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Holy Day Mass Set for Thursday
Join the Catholic Newman Community in celebrating Mass for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day of obligation. Mass will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday,…
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Eric Fredericksen, associate vice president of online learning, has been named a Sloan Consortium Fellow for his contributions to and leadership in online education. He will be recognized at the…
Researchers at the University of Rochester have measured for the first time light emitted by photoluminescence from a nanodiamond levitating in free space. In a paper published this week in Optics Letters, they describe how they used a laser to trap nanodiamonds in space, and—using another laser—caused the diamonds to emit light at given frequencies.
Music festival fans are invited to attend the 9th annual Fairport Music and Food Festival from noon to dark, Saturday, Aug. 24, along Liftbridge Lane. Guests will enjoy live music,…
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Go Green: The University’s Surplus Property Programs
Several programs exist to buy and sell furniture and other large items within and outside of the University including the Medical Center Surplus Property Program, the Corporate Purchasing Surplus Property Program, and Currents Classifieds.
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University Mourns Professor Emeritus
The University flag near Eastman Quadrangle on the River Campus will be lowered Aug. 15 in memory of Richard F. Eisenberg ’44, professor emeritus of chemical engineering, who died Aug.…
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Faculty, Staff Invited to Take Part in Wilson Day
The Rochester Center for Community Leadership invites faculty and staff to participate in Wilson Day 2013. Wilson Day is celebrating its 25th anniversary on Thursday, Aug. 29. when 1,500 participants…
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Kieburtz to Oversee URMC Clinical Research
Karl Kieburtz, the Robert J. Joynt Professor in Neurology, is the director of the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics (CHET), a position he will retain.
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Tracking Tweets to Enhance Food Safety
The system combines machine-learning and crowdsourcing techniques to analyze millions of tweets to find people reporting food poisoning symptoms following a restaurant visit.
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University renews Rochester Promise Scholarship Program
ince its launch at the University in 2007, more than 70 City graduates have taken advantage of the program, which guarantees any graduate of City high schools at least $100,000 in sponsored scholarships.