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“It’s students crossing boundaries between disciplines, asking questions, and coming up with innovative and exciting answers to the challenges that face us in the contemporary world.”

“It’s students crossing boundaries between disciplines, asking questions, and coming up with innovative and exciting answers to the challenges that face us in the contemporary world.”

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
four portraits of students

For the first time, two teams of University of Rochester students have been selected for the highly competitive national program that promotes peace and intercultural understanding.

For the first time, two pairs of University of Rochester students have been selected for the highly competitive national program that promotes peace and intercultural understanding.

topics: awards, Davis Projects for Peace, global engagement,
seven portraits of Fulbright scholarship winners

Seven University of Rochester students are heading to Kenya, Belgium, Malaysia, South Korea, Laos, Russia, and Brazil as 2018-19 Fulbright scholars.

Six University of Rochester students are heading to Kenya, Belgium, Malaysia, South Korea, Laos, and Russia as 2018-19 Fulbright scholars.

topics: awards, Fulbright scholars,
women stanbds behind a row of voting booths

Both the general public and political science experts rate the performance of US democratic institutions significantly lower than half a year ago, according to the fifth and latest survey from Bright Line Watch.

topics: Department of Political Science, featured-post-side, Gretchen Helmke, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Aaron Bauer in his lab holding glasses and surrounded by lenses

Lenses and mirrors with freeform rather than symmetric can lead to optical devices that are more effective than ever before. A new design method would eliminate the expensive trail-and-error needed to work with freeform optics.

Lenses and mirrors with freeform rather than symmetric can lead to optical devices that are more effective than ever before. A new design method would eliminate the expensive trail-and-error needed to work with freeform optics.

topics: Center for Freeform Optics, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, research finding,
phi beta kappa keys

Rochester’s latest members of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society will be formally inducted in a noon ceremony on Saturday.

Rochester’s latest members of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society will be formally inducted in a noon ceremony on Saturday.

topics: awards, Phi Beta Kappa,
people jumping in lab coats at Chem-E-Car competition
Campus & Community
April 30, 2018

Chem-E-Car team moves up in the pack

A team of chemical engineering students from Rochester, in their second year building and competing with a vehicle powered only by chemical reactions, held their own against 20 other teams at this year’s American Institute of Chemical Engineers regional conference.

topics: announcements, Department of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering, engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
six portraits

Four undergraduates and two graduate students have been selected to receive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, providing support for US students pursuing graduate degrees in STEM fields.

Four undergraduates and two graduate students have been selected to receive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, providing support for US students pursuing graduate degrees in STEM fields.

topics: awards, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Department of Linguistics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Psychology, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National Science Foundation, School of Arts and Sciences,
two students riding a carnival ride
In Photos
April 27, 2018

Dandelion Day

Students kick-off Springfest Weekend with Dandelion Day, and end-of-the-semester celebration and one of the University’s oldest traditions featuring rides on the quad, concerts, games, food, and giveaways. (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)

Students kick-off Springfest Weekend with Dandelion Day, and end-of-the-semester celebration and one of the University's oldest traditions featuring rides on the quad, concerts, games, food, and giveaways.

topics: Dandelion Day,
team smiling and running onto the field
Campus & Community
April 27, 2018

Flying high: UR Thestrals win US Quidditch Cup

Meet the UR Thestrals, the first team from the northeast to take home the national championship in Quidditch. The sport inspired by Harry Potter is played with real athleticism by hundreds of all-gender teams across the country.

Meet the UR Thestrals, just the second team from the northeast to take home the national championship in Quidditch. The sport inspired by Harry Potter is played with real athleticism by hundreds of all-gender teams across the country.

topics: athletics,