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Meliora 2021 written in red, white, and blue alongside the words "Rewind. Reunite. Revive." and the date.

The October 1–2 weekend marks milestone reunions, celebrates the Class of 2020, and welcomes families to visit campus. Special guests include Geena Davis as the commencement speaker and Margaret Cho as the featured performer.

Meliora 2021 takes place October 1–2 and marks milestone reunions, celebrates the Class of 2020, and welcomes families to visit campus.

topics: announcements, Class of 2020, commencement, featured-post,
A woman with glasses and a scarf stands in front of a lab at the University of Rochester, focusing on RNA biology research.

Pioneering biochemist Lynne Maquat helped usher in the age of RNA-based therapeutics, a key defense against coronavirus. When the US Food and Drug Administration approved emergency use authorization for the…

Lynne Maquat’s pioneering RNA biology research helped pave the way for modern mRNA vaccines and new treatments for genetic disease.

High school student in a head scarf, face mask, and lab gear practices soldering to repair lab equipment while a lab tech looks on.

Lulu Abdullahi (right), a junior at East High School in the Rochester City School District, practices soldering to repair an experiment component with Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, an assistant professor in the University’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. For six weeks, Abdullahi and a classmate visited campus as part of NEUROEAST, a new Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience program.

topics: Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, diversity, education, School of Arts and Sciences,
Richard Waugh.

Richard Waugh returns to his research lab full time on July 1 after serving in multiple leadership positions, including most recently as vice provost for research.

Richard Waugh returns to his research lab on July 1, 2021, after serving as vice provost for research at the University of Rochester.

topics: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Richard Waugh,
portrait of Melissa Lang

The biomedical engineering major is one of 60 college students pursuing STEM degrees who were selected for the award.

The biomedical engineering major is one of 60 students pursuing STEM degrees selected for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation award.

topics: awards, Class of 2022, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, scholarships,
Headshots of Thomas Brown and Sina Ghaemmaghami.

Thomas Brown and Sina Ghaemmaghami are the latest recipients of the University’s Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professorships.

Thomas Brown and Sina Ghaemmaghami are the latest recipients of the University’s Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professorships.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, awards, Department of Biology, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, School of Arts and Sciences, Thomas Brown,
illustration of the optical fiber Kerr resonator with rainbow pattern in foreground.

Rochester researchers have advanced a groundbreaking technique first pioneered at the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. As a result, they’ve produced chirped pulses in a way that works even with relatively low-quality, inexpensive equipment.

University of Rochester researchers have produced chirped pulses in a way that works even with relatively low-quality, inexpensive equipment.

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research finding, William Renninger,
Detailed crop of the Meliora shield made of metalwork.

Undergraduate education, information technology, and data governance are getting organizational enhancements and new leaders going into the 2021–22 academic year.

Undergraduate education, information technology, and data governance are getting new leaders for the 2021–22 academic year.

topics: appointments, Jeffrey Runner, provost, Richard Waugh,
Jeff Runner wears a suit and tie outdoors on the Eastman Quadrangle.

Since taking over as dean in 2017, Runner has focused on fostering an environment of belonging in which all students can become innovative and adaptive lifelong learners.

Jeffrey Runner begins his second five-year term as a member of the Arts, Sciences & Engineering leadership team in 2022.

topics: appointments, Arts Sciences and Engineering, College, Jeffrey Runner,