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White text reads "Faculty Awards" against a blue-colored background image of architectural detail featuring an ironwork owl and vines.

Professional societies, along with a government agency and an arts organization, are among those bestowing recent honors on Rochester faculty.

Professional societies, plus a government agency and an arts organization, are among those bestowing honors on University of Rochester faculty.

topics: awards, faculty, featured-post-side, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, School of Nursing, Susan B. Anthony Center,
University buildings are seen from above at twilight
Campus & Community
September 28, 2023

September 2023 in photos

Take a brief look back at some memorable moments captured at Rochester in September.

As we head into October, take a brief look back at some memorable moments at the University of Rochester in September.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, community, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Institute of Optics, School of Arts and Sciences,
University News
September 21, 2023

Department of Black Studies welcomes new faculty

Jordan Ealey and Philip V. McHarris bring their scholarly expertise in Black creativity and Black geographies to Rochester.

Jordan Ealey and Philip V. McHarris bring their scholarly expertise in Black creativity and Black geographies to Rochester.

topics: featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences,
Susana Marcos rests her arms on a bench in her lab filled with optical instruments.

Scientists develop computer models of patients’ eyes to identify the ideal intraocular lenses and visual simulators for patients to experience how they will see with them.

Rochester scientists develop computer models of patients’ eyes to identify the ideal intraocular lenses.

topics: artificial intelligence, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research finding,
outside facade including sign that reads Mt. Hope Family Center.

Funding from the National Institutes of Health builds on the grant given five years ago to establish the TRANSFORM multidisciplinary national research and resource center.

The National Institutes of Health funding builds on the grant given five years ago to establish a multidisciplinary national research and resource center.

topics: Department of Psychology, Mt. Hope Family Center, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing, Sheree Toth,
Close-up of the Brazilian flag with the focus on the word PROGRESSO against a rough surface.
Society & Culture
September 14, 2023

The Brazilian miracle that wasn’t

In his new book, anthropologist Daniel Reichman finds a competing narrative of progress that reveals a tension at the heart of contemporary Brazil.

Daniel Reichman's new book finds a competing narrative of progress that reveals a tension at the heart of contemporary Brazil.

topics: Daniel Reichman, Department of Anthropology, featured-post, research, School of Arts and Sciences,
Illustration of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria.

A team uncovers a surprising twist in the ways bacteria spread antibiotic-resistant genes.

Scientists have found a counterintuitive wrinkle in the way bacteria spread antibiotic-resistant genes through plasmids.

topics: Department of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding, research funding,
John Nichol faces the camera with his head and shoulders near a dilution refrigerator, which he uses to study thermoelectricity at the nanoscale level.
Science & Technology
September 12, 2023

A quantum leap in cooling atoms for better computers

A new grant will allow John Nichol and his team to study thermoelectricity to help develop more efficient quantum computers.

Rochester physicists will study thermoelectricity in quantum mechanics to help develop more efficient quantum computers.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, John Nichol, quantum science, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,