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Crop of book cover for Everything I Don't Know.

Everything I Don’t Know, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Grotz and Piotr Sommer, takes top honors for poetry in translation.

Professor Jennifer Grotz co-translated poems by Jerzy Ficowski, and Open Letter published its first poetry book translated from the Korean.

topics: awards, Department of English, humanities, Jennifer Grotz, literary translation, literature, Open Letter, School of Arts and Sciences,
Close-up of anti-Putin rally sign with people in the background holding signs with the Ukraine flag's colors.
Society & Culture
February 25, 2022

Why does Russia want Ukraine?

Political scientist Hein Goemans, Rochester’s expert on international conflicts, explains why Ukraine’s fate might be tied to Putin’s survival.

A University of Rochester expert on international conflicts explains some of the reasons behind Vladimir Putin invading Ukraine.

topics: Department of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, thought leadership,
Judith Pipher.

The professor emerita, known as the ‘mother of infrared astronomy,’ had a profound impact on research into astronomical phenomena and the origins of the universe and was a pioneer for women in science.

The professor emerita, known as the ‘mother of infrared astronomy,’ had a profound impact on research into the origins of the universe.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, faculty, obituaries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Illustration of workers in lab coats along an assembly line analyzing cancer-fighting micheliolide analogs in nanoparticles.

An internal funding program, plus the close proximity of the University’s engineering and medical facilities, promotes progress in a potential treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.

University of Rochester scientists report progress in targeting and destroying leukemic stem cells with a modified form of micheliolide.

topics: Danielle Benoit, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding, research funding, Rudi Fasan, Wilmot Cancer Institute,
Female optics PhD student with a quantitative phase microscope.

Two new awards will help the University of Rochester address a pressing need for highly trained PhD graduates and prepare a more diverse pipeline of optics professionals.

Two new awards supporting graduate students will help the University of Rochester prepare a more diverse pipeline of optics professionals.

topics: grant, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, quality education,
Closeup of student with glam rock hair and makeup wearing a clear face mask.

A behind-the-scenes photo gallery shows the International Theatre Program gearing up for its production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

A behind-the-scenes photo gallery shows the University of Rochester's International Theatre Program gearing up for Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

topics: Institute for the Performing Arts, International Theatre Program, Nigel Maister, performing arts, School of Arts and Sciences, Take Five Scholars Program,
Close-up of 3D-printed, scaled model of a gerbil cochlea.

Despite recent advances in hearing aid technology, users frequently complain that the devices tend to amplify all the sounds around them. Rochester researcher Jong-Noon Nam believes a key part of the answer to this problem lies inside the cochlea of the inner ear.

University of Rochester researcher Jong-Noon Nam believes a key part of the answer to the problem lies inside the cochlea of the inner ear.

topics: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding, research funding,
Researcher standing with arm perched on wire-framed shelves in lab.

Jennifer Brisson, an associate professor of biology, will further her study of phenotypic plasticity, which describes how an organism’s development is influenced by its environment, with a five-year, $2 million NIH grant.

A Rochester biologist wins a major grant to study phenotypic plasticity, or how an organism’s development is influenced by its environment.

topics: Department of Biology, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Crowd of Ukrainians marching on street behind banner that reads "Ukrainians will resist."
Society & Culture
February 16, 2022

Will Russia invade Ukraine?

Randall Stone, a professor of political science and director of the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies, says Putin “has set a trap for himself.”

University of Rochester political scientist Randall Stone says Putin has "set a trap for himself" if Russia invades Ukraine.

topics: Department of Political Science, Randall Stone, School of Arts and Sciences, thought leadership,