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University News
August 3, 2017

Registration open for Meliora Weekend

The University’s annual fall celebration combining family weekend, homecoming, and reunions features headliners Robin Roberts, Mike Birbiglia, Chick Corea and Steve Gadd, Jeffrey Toobin, and Peggy Noonan.

topics: announcements, Meliora Weekend,
student in lab coat holding a tray with liquid metal

Meghan Patrick ’18 has spent her summer studying the use of liquid metal batteries on a scale large enough to power entire cities in conjunction with solar and wind power. Patrick is helping the lab figure out where to place ultrasound probes that can capture detailed measurements of how fluids flow in those batteries and how that affects their performance.

Meghan Patrick has spent her summer studying the use of liquid metal batteries on a scale large enough to power entire cities in conjunction with solar.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Materials Science Program, research finding, summer-of-research-2017, sustainability, undergraduate research,
photo of Michael Tanenhaus

Tanenhaus is best known for developing the Visual World Paradigm, which uses eye movements to study the mechanisms behind speech and language comprehension.

topics: awards, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences,
many hands around a bowl of corn

For the past 15 years, the University’s Malawi Immersion Seminar has offered students a research experience in the remote village of Gowa, carrying out individual projects, and living and working among the community members.

topics: Department of Anthropology, global engagement, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, summer-of-research-2017, undergraduate research,
student and professor pose in lab
Science & Technology
July 31, 2017

Physics students keep their cool in summer labs

From near-Earth objects to quantum computing, physics students come to Rochester to get an early start on their research careers this summer, working on federally funded and University sponsored projects.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, Nicholas Bigelow, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, summer-of-research-2017, undergraduate research, URnano,