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political leaders holding a trophy

Governor Andrew Cuomo; New York Senator Joseph E. Robach, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren; Wegmans CEO Danny Wegman; University President and CEO Joel Seligman and State Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle celebrate the awarding of $500 million in funding from the governor’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative last week during an event at the Rochester Convention Center. (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)

topics: announcements, government,
daguerreotype image of Frederick Douglass
Science & Technology
December 8, 2015

Early Douglass daguerreotype on display

One of the earliest images of the 19th-century abolitionist is on loan at the River Campus Libraries through February. While here, the 1848 portrait will feature in a larger exhibition about the University’s work on researching and preserving daguerreotypes.

topics: announcements, Frederick Douglass, River Campus Libraries, Susan B. Anthony, URnano,
gas pump says MAY CONTAIN 10% ETHANOL

A research team led by chemistry professor William Jones has developed a series of reactions that results in the selective conversion of ethanol to butanol, without producing unwanted byproducts.

topics: Department of Chemistry, energy, featured-post, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, William Jones,
art exhibit shows a blue glowing box in a darkened hallway

Seventeen artists from the region will take over ‘The Sunday School’ located in the back of the Rochester Lyric Opera Theatre for two evenings of site-specific installations, dance, and performance art organized by the University’s Program of Dance and Movement.

topics: events, Missy Pfohl Smith, School of Arts and Sciences,
Gloria Culver

Gloria Culver was formally installed as dean of the School of Arts & Sciences during an investiture ceremony December 1 in the Interfaith Chapel. A professor of biology, Culver joined the Rochester faculty in 2007. During the ceremony, Culver talked about defining the School of Arts & Sciences—and charting its future.

topics: appointments, featured-post, Gloria Culver, School of Arts and Sciences,
Robert Poreda

Geochemist Robert Poreda, professor of earth and environmental sciences and an expert in the field of noble gases, was honored earlier this month as a newly elected fellow of the Geological Society of America (GSA).

topics: awards, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences,
man holding up a poster that reads WORLD AIDS DAY
Science & Technology
November 30, 2015

December 1 is World AIDS Day

Michael Gottlieb ’73M (MD), examines AIDS awareness posters that are part of the AIDS Education Posters Collection, a collection of more than 6,500 AIDS education posters from around the world. Gottlieb, a graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, was the first to identify the disease that would come to be known as AIDS.

topics: featured-post, HIV and AIDS, vaccines,
historic illustration of Elmira Castle

Syracuse University professor and author Christopher R. DeCorse will discuss how archaeology has shown that African cultures were both transformed and maintained throughout the Atlantic World.

topics: Department of Anthropology, events, Frederick Douglass Institute and Department of Black Studies, Program in Archaeology Technology and Historical Structures, School of Arts and Sciences,