At age 80, John Thomas writes new chapter in an illustrious career
The Rochester professor emeritus and new American Astronomical Society fellow now explores the brain’s waste disposal system.
Rochester membranes help researchers capture tiny, telltale vesicles
Extracellular vesicles could provide early detection of diseases such as cancer. But to analyze EVs, scientists first need to catch them. That’s where Rochester professor James McGrath’s nanomembranes come in.
Two Rochester researchers named AAAS fellows
The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society has recognized Nicholas Bigelow and Michael Scott for their distinguished efforts to advance science.
Using nanodiamonds as sensors just got easier
Rochester researchers have found a new and improved way to extract temperature from the light emitted by a diamond defect.
Why this Rochester math professor champions year-round undergraduate research
Alex Iosevich, a professor of mathematics and director of the Tripods REU and STEM for ALL programs at the Goergen Institute for Data Science, seeks to make undergraduate research “a fundamental part of the curriculum.”
Bruce Arden, former dean of engineering, dies at 94
Under Arden’s leadership, Rochester’s engineering school pursued important initiatives in undergraduate programs, faculty hiring, and and government and industrial relations.
Undergraduate finds room to explore business, computer science, and an American music icon
Rochester’s flexible curriculum gives Jacob Rose ’24 a chance to research Leonard Bernstein.
A cure for blindness? A next-generation solar concentrator?
Two new Rochester fellows of the National Academy of Inventors take aim at transformative discoveries in the world of optics.
Andrew Berger honored for novel ways to monitor biological cells and tissues
The Rochester optics professor has been elected a fellow of Optica, the international society for optics and photonics.
Joseph Eberly honored as a ‘true visionary’ in optics
Joseph Eberly, the Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics and a professor of optics, is recognized for pioneering contributions to quantum optics theory.