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A computer model to help clinicians predict Parkinson’s disease progression has landed two Rochester undergraduates and their faculty mentor a top honor from the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

topics: awards, data science, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mathematics, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Parkinson's disease, School of Arts and Sciences,
woman works at computer with multiple monitors displaying data

By tracking data on job placement, salaries, and location, students can “go online and see that, just because you have an English degree or a psychology degree, it doesn’t mean you have to work for a certain company.”

topics: big-data-2017, data science, Gwen M. Greene Career and Internship Center,
two students holding lightbulbs
Campus & Community
March 23, 2017

Wilson Quad goes dark for Earth Hour

When the clock strikes 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, iconic international venues such as Times Square, the Sydney Opera House, and the Taj Mahal all will become dark. So, too, will the River Campus’s Wilson Quad.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, events, sustainability,
Alice Quillen and Andrew Jorda

Alice Quillen and Andrew Jordan have been awarded prestigious Simons Foundation Faculty Fellowships to pursue their research in theoretical physics. “This is a great time to drop everything and go work on the galaxy!” says Quillen.

topics: Alice Quillen, awards, Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Tommy Evans
Society & Culture
March 22, 2017

‘This is a golden era’ for TV news

Tommy Evans ’99 has combined his eye for photography and his interest in politics into a journalism career that has led him to the post of London bureau chief at CNN International.

topics: alumni, Department of Art and Art History, Department of Political Science, Rochester Review, School of Arts and Sciences,
illustration of an asteroid field

In 2013, a group of Rochester and NASA scientists proposed the NEOCam, or “Near-Earth Object Camera,” based on an infrared detector developed here in Rochester. This year, NASA announced extended funding for the program.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences, space,
John Tarduno

The European Geosciences Union awarded its 2017 Petrus Peregrinus Medal to John Tarduno, a professor of geophysics, in recognition of his research on the evolution of the early Earth’s magnetic field.

topics: awards, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, John Tarduno, School of Arts and Sciences,
Chuck Berry playing guitar
Voices & Opinion
March 20, 2017

The core of Chuck Berry’s legacy

Rock ‘n roll legend Chuck Berry died on March 18 at the age of 90. In this essasy in Macleans, rock historian John Covach remembers what made Berry iconic in a era of song stylists, covers, and lyric sanitization.

topics: Institute for Popular Music, John Covach, School of Arts and Sciences,
four students in lab
Campus & Community
March 20, 2017

What it means to {codelikeagirl}

In 2010 the computer science department’s graduating class of 20 students included only one woman. This year, the expected graduating class of 119 students will be 34 percent female—double the national average.

topics: Department of Computer Science, diversity, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
group of students hold up letters
In Photos
March 17, 2017

Match Day

Senior medical students Shwetha Manjunath and Oluchi Iheagwara (back row, left to right); and Joanne Alcin, Brittany Moore, Brittany Black, and Leslie Anderson (front row, left to right) receive their match letters on Match Day. More than 100 School of Medicine and Dentistry students gathered in the Class of ’62 Auditorium to open sealed envelopes and learn their placement for residency. They were surrounded by their families, friends, and advisors during this emotional and exciting moment revealing the next chapter of their medical careers. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)