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University President Sarah Mangelsdorf is elevating the CIO role to reflect the strategic importance of technology across the entire institution.

Jim Forrester, associate vice president of information technology at University of Rochester Medicine, has been named interim University of Rochester chief information officer and University vice president.

topics: staff,
Overhead shot featuring several editions of The Settlement Cook Book alongside Jewish foods like bagels, babka, and hamantaschen, with the central focal point on Nora Rubel's book, "Recipes for the Melting Pot: The Lives of the Settlement Cook Book."

A new book reveals how The Settlement Cook Book became an unlikely guide to immigration, assimilation, memory, and belonging.

A new book reveals how The Settlement Cook Book became an unlikely guide to immigration, assimilation, memory, and belonging.

topics: Department of Religion and Classics, Nora Rubel, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
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As part of an ongoing series, we’re spotlighting accolades for URochester faculty.

As part of an ongoing series, we’re spotlighting accolades for University of Rochester faculty.

topics: awards, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, faculty, Medical Center, School of Arts and Sciences,
An advanced robotic arm with its finger outstretched reaches toward a human arm. The point where they almost connect shows AI and symbols representing mathematical models

The funding launches a new institute to investigate one of science’s biggest mysteries: the difference between life and machines.

The $4.2 million Templeton Foundation grant launches a new institute to investigate one of science’s biggest mysteries.

topics: Adam Frank, artificial intelligence, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Gourab Ghoshal, research funding, Research Impact Accelerates, School of Arts and Sciences,
A smiling Barry Silverstein next to text that reads "ever wonder" with a thought bubble emerging from it that reads "how will ar/vr change the world?"

Human vision isn’t a direct recording of the world. That’s why virtual and augmented reality still struggle to replicate it.

Human vision isn’t a direct recording of the world. That’s why virtual and augmented reality still struggle to replicate it.

topics: Center for Extended Reality, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Duje Tadin, Ever Wonder, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Michele Rucci, School of Arts and Sciences, videos,
Two URochester students get situated within an off-road vehicle.
Campus & Community
June 24, 2026

Driven to be ever better through off-roading

URochester students gain hands-on engineering experience through designing, building, and racing off-road vehicles together.

URochester students gain hands-on engineering experience through designing, building, and racing off-road vehicles together.

topics: alumni, Chris Muir, Class of 2026, Class of 2027, Class of 2028, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, videos,
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University News
June 24, 2026

Board elects new members at May meeting

In addition, two dedicated board members have been recognized for their contributions.

The University of Rochester Board of Trustees elected five new board members and recognized two members for becoming trustees emeriti.

topics: alumni,
GIF of a soccer ball rotating while computer vision technology analyzes it from multiple angles.
Science & Technology
June 18, 2026

How AI helps World Cup referees make the call

Computer vision won’t replace referees at the World Cup. But it can help them make better calls when every inch matters.

Computer vision won’t replace referees at the World Cup. But it can help them make better calls when every inch matters.

topics: artificial intelligence, Chenliang Xu, Department of Computer Science, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
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The former URochester faculty member lectured and taught workshops at more than 100 institutions in 33 states.

Former University of Rochester faculty member Carl Chiarenza lectured and taught workshops at more than 100 institutions in 33 states.

topics: Carl Chiarenza, Department of Art and Art History, faculty, obituaries, School of Arts and Sciences,