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Young woman in dark building walkway.

Researchers and clinicians, among them experts at the University of Rochester and the Medical Center, have been working hand in hand to address the increase of children and adolescents experiencing a suicide crisis.

Several factors are driving the increase in teen suicide rates, including biological, psychological, and social changes that are all part of adolescence.

topics: featured-post-side, suicide,
Business majors Zetian Xiao, Jixuan Liu, and Teddi Shapiro.

Area businesses regularly tap into the research skills of Rochester business majors in Vincent Hope’s Marketing Projects course in order to help address the real-world marketing issues facing their companies.

As part of their senior project for their Marketing Projects course, Rochester business majors conducted market research for local company CloudCheckr.

topics: Class of 2019, School of Arts and Sciences, Simon Business School,
Spencer Klubben shows off Corning Incorporated's versalume product during the LSI conference.

The LSI Conference’s 2019 lineup features guest speakers from Facebook, Microsoft, the Department of Defense, and demonstrations from companies including Bose, Harman, and Amazon.

Now in its second year, the LSI Conference showcases Rochester-area industries and research involving light, sound, and interactive technologies.

topics: featured-post-side, Light and Sound Interactive, optics, Simon Business School, virtual reality,
Billboard ad by Nike featuring Colin Kaepernick displayed prominently on the roof of the Nike Store in San Francisco.

Rochester political scientist David Primo discussed corporate political activity during his appearance on WCNY’s Capitol Pressroom.

Rochester political scientist David Primo discussed corporate political activity during his apperance on WCNY's Capitol Pressroom.

topics: David Primo, Department of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, Simon Business School,
Artist’s rendering of 2D materials undergoing phase change using a transistor-scale platform.

Moore’s Law predicts that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit will double every two years. As technology nears the limits of Moore’s Law, Rochester researchers have combined 2D materials with oxide materials in a new way, with new possibilities for computing power.

University of Rochester researchers have combined 2D materials with oxide materials in a new way using a transistor-scale device platform.

topics: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Materials Science Program, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, URnano,
Boston skyline with "d.health aging Americans 2019" and d.health Summit logo above it.

Now in its fifth year, the d.health Summit will address the non-medical factors the affect health, such as economic security, education, physical environment, employment, social support networks, and access to care.

Now in its fifth year, the annual d.health Summit is a day-long conference organized by the University of Rochester and focused on aging innovation.

topics: Aging, events, Simon Business School,
Melissa Sturge-Apple

Melissa Sturge-Apple ’92, dean of graduate education and postdoctoral affairs in Arts, Sciences & Engineering and professor of psychology, has been named vice provost and University dean of graduate education.

The vice provost and University dean of graduate education oversees nearly 100 graduate education programs across the institution.

topics: announcements, appointments, Arts Sciences and Engineering,
Yellow number five against a blue background.

Unique to the University, Take Five offers selected undergraduates a fifth, tuition-free year to complete self-designed projects unrelated to their majors and for the sole purpose of intellectual enrichment.

As part of this unique program, selected Rochester undergraduates take a fifth, tuition-free year to complete self-designed projects.

topics: Take Five Scholars Program,
Jonathan Binstock portrait.

Since his initial appointment in 2014, Binstock has led an expansion of the museum’s permanent collection, special exhibition programm and public engagement and outreach efforts.

Since his initial appointment in 2014, Binstock has expanded the museum's permanent collection and enhanced its work with the rest of the University.

topics: announcements, Memorial Art Gallery,