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Kilean Lucas
Science & Technology
April 21, 2017

Next stop for Falling Walls winner: Berlin

Biomedical engineering doctoral student Kilean Lucas had three minutes and three slides to describe how nanomembranes could help diagnose cancer.

topics: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
large group of students celebrating with trophies

For the first time in University history, the Mock Trial team is sending two teams to the national championships at the University of California, Los Angeles, where they will join the top 40 teams in the nation to compete.

portraits of Robert Lowell, James Baldwin, and Anne Sexton
The Arts
April 20, 2017

Literary lights

For more than 50 years, the Plutzik Reading Series has brought Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize-winning writers, and National Book Award winners to River Campus.

topics: literature, poetry, Rochester Review,
Health & Medicine
April 20, 2017

Creating the model human

Physicians at the University of Rochester Medical Center have developed a new way to use 3D printing to fabricate artificial organs and human anatomy that mimics the real thing, even up to the point of bleeding when cut. These models are able to create highly realistic simulations for training and could soon be widely used to rehearse complex cases prior to surgery.

topics: Ahmed Ghazi, featured-post-side,
metal framed open air baja car surrounded by students
Campus & Community
April 19, 2017

Baja team eyes competitions in California, Kansas

Team members unveiled the vehicle in March in the atrium at Goergen Hall, along with posters illustrating the latest changes in drivetrain, electronics, frame, exterior design, suspension, and usability.

topics: engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
expansive photo of Tibetan plateau, showing the layers of sediment in the land

The Tibetan Plateau in China experiences some of the most extreme weather patterns on Earth, making it an ideal location for Rochester climate scientists to student the complex web of global climate patterns.

topics: climate change, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, global engagement, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
group of students
Campus & Community
April 19, 2017

QuadCast: Take Five and a tuition-free fifth year

Astrophysics majors studying Islam in Russia. Neuroscience majors studying public health and feminism. In the latest episode of the QuadCast, meet students in the University’s Take Five program, a unique opportunity for students to take a tuition-free fifth year to study something outside their major, purely for the pleasure of learning.

topics: featured-post-side, Take Five Scholars Program,