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Statue of Frederick Douglass in profile looking toward text that reads Black History Month.
Campus & Community
January 31, 2024

Black History Month 2024

The University marks the annual celebration of Black History Month with an array of events, including discussions, lectures, exhibitions, and performances.

The University of Rochester observes Black History Month with an array of events, including speakers, performances, and exhibits.

topics: Black History Month, diversity, events,
Ice floes float past University of Rochester’s River Campus along the Genesee River during a long exposure at sunset
Campus & Community
January 31, 2024

January 2024 in photos

Enjoy a look back at some of January’s memorable (indoor and outdoor) moments.

A look back at some of January’s memorable (indoor and outdoor) moments at the University of Rochester.

topics: awards,
Michael Marsh.

Marsh brings more than 30 years of experience in the public and private sectors to the role.

Beginning March 1, Michael Marsh will be chief of staff for the University of Rochester's Office of the President.

topics: appointment, Office of the President, staff,
Illustration of hafnia (hafnium oxide) crystal molecules.

Scientists outline new processes for leveraging hafnia’s ferroelectric features to enhance high-performance computing.

Scientists outline new processes for leveraging the ferroelectric features of hafnia with the aim of enhancing high-performance computing.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding,
Crop of portrait of University of Rochester President Sarah Mangelsdorf.

The University has experienced strategic growth and progress under Mangelsdorf’s leadership in key areas.

The University of Rochester has experienced strategic growth and progress under Mangelsdorf’s leadership in key areas.

topics: appointment, board of trustees, Office of the President,
Close-up of tweezers holding µSiM chip of the kind University of Rochester’s Translational Center for Barrier Microphysiological Systems (TraCe-bMPS).

Rochester is one of four NIH-sponsored centers that aims to produce tissue-on-chip devices as FDA-qualified drug development tools.

TraCe-bMPS is one of four NIH-sponsored centers that aims to produce tissue-on-chip devices as FDA-qualified drug development tools.

topics: Benjamin Miller, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, James McGrath, Materials Science Program, research funding,
Illustration depicting five conveyer belts, each carrying different type of cartoon alien and going through an "O2" representing the atmospheric oxygen bottleneck. The aliens going through the largest "0" emerge with fire.
Science & Technology
January 2, 2024

Is oxygen the cosmic key to alien technology?

Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank explores the links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting extraterrestrial technology on distant planets.

University of Rochester professor Adam Frank explores the links between atmospheric oxygen and extraterrestrial technology on distant planets.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
White text reads "Faculty Awards" against a blue-colored background image of architectural detail featuring an ironwork owl and vines.

The National Academy of Inventors, the American Heart Association, and the Rank Prize Funds are among the latest organizations honoring Rochester faculty.

The National Academy of Inventors, the American Heart Association, and the Rank Prize Funds are among the latest organizations honoring Rochester faculty.

topics: awards, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, faculty, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Nursing,
illustration showing two views of Earth with ocean weather systems (mesoscale eddies, energized ones in red, weakened ones in blue) from data overlaid with atmospherically driven climate-scale currents (black lines).

Using mechanical rather than statistical analysis, an international team of scientists offers a new framework for understanding the climate system.

Scientists have found the first direct evidence linking seemingly random ocean weather systems with climate on a global scale.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hussein Aluie, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research finding,