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get into your dream college two hands pulling pennant out of an envelope. The pennant reads YES!
Campus & Community
February 7, 2018

Your dream college: 20 insider tips for getting in

Grades. Clubs. Scores. Essays. Interviews. We’ve culled the advice of seasoned admissions professionals from the University of Rochester for a roadmap of what to do—and what to avoid.

Read the advice of admissions professionals from the University of Rochester for a roadmap of what to do—and what to avoid when applying to a dream college.

topics: admissions,
two researchers looking at a laptop and smiling

A researcher and a computer engineer team up to build a mobile app that is already starting to help parents and caregivers facing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

A researcher and a computer engineer team up to build a mobile app that is already starting to help parents and caregivers facing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

topics: Christie Petrenko, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, interdisciplinary, Mt. Hope Family Center, research funding,
naked mole rat
Science & Technology
February 6, 2018

Why do naked mole rats live long, cancer-free lives?

Rochester biologists were surprised to see that despite its remarkable longevity, the naked mole rat still has cells that undergo senescence, like the cells in much shorter-lived mice.

In a surprising finding, Rochester biologists have shown that naked mole rats tend to live long, cancer-free lives, unlike mice.

topics: Aging, Andrei Seluanov, cancer, Department of Biology, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Vera Gorbunova,
Close-up crop of Joan Saab.

In this newly created position in the Office of the Provost, Saab will strategize and coordinate key efforts that advance the University’s academic missions, as well as guide the accreditations, assessments and policies related to academic personnel and academic affairs.

topics: Joan Saab,
young man in a tuxedo plays the violin in a mechanical engineering lab
Campus & Community
February 2, 2018

On stage, in the lab

Thanks to the Dual Degree Program with the University’s Eastman School of Music, Ivan Suminski ’18, ’18E finds himself in an enviable dilemma. Should he apply to graduate school to continue his violin studies? Or to research the biophysics of the inner ear?

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eastman School of Music, featured-post, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, interdisciplinary,
groundhog eating flowers
Campus & Community
February 1, 2018

Happy Marmota monax Day

Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, have entrenched themselves in the environment and culture of the University. To mark Groundhog Day this year, here are three things you might not know about our furry cohabitants at Rochester.

Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, have entrenched themselves into the environment and culture of the University. Here are three things you might not know about our furry cohabitants at Rochester.

photo of Frederick Douglass statue with the quote, "Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave."
University News
February 1, 2018

Black History Month 2018

Sponsors and host organizations across the University are planning events to celebrate black history. This year also marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, and the University is joining with other Rochester institutions to honor Douglass’s life and work in his adopted city.

topics: Black History Month, events, featured-post-side,
historic postcard featuring boats on the Erie Canal
Campus & Community
January 31, 2018

History class uses podcasts to explore Erie Canal

Students in professor Thomas Fleischman’s class didn’t write a research paper at the end of their class about the environmental history of the Erie Canal. Instead, they produced a podcast series, and Fleischman is already planning for a second season.

Students in professor Thomas Fleischman's class didn't write a research paper at the end of their class about the environmental history of the Erie Canal.

topics: Department of History, featured-post-side, QuadCast,