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Exterior of Attica Correctional Facility, where prison education courses take place.

The Mellon Foundation has renewed its support for the Rochester Education Justice Initiative with an additional three-year, $1 million grant.

The University of Rochester’s prison education program starts courses at Attica, coinciding with the prison uprising's 50th anniversary.

topics: community, Department of Anthropology, Department of Philosophy, Department of Religion and Classics, education, humanities, Joshua Dubler, prison, School of Arts and Sciences,
Jennifer Granholm in a red business suit at a podium against a blue background with a US seal and the word ENERGY.
Science & Technology
December 13, 2022

Scientists hit key milestone in fusion energy quest

The major breakthrough of achieving ignition is cause for celebration at Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics as well.

The major breakthrough of achieving ignition is cause for celebration at Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics as well.

topics: featured-post, featured-post-side, Laboratory for Laser Energetics,
script written on paper with headshot of jeff baron overlayed on top.
Campus & Community
December 13, 2022

New award sends humanities graduate students abroad

Four Rochester doctoral candidates will research in archives in a dozen countries as recipients of the Meliora Global Scholars grant.

Four Meliora Global Scholars grant recipients at Rochester will conduct research in archives in a dozen countries.

topics: Department of History, featured-post-side, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, humanities, Humanities Center, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
illustration showing a large grey cylinder in space rotating around a smaller asteroid.
Science & Technology
December 8, 2022

Cities on asteroids? It could work—in theory

A popular science fiction idea in TV shows like Amazon’s The Expanse, Rochester scientists are using physics and engineering principles to show how asteroids could be future viable space habitats.

Rochester scientists use physics and engineering principles to show how asteroids could be future viable space habitats.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 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.

Several University of Rochester faculty members have received awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.

As part of an ongoing series, we’re spotlighting the contributions of University of Rochester faculty to their respective fields.

topics: awards, Eastman School of Music, global engagement, Institute of Optics, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing, Warner School of Education,
photograph of Memorial Art Gallery Director Jonathan Binstock in the museum.
University News
November 30, 2022

MAG director to lead DC art museum

Jonathan Binstock has been named the next director of the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, home to a storied collection of Impressionist and modern art.

Art scholar and Memorial Art Gallery director Jonathan Binstock will lead the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.

topics: announcements, Memorial Art Gallery, staff,
A stream of plasma burst out from the sun.
Science & Technology
November 17, 2022

How does radiation travel through dense plasma?

First-of-its-kind experimental evidence defies conventional theories about how plasmas emit or absorb radiation.

First-of-its-kind experimental evidence defies conventional theories about how dense plasma emit or absorb radiation.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, high-energy-density physics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research finding, Suxing Hu,
Black-and-white archival photo of Desmond Tutu in University of Rochester commencement robes and at a podium.

A collection that includes hundreds of recordings makes it possible to ‘attend’ University of Rochester events from the 1920s to the present.

A collection that includes hundreds of recordings makes it possible to ‘attend’ University of Rochester events from the 1920s to the present.

topics: alumni, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, River Campus Libraries,