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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: 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, 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, 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, John Nichol, quantum science, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Woman’s hand making gesture used in test for Parkinson’s disease.

Researchers from the Hajim School and the Medical Center have developed a test for Parkinson’s disease severity that relies on 10 taps of the finger, with results available in minutes.

The test for Parkinson’s disease severity relies on 10 taps of the finger, and results are available in minutes.

topics: artificial intelligence, Department of Computer Science, Department of Neurology, Ehsan Hoque, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Ray Dorsey, research finding,
Inside the OMEGA target chamber, multiple lasers are aimed at a target amid a red cast of light.

Rochester scientists will develop machine learning to help predict, design, and improve laser-fusion implosions for inertial fusion energy.

Rochester scientists will develop machine learning to help predict, design, and improve laser-fusion implosions for inertial fusion energy.

topics: artificial intelligence, Christopher Kanan, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research funding, Riccardo Betti, School of Arts and Sciences,
Exterior view of UR Medicine's new Orthopaedic Center at Marketplace Mall.
Health & Medicine
September 1, 2023

Marketplace Mall gets an orthopaedics overhaul

UR Medicine’s new orthopaedic facility is already benefiting area patients. Can it also help revitalize a struggling suburban shopping center?

UR Medicine’s new orthopaedic center is already benefiting area patients. Can it also help revitalize a struggling suburban shopping center?