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Illustration of lack of public trust in science shows upper half of person's face skeptically looking at a non-GMO apple, coronavirus, and warming Earth.

Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank says distrust jeopardizes the country’s future as an economic powerhouse.

Astrophysicist Adam Frank says the public's decreasing trust in science jeopardizes the country’s future as an economic powerhouse.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences, thought leadership,
University seal

Named professorships are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate the work of Rochester’s faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.

Named professorships are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate Rochester’s faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.

topics: faculty, honors,
Brynn Murphy-Stanley in front of the Great Migration panel she created for the Clarissa Uprooted exhibit.

Created with undergraduates playing major roles, a local exhibit shows how Clarissa Street—once the center of Rochester’s Black community—was destroyed by urban renewal and housing discrimination.

University of Rochester undergraduate students worked with the nonprofit Teen Empowerment on the downtown art exhibit Clarissa Uprooted.

topics: Class of 2023, community engagement, Department of History, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
Crop of the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope showing thousands of previously unseen galaxies.

Humanity’s best looks at the universe so far were made possible by the contributions of scientists, engineers, and supporters—including University of Rochester community members.

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope were made possible through the contributions of University of Rochester community members.

topics: alumni, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Duncan Moore, faculty, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, School of Arts and Sciences,
Six people in body suits and helmets standing in row on deck inside laser lab.

Jill Hruby, undersecretary for nuclear security of the US Department of Energy (DOE) and administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); US Rep. Joseph Morelle; and representatives from the offices of US Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand visited the Laboratory for Laser Energetics to meet with researchers and students.

Jill Hruby, undersecretary for nuclear security of the US Department of Energy (DOE) and administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), visited the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

topics: Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Office of Government and Community Relations,
Components used to detect dark matter in an underground cavern.

The digital electronics designed, developed, and installed by Rochester researchers are an integral part of the world’s most powerful dark matter detector, now in operation at the Sanford Underground Research Facility.

Digital electronics designed, developed, and installed by Rochester researchers are an integral piece of the world's most powerful dark matter detector.

topics: dark matter, Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences,
Pensive adolescent girl with two teens in the background to illustrate synergistic mindsets.

Psychologists have developed a tool to help teens turn everyday stressors that could lead to anxiety and depression into a positive force instead.

University of Rochester researchers helped teenagers develop two synergistic mindsets: a growth mindset and a stress-can-be-enhancing mindset.

topics: Department of Psychology, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Fruit fly against black background and surface with its reflection underneath.
Science & Technology
July 6, 2022

‘Supergene’ wreaks havoc in a genome

Rochester biologists have for the first time used population genomics to study a selfish ‘supergene’ known as Segregation Distorter (SD) that skews genetic inheritance.

University of Rochester biologists used population genomics to study a selfish 'supergene' known as Segregation Distorter (SD).

topics: Amanda Larracuente, Department of Biology, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Collage of campaign signs, posters, buttons, photos, and a folded flag from the Slaughter congressional collection.

The University libraries received the Robert and Louise Slaughter Family Papers, adding to the previously acquired Slaughter congressional collection.

The University of Rochester received the Robert and Louise Slaughter Family Papers, adding to the Slaughter congressional collection.

topics: community engagement, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, River Campus Libraries,
Ticket from the Ukrainian Rochester Collection.
Society & Culture
June 29, 2022

Ukraine’s ally in Rochester’s libraries

A war that has targeted Ukrainian heritage has made the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation a cultural refuge.

The Ukrainian Rochester Collection is housed in the University of Rochester's Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation.

topics: community engagement, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, River Campus Libraries,