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Mercedes Ramírez Fernández at a podium.

Ramírez Fernández has served as the University’s first vice president for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer since 2019.

Mercedes Ramírez Fernández served as the University of Rochester’s first vice president for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer.

topics: announcements, staff,
graphic shows red chains breaking over the words out of stock to represent supply chain issues.
Society & Culture
June 27, 2022

Expect another year of supply chain issues

Rochester economist George Alessandria explains what is causing the shortages—and why government intervention would be counterproductive.

Rochester economist George Alessandria explains what is causing the supply chain issues resulting in shortages.

topics: Department of Economics, featured-post, School of Arts and Sciences,

In a University career of more than 45 year, the professor emeritus’s research interests included Restoration biography, the Earl of Rochester, and 18th-century literature.

The professor emeritus’s research interests included Restoration biography, the Earl of Rochester, and 18th-century literature.

topics: Department of English, obituaries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Close up of model of human head poised on a stand on Kodak Hall stage.

A multidisciplinary team from Arts, Sciences & Engineering and River Campus Libraries builds a virtual reality replica of Kodak Hall to be used in studies of how the brain processes light and sound.

Rochester researchers build a virtual reality replica of Kodak Hall to be used in studies of how the brain processes light and sound.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Duje Tadin, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Michael Jarvis, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences, virtual reality,
Screenshot of three people in protective gear and a robot on a replica lunar surface.

Rochester undergraduate students banded together to overcome multiple crises while fielding their robot on a simulated lunar surface at Kennedy Space Center.

topics: Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, undergraduate research,
Illustration of the word Juneteenth with bright yellow, white, red, and green colors.

“Juneteenth is especially relevant today, as the current conditions of Black people in America would suggest that we are still not free,” says Jeffrey McCune Jr. And yet, he adds, “We must celebrate.”

Jeffrey McCune Jr. of the University of Rochester explains why Juneteenth, now a national holiday, is "especially relevant today."

topics: diversity, featured-post, Frederick Douglass Institute and Department of Black Studies,
stock image of woman waiting near moving train illustrates causal inference.
Science & Technology
June 13, 2022

How the brain interprets motion while in motion

New findings about how the brain interprets sensory information may have applications for treating brain disorders and designing artificial intelligence.

The University of Rochester receives major NIH award to study causal inference, work that may have applications for brain disorders..

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
robot hands playing notes on piano keyboard.
Science & Technology
June 8, 2022

Play a Bach duet with an AI counterpoint

BachDuet, developed by University of Rochester researchers, allows users to improvise duets with an artificial intelligence partner.

BachDuet, developed by Zhiyao Duan and students in his lab, allows users to improvise duets with an artificial intelligence partner.

topics: artificial intelligence, Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Zhiyao Duan,
Two hands open a first edition book of Ulysses by James Joyce.

Here are a few things to know about the literary masterpiece that has exhilarated and confounded its readers for 100 years.

James Joyce's Ulysses has exhilarated and confounded its readers for 100 years. Here are a few things to know about the literary masterpiece.

topics: Department of English, James Longenbach, literature, School of Arts and Sciences,