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White text reads "Faculty Awards" against a blue-colored background image of architectural detail featuring an ironwork owl and vines.
Health & Medicine
April 28, 2025

Honors and awards showcase faculty achievements

Professional organizations across numerous disciplines have recognized Rochester faculty contributions.

Professional organizations across numerous disciplines have recognized Rochester faculty contributions and achievements.

topics: awards, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, faculty, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences,
portrait of Mitch Lovett.

Lovett, who has played a pivotal part in launching the school’s AI initiative, begins serving in the role on July 1.

Lovett, who has played a pivotal part in launching the school's AI initiative, begins the interim role on July 1.

topics: announcements, Simon Business School, staff,
Four Rochester Goldwater scholars Maria Ahmed, Marvin Wu, Aashay Mardikar, and Wimeth Dissanayake standing next to each other.

Four Rochester undergraduate students earned prestigious Goldwater Scholarships for science achievement and research promise in STEM fields.

Four University of Rochester undergraduate students earned prestigious Goldwater Scholarships for science achievement and research promise in STEM fields.

topics: awards, Class of 2026, Department of Biology, Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences,
Illustration of three couples facing each other and joining hands with speech bubbles above them.

Bestselling author Cheryl Mendelson ’73 (PhD) discusses marital vows, including their history and role, and why ditching the classic ones may be a bad idea.

University of Rochester graduate and bestselling author Cheryl Mendelson discusses the history and role of marital vows.

topics: alumni, Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences,
Tamuda Chimhanda holds up a business card with the Rochester Alumni Ambassadors logo on it.

Four Rochester students and one alumnus developed a start-up venture called Penpal, a digital business card to help students network.

Four University of Rochester students and one alumnus developed a start-up venture called Penpal, a digital business card to help students network.

topics: Ain Center for Entrepreneurship, alumni, Class of 2022, Class of 2026, Simon Business School, Undergraduate Program in Digital Media Studies,
headshot of Gretchen Helmke.

The professor and Bright Line Watch cofounder’s research focuses on the rule of law and democratic erosion in the United States and Latin America.

The Bright Line Watch cofounder’s research focuses on the rule of law and democratic erosion in the United States and Latin America.

topics: awards, Department of Political Science, Gretchen Helmke, School of Arts and Sciences,
System of colorful neurons with glowing connections against a dark background.
Science & Technology
April 14, 2025

Do neurons transmit light?

Rochester researchers aim to determine if neurons can transport light like fiber-optic communications channels.

University of Rochester researchers aim to see if neurons can transport light like fiber-optic communications channels.

topics: Center for Visual Science, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Ophthalmology, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research funding,
The Ghent-Bruges Book of Hours sits open to colorfully painted spread with a portrait of a saint opposite calligraphic text, both surrounded by flowers and plants.
From the Magazine
April 11, 2025

Turning time’s pages

A collaborative acquisition of the medieval Ghent-Bruges Book of Hours offers unique opportunities for research, teaching, and community outreach.

The University of Rochester’s acquisition of the medieval Ghent-Bruges Book of Hours offers unique opportunities for research and more.

topics: Memorial Art Gallery, River Campus Libraries,
Farrell Cooke poses by a railing with a navy blue background and text reading 'My Rochester Story with Farrell Cooke '14, '19N, '24S'

How the University provided the three-time graduate with much more than an education, and why she hopes to pay it forward.

How the University of Rochester provided three-time graduate Farrell Cooke with more than an education, and why she hopes to pay it forward.

topics: alumni, Class of 2024, Department of Biology, My Rochester Story, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing, Simon Business School, videos,
Stylized, colorful illustration from headshot of Kasia Maroney.
From the Magazine
April 10, 2025

Material world

University of Rochester graduate Kasia Maroney ’92 talks about her career as an art conservator restoring priceless objects to their full glory.

University of Rochester graduate Kasia Maroney talks about her career as an art conservator restoring priceless objects to their full glory.

topics: alumni, Department of Art and Art History, Department of Psychology, Memorial Art Gallery, School of Arts and Sciences,