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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, 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, 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,
The Meliora letters cast a shadow on the Eastman Quadrangle lawn with Rush Rhees Library in the background.

Incoming students at the College and at Eastman will arrive in August from more than 40 countries and 44 states.

Incoming students at the University of Rochester will arrive in August from more than 40 countries and 44 states.

topics: admissions, Class of 2026, Eastman School of Music, the college,
portrait of Tony Green.

In his new role, which begins August 1, Green will report to incoming Provost David Figlio and work closely with the Office of Administration and Finance.

In his new role at the University of Rochester, Anthony Green will report to incoming Provost David Figlio.

topics: announcements, staff,
close up of a tiny sample of a square of polymer film.

Compared to long, tedious hours of scanning by undergraduates, a breakthrough technology can detect monolayers with 99.9 percent accuracy—in far less time and at a fraction of the cost.

Compared to long, tedious hours of scanning by undergraduates, a breakthrough technology can detect monolayers with 99.9 percent accuracy.

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, photonics, quantum science, research finding,
young woman holds photo of an older woman's eyes in front of her face to illustrate gene regulation.
Science & Technology
May 26, 2022

Gene regulation may hold clue to longer life

Rochester biologists who study the genetics of lifespan suggest new targets to combat aging and age-related diseases.

Rochester biologists who study the genetics of lifespan suggest gene regulation may be a new target to combat aging and age-related diseases.

topics: Andrei Seluanov, Department of Biology, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Vera Gorbunova,
a composite image of three archival portraits.

Members of the University community have served their country in wartime since the Civil War, with many having made the ultimate sacrifice. This Memorial Day, we remember three of them.

Members of the University community have served their country in wartime since the Civil War, with many having made the ultimate sacrifice.

topics: NROTC, veterans,