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“With this program, everything came together. Now, I feel like a real scientist.” Derek McNeil joined a record 140 high school students from Rochester City schools took part in the six-week summer program.
A record 140 high school students from Rochester City schools took part in the six-week Upward Bound program this summer.
Before he became the University of Rochester’s youngest president, Alan Valentine played a part in one of the great upsets in Olympic Games history.
Before he became the University of Rochester's youngest president, Alan Valentine played a part in one of the great upsets in Olympic Games history.
The University’s third annual “summer school” in big data gives everyone from undergraduates to tenured faculty a chance to learn how programming and data visualization could impact their research projects.
University of Rochester gives everyone from undergraduates to faculty a chance to learn programming and data visualization could impact their research.
A new study shows that the polar seas are much better than other regions of the ocean at trapping carbon from marine plankton.
A new study shows that the polar seas are much better than other regions of the ocean at trapping carbon from marine plankton.
This summer, a team of experts, engineers, and facilities crew worked together to painstakingly restore 90 panels of stained glass originally designed in 1928 for Strong Auditorium.
This summer, a team of experts worked together to painstakingly restore 90 panels of stained glass originally designed in 1928 for Strong Auditorium.
Recent statements and revelations about Donald Trump, NATO, Russia, and the Ukraine have left political science professor Randall Stone wondering, “whether this a novel written by Tom Clancy or whether this is an episode of House of Cards.” / WXXI.org
On WXXI's Connections with Evan Dawson, Stone described some of the issues that concern him about the rhetoric coming from the Trump campaign.
Bike culture in Victorian Rochester has been beautifully captured in the May Bragdon Diaries Project, an online resource curated and hosted by River Campus Libraries.
May Bragdon Diaries Project is an online resource presenting the life of a single working woman set free by the bicycle and photography.
A pedestrian bridge linking Rush Rhees Library with the Frederick Douglass Building is one of the renovations under construction on River Campus this summer. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)
Nineteen University students and recent graduates were recognized for their community service. Projects this year ranged from expanding literacy programs to increasing access to medical care for underserved individuals.
Nineteen students were recognized for their community service projects ranging from expanding literacy programs to increasing access to medical care.
From data mining with Instagram to preserving Peruvian cathedrals, from laser beams to hearing loss — Rochester undergraduates get their first taste of life in the lab through the Xerox Engineering Research Fellows program.
Rochester undergraduates get their first taste of life in the lab through the Xerox Engineering Research Fellows program.