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Sydney Greaves teaching arts integration lesson sitting on floor with children.

A partnership between City of Rochester schools and the Memorial Art Gallery leads to innovation in arts education and furthers the museum’s mission to serve the Greater Rochester community.

City of Rochester schools and the University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery partner in an innovative arts integration program.

topics: community engagement, Department of Art and Art History, diversity, Memorial Art Gallery, School of Arts and Sciences, Warner School of Education,
Outdoor portrait of Elizabeth Milavec.
University News
August 1, 2022

Elizabeth A. Milavec to be University EVP

Milavec will be the University’s inaugural executive vice president for administration and finance and chief financial officer.

Milavec will be the University of Rochester’s inaugural executive vice president for administration and finance and chief financial officer.

topics: announcements, staff,
illustration of planet being smashed by a sledgehammer resulting in sparks surrounding the planet.

Rochester researchers will cut through excess data to speed the search for new materials.

Rochester researchers will use funding from two federal grants to cut through excess data to speed the search for new materials.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Materials Science Program, research funding,
Very Large Array observatory among the tools used by astronomers to search for UFOs, UAPs, and other signs of extraterrestrial life.

America’s space agency is convening a commission to investigate unidentified flying objects. In a Newsweek op-ed, Adam Frank explains why NASA’s involvement could be a game changer.

NASA is convening a commission to investigate unidentified flying objects. In a Newsweek op-ed, Adam Frank explains why their involvement could be a gamechanger.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences,
an illustration of a cross-section of the Earth, showing the inner and outer cores.

New paleomagnetic research suggests Earth’s solid inner core formed 550 million years ago and restored our planet’s magnetic field.

New paleomagnetic research suggests Earth’s solid inner core formed 550 million years ago and caused our planet’s magnetic field to bounce back.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, John Tarduno, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
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, 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, 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, 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,