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Henry Kautz

In his three-year term at the National Science Foundation, Kautz will direct the agency’s support for research in artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, and data science.

topics: announcements, Department of Computer Science, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Henry Kautz, National Science Foundation,
two actors on stage, one sitting on a couch, the other holding a cat

The International Theatre Program will close its season with “The Pinter Plays,” a double-bill of two of the most shocking one-act plays from the Nobel Prize-winning British playwright Harold Pinter.

topics: events, Institute for the Performing Arts, International Theatre Program, School of Arts and Sciences,
image of the earth made from drops of water

Sunday, April 22, marks the 48th celebration of Earth Day, and University of Rochester researchers and scientists from across schools and disciplines are working to learn and discover how to make our world ever better.

Sunday, April 22, marks the 48th celebration of Earth Day, and University of Rochester researchers and scientists from across schools and disciplines are working to learn and discover how to make our world ever better.
ocean and beach under stormy sky

A new Rochester study shows that nitrogen-feeding organisms exist all over the deep ocean, and not just in large oxygen-depleted “dead zones,” changing the way we think about the delicate nitrogen cycle.

A new Rochester study shows that small microenvironments in the deep ocean may hold key clues to the global nitrogen cycle in seawater
topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Thomas Weber,
people sorting toiletries

From left: Organizer Kirsten Buscetto, responsible for programming and community engagement at the Susan B. Anthony Center; Isabella Leighton ’21, a biochemistry and psychology major from San Antonio, Texas; and Erin Campbell ’21, a public health major from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; are sorting items donated by 10 University departments and individual donors to benefit victims of human trafficking. Ranging from toiletries, sanitary items, and towels, to gently used clothes and food—the donations will be distributed among six local agencies. The drive is organized by the University’s Susan B. Anthony Center to aid the Rochester City Court’s Human Trafficking Intervention Court . (University of Rochester photo / Sandra Knispel)

Ranging from toiletries, sanitary items, and towels, to gently used clothes and food—the donations will be distributed among six local agencies.
topics: events, Susan B. Anthony Center,
Luke Meyerson and Blake Harriman
Campus & Community
April 20, 2018

Celebrating student employees of the year

Luke Meyerson ’18 and Blake Harriman ’16, ’18W (MS) — student workers in the Department of Political Science and the Medical Center’s Edward G. Miner Library, respectively — are 2018 student employees of the year.

topics: awards, Department of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, Warner School of Education,
a pile of dice sitting a table covered in the A T C G letters of DNA

Some species have evolved to display far more genetic crossover than others—and scientists have discovered a gene in fruit flies that is responsible for the evolution of these recombination rates.

Genetic recombination is vital to natural selection, yet some species display far more crossover than others. Scientists in Rochester have discovered a gene in fruit flies that is responsible for the evolution of these recombination rates.
topics: Department of Biology, genetics, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
group portrait of Mock Trial team

For the second year in a row, the University of Rochester’s Mock Trial team is headed to the American Mock Trial Association’s national championship as one of the few teams that is completely student-run.

For the second year in a row, the University of Rochester’s Mock Trial team is headed to the national championship as one of the few teams that is completely student-run.
professor and student in chemistry lab

With 12 years on the faculty, the associate professor of chemistry is being widely praised by his former students for his role in their current success as scientists.

With 12 years on the faculty, the associate professor of chemistry is being widely praised by his former students for his role in their current success as scientists.
topics: awards, Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences,