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Rochester scholars in the humanities and social sciences will study human migration as part of a “temporary research center” supported by a Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar grant.

University of Rochester scholars and colleagues in the humanities and social sciences are researching human migration in the Americas.

topics: Daniel Reichman, Department of Anthropology, Department of History, humanities, Humanities Center, Joan Shelley Rubin, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Close-up horizontal crop of Harl Tolbert's formal headshot.
University News
September 7, 2021

Harl Tolbert to lead URVentures

As the associate vice president for URVentures, Harl Tolbert wants to build effective bridges between University of Rochester researchers and commercial partners.

As an associate vice president at the University of Rochester, Hal Tolbert aims to build bridges between researchers and commercial partners.

topics: education, staff,
Jeffrey McCune in a suit and bowtie smiles at the camera outside on the Eastman Quad.

The accomplished scholar discusses the importance of Black studies as well as his plans to expand the scope of the institute at the University of Rochester and in communities beyond campus.

The scholar plans to expand scope of the University of Rochester's Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies.

topics: Frederick Douglass Institute and Department of Black Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, staff,
The James Webb Space Telescope in orbit, showcasing its advanced design and technology for astronomical observations.

As the James Webb Space Telescope heads toward its launch date, dozens of Rochester faculty and alumni who contributed to the project await images from 13.5 billion years ago. Here’s…

URochester scientists helped shape the James Webb Telescope from mirror design to phase retrieval, enabling views back 13.5 billion years

Jay Yan holds a drill atop a scaffold and smiles at the camera with his mosaic mural in the background.

Chinese American artist Jay Yan installed a mural made of nearly 8,000 mirrored discs in the University of Rochester’s Sloan Performing Arts Center.

Chinese American artist Jay Yan installed a 62-foot-long mural in the University of Rochester’s Sloan Performing Arts Center.

topics: Institute for the Performing Arts, performing arts, School of Arts and Sciences, Sloan Performing Arts Center,
Detailed crop of the Meliora shield made of metalwork.

Named positions are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate the work of Rochester’s faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.

Named positions are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate the work of Rochester’s faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.

topics: faculty, honors,
student standing beside a painted yellow rock with '25 painted on it
Campus & Community
August 19, 2021

Moving on in: The Class of 2025 arrives to campus

First-year and transfer students—including the largest incoming class in College history—arrive at Rochester, ready to kick off the academic year.

First-year students—including the largest incoming class in College history—arrive at Rochester, ready to kick off the academic year.

topics: Class of 2025, College, Eastman School of Music, Robert Alexander,
Aerial view of eddies and small currents creating swirling patterns of phytoplankton blooms shown in green and light blue.

Using satellite imagery, University of Rochester scientists have provided the first direct measure of how eddy killing affects Earth’s oceans.

Using satellite imagery, University of Rochester scientists provided the first direct measure of how eddy killing affects Earth’s oceans.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hussein Aluie, research finding,