling.

The national scholarship, which helps cover tuition, room, board, and fees, was authorized by Congress to ensure a continuing source of highly qualified STEM professionals pursuing careers in research.

The national scholarship was authorized by Congress to ensure a continuing source of highly qualified STEM professionals pursuing careers in research.
topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Goldwater Scholar, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, scholarships, School of Arts and Sciences,