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Jannick Rolland in her lab surrounded by lenses and other optical equipment.
Science & Technology
April 14, 2019

From a dancer’s form to freeform optics

Jannick Rolland, director of the Center of Freeform Optics, has 35 patents to her name and is listed among the top women pioneers in augmented and virtual reality.

Jannick Rolland, director of the Center of Freeform Optics, has 35 patents to her name and is listed among the top women pioneers in AR/VR.

topics: Center for Freeform Optics, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, virtual reality,
Portrait of Hyekyun Rhee.

For teens who have lived with asthma their entire lives, Hyekyun Rhee wondered if the gadgets and apps teens love could help them stay on top of their symptoms and take control of their care.

Nursing professor Hyekyun Rhee wondered if the gadgets and apps teens love could help them stay on top of their symptoms and take control of their care.

topics: asthma, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Mark Bocko, School of Nursing, teenagers,
Krystel Huxlin in her lab.

For patients with vision loss after a stroke or brain injury, a simple therapy device developed by professor of ophthalmology Krystel Huxlin could help train the eye to see again.

For patients with vision loss after a stroke or brain injury, a simple therapy device could help train the eye to see again.

topics: Center for Visual Science, Department of Ophthalmology, Flaum Eye Institute, Krystel Huxlin,
Lisa Beck in her lab.

A skin patch developed by Rochester professor of dermatology Lisa Beck and her colleagues to treat a chronic skin condition could one day be used to deliver vaccines without the pain and expense of needles.

A skin patch developed by Rochester dermatologist Lisa Beck could one day be used to deliver vaccines without the pain and expense of needles.

topics: patents,
group portrait of award winners.

The Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections presented its third annual awards to partners and individuals who exemplify the career center’s values.

The Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections presented its third annual awards to partners who exemplify the career center’s values.

topics: awards, Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections,
child looks at marble bust of Abraham Lincoln in a museum.

Associate Professor of History Larry Hudson, a specialist in 19th-century African-American history whose scholarly interests include the Civil War, answers questions about the significance and meaning of the bullet that killed President Abraham Lincoln.

University of Rochester historian Larry Hudson answers questions about the significance of the bullet that killed President Abraham Lincoln.

topics: Department of History, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Student poses for a photo while working on his laptop.
Science & Technology
April 11, 2019

A prescription for physician frustration

Jesse Wang’s dual doctorates in medicine and translational biomedical science will position him to ease the burdens of e-records for his fellow physicians. His prototype of a virtual assistant is a finalist in the American College of Physicians’ “Innovation Challenge.”

Jesse Wang’s dual doctorates in medicine and computer science will position him to ease the burdens of e-records for his fellow physicians.

topics: data science, Department of Computer Science, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
dancer in a studio.

Spring Explorations and Experimental Dances, or “S.E.E.D.,” features original work from student choreographers and composers, alongside renowned choreographer David Dorfman and performances from Rochester faculty.

Spring Explorations and Experimental Dances, or “S.E.E.D.,” features original work from student choreographers and composers.

topics: Eastman School of Music, events, Institute for the Performing Arts, Program of Dance and Movement,
screenshot of a data visualization with the title CAREER OUTCOMES and bar charts that say "95 percent of graduates reported a positive career outcome, 51% are working, 42% are in continuing education, 0% are in the military, 1% are volunteering, 5% are still looking

Did you know: 92 percent of the Class of 2018 were working or in graduate school within six months of graduation? A new data visualization offers the most detailed picture yet of “first destinations” of recent College graduates.

A new data visualization offers the most detailed picture yet of “first destinations” and career outcomes of recent College graduates.

topics: awards, Class of 2018, Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections,
blueprints with a pencil illustrate how to make a poem.
The Arts
April 9, 2019

How do you make a poem?

Speakers of a language rely on its words to carry out even the most mundane acts of communication. But the same words are poets’ medium of creation. In his newest book, How Poems Get Made, James Longenbach asks how poets turn bare utterance into art.

University of Rochester professor James Longenbach turns to his decades of teaching and writing poetry to explain how to make a poem.

topics: book authors, Department of English, featured-post-side, James Longenbach, School of Arts and Sciences,