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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, 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, 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, River Campus Libraries,
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, 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, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Michael Jarvis, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences, virtual reality,