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Graphic featuring a photo of Eric Wagner near a blue background that shows the University of Rochester spirit "R" and the worlds "alumni connections: Eric Wagner '97, molecular genetics."

The alumnus-turned-faculty member reflects on how his undergraduate years set the stage for his life’s work. 

The University of Rochester alumnus-turned-faculty member reflects on how his undergraduate years set the stage for his life’s work. 

topics: alumni, Alumni Connections, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Eric Wagner, faculty, School of Arts and Sciences, videos,
Graphic shows Steven Dewhurst against a blue background and alongside text that reads "my Rochester story with Stephen Dewhurst, vice president for research."
Campus & Community
July 16, 2025

Stephen Dewhurst: A door, left open

How Rochester’s vice president for research built a career on curiosity, collaboration, and access.

How the University of Rochester’s vice president for research built a career on curiosity, collaboration, and access.

topics: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, faculty, My Rochester Story, School of Medicine and Dentistry, staff, Stephen Dewhurst, videos,
Close up of two gloved hands holding a tweezer-like tool to assemble a the components of a tissue chip platform.

Rochester’s Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences drives research commercialization in key technology fields, from photonics to life sciences.

The Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences drives research commercialization in key technology fields, from photonics to life sciences.

topics: Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research funding,
Vera Gorbunova smiles at the camera in her biology lab in Hutchison Hall.

The NIH-funded center will allow researchers to explore why some species live longer—and what that could mean for human health.

The NIH-funded center will allow researchers to explore why some species live longer—and what that could mean for human health.

topics: Department of Biology, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences, Vera Gorbunova,
A therapist speaks with a teenaged girl.

A federally funded collaboration will prepare mental health professionals to work with youth in under-resourced communities.

A newly funded University of Rochester collaboration will prepare mental health professionals to work with youth in under-resourced communities.

topics: Mt. Hope Family Center, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing, Warner School of Education,
University seal

During the first half of 2025, several faculty members were appointed to named professorships, celebrating their work as researchers, scholars, and teachers.

Named positions are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate the work of Rochester’s faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.

topics: faculty, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Simon Business School,
Illustration of a close-up of vertical stacks of light blue cubes representing qudits in Hilbert space connected at the bottom to circuitry.

Using qudits, Rochester scientists have solved a notoriously difficult problem involving Hilbert space, or the quantum matrix.

Using qudits, University of Rochester scientists have solved a notoriously difficult problem involving Hilbert space, or the quantum matrix.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Machiel Blok, quantum science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
portrait of Anthony Beckman.

Beckman, who has been involved in sponsored research projects at Rochester for more than 20 years, had served in an interim role since January 1.

Beckman, who has been involved in sponsored research projects at Rochester for more than 20 years, had served in an interim role since January 1.

topics: appointments, staff,