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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,
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, QuadCast,
two researchers in a lab, manipulating materials behind a screen
Science & Technology
January 31, 2018

Compound could transform energy storage for large grids

University of Rochester chemists are working on changes to existing batteries to provide clean energy when the sun isn’t shining and the wind doesn’t blow.

University of Rochester chemists are working on changes to existing batteries to provide clean energy when the sun isn’t shining and the wind doesn’t blow.
topics: Department of Chemistry, Ellen Matson, energy, Materials Science Program, research finding, sustainability,
canal boats on the Erie Canal carrying suffrage reenactors

The “Votetilla,” a week-long floating theater of canal boats ferrying reenactors of key suffragists such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton along the Eric Canal, was a multi-agency creative partnership that included the Susan B. Anthony Center (SBAC).

topics: awards, Catherine Cerulli, Susan B. Anthony Center,
smiling professor holding a cellphone

Ching Tang is being recognized for his part in helping pioneer development of the organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, found in today’s flat panel displays in computers, cell phones, and televisions.

topics: Department of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering, engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, OLED,
Juliana Conley

Juliana Conley ’21 is using her experiences from a series of life detours to guide her academic goal: modeling wildfires and other environmental phenomena associated with climate change, via an interdisciplinary degree in geomechanics.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, interdisciplinary,
Beth Olivares

Olivares will report directly to the dean of the Arts, Sciences & Engineering faculty. The move elevates the recognition and consideration of the importance of diversity issues within the Deans’ Office.

Olivares will retain her title, but will report directly to the dean of the Arts, Sciences & Engineering faculty. The move elevates the recognition and consideration of the importance of diversity issues within the Deans' Office.
topics: announcements, diversity,