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image of David Figlio, Rochester provost

Northwestern dean and economics scholar David Figlio will become Rochester’s chief academic officer in July.

Economics scholar and dean of Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy has been named provost at the University of Rochester.

topics: provost, staff,
protester carrying a sign that says STOP THE STEAL and a Trump-Pence flag.

In their latest survey, Rochester political scientists in the Bright Line Watch watchdog group find divisions along partisan lines have notably deepened, and voters’ confidence in next year’s midterm elections has already been affected.

The latest Bright Line Watch survey traces the ongoing weakening of American democracy.

topics: Bright Line Watch, Department of Political Science, featured-post, Gretchen Helmke, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
image of former faculty member Lawrence Tabak
University News
December 15, 2021

Former Medical Center faculty member to lead NIH

Past director of the Center for Oral Biology, will be acting director of the nation’s foremost medical research agency.

Former University of Rochester dental faculty member Lawrence Tabak and research dean will lead NIH as acting director.

topics: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Stormy swirls over Jupiter's northern hemisphere

Research from the Laboratory for Laser Energetics paves the way for more accurate computer models, which are needed to understand the interior of planets and the physical properties of nuclear fusion.

New research provides more accurate data on hydrogen's phase transition to metallic hydrogen, which will help in building more accurate computer models.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research finding, Suxing Hu,
crowd of protesters outside supreme court, one sign in the foreground reads VOTERS CHOOSE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND

A Rochester team of political scientists introduces the idea of ‘democracy by deterrence’—and shows why it might be weakening in the United States.

A Rochester team of political scientists introduces the idea of ‘democracy by deterrence’—and shows why it might be weakening.

topics: Department of Political Science, Gretchen Helmke, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
two portaits of Duncan Moore and David Williams

Two new Rochester fellows of the National Academy of Inventors take aim at transformative discoveries in the world of optics.

Two new Rochester fellows of the National Academy of Inventors take aim at transformative discoveries in the world of optics.

topics: announcements, Center for Visual Science, David Williams, Duncan Moore, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics,