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2021 Commencement: Rochester graduate Alyssa Ho
Campus Life
May 6, 2021 | 05:59 am

Optics grad has her eyes on the stars

Optical engineer Alyssa Ho ’21 is headed to Raytheon to work on space system projects.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, Class of 2021, commencement, COVID-19, events, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics,
National Science Foundation logo.
University News
May 5, 2021 | 09:43 am

Rochester’s latest CAREER award recipients pursue wide range of projects

University of Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for early-career faculty.

topics: awards, Dan Bergstralh, Department of Anthropology, Department of Biology, Department of Chemistry, Department of Computer Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Kathryn Knowles, Kathryn Mariner, School of Arts and Sciences, Yuhao Zhu,
artists conception shows a close-up of a face wearing glasses with a square grid of different colored rays being projected onto the inside of one of the glasses's lenses.
Science & Technology
April 30, 2021 | 04:16 pm

A new way to make AR/VR glasses look more like regular glasses

Rochester researchers are combining freeform optics and a metasurface to avoid ‘bug eyes’ in AR/VR glasses and headsets.

topics: augmented reality, Center for Freeform Optics, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, Nick Vamivakas, research finding, virtual reality,
Closeup of collage of nine posters from the 2021 Undergraduate Research Expo.
Campus Life
April 19, 2021 | 01:54 pm

Undergraduate scholars take a virtual stage to share findings

Held online for the second year in a row, the annual Undergraduate Research Expo celebrates ‘an important part’ of University of Rochester culture.

topics: College, events, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
three minute thesis winner Jeffrey Beard
Science & Technology
April 16, 2021 | 02:28 pm

Apt analogies help veteran convey his HIV research

‘Three Minute Thesis’ Competition winner Jeffrey Beard demonstrates how to communicate science to the public.

topics: Benjamin Miller, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jeffrey Beard, research, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Senior man, wearing glasses and looking up, suffering from macular degeneration
Science & Technology
March 29, 2021 | 11:12 am

First-ever lab model of human eye offers hope for macular degeneration patients

Rochester researchers’ breakthrough could lead to patient-specific treatments for age-related macular degeneration, which leads to a loss of central vision.

topics: Center for Visual Science, Danielle Benoit, Department of Biomedical Engineering, featured-post-side, Flaum Eye Institute, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Materials Science Program, Medical Center, Ruchira Singh,
Susana Marcos.
University News
February 11, 2021 | 04:00 pm

Susana Marcos to lead Center for Visual Science

Internationally recognized pioneer in vision science and its applications is named the next director of one of the University’s most highly regarded research centers.

topics: appointments, Arts Sciences and Engineering, Center for Visual Science, Department of Ophthalmology, Flaum Eye Institute, Institute of Optics, Medical Center, Robert E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design and Engineering,
A pencil sits in front of four colored glass plates.
Science & Technology
February 4, 2021 | 11:38 am

An optical coating like no other

Researchers in the Institute of Optics have developed a new class of optical coatings, Fano Resonance Optical Coatings, that can both reflect and transmit the same wavelength simultaneously.

topics: Chunlei Guo, featured-post, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research finding,
Example of an optical chip sensor.
Science & Technology
January 6, 2021 | 10:41 am

Chip on a card would detect COVID-19 antibodies in a minute

Researchers in Rochester are developing a “completely new diagnostic platform” that could prove to be a valuable clinical tool for detecting exposure to multiple viruses from a single drop of blood.

topics: American Institute for Manufacturing Photonics, Benjamin Miller, COVID-19, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Dermatology, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Medical Center, research funding,
person takes a cellphone photo of a cat dressed up in a pink sweater and glasses
Science & Technology
December 9, 2020 | 10:18 am

Can social networks help us be more creative?

Our interactions on social media could encourage new ways of thinking and different perspectives, if creativity was considered part of the network’s algorithms, say Rochester researchers.

topics: Department of Computer Science, Ehsan Hoque, featured-post-side, Gourab Ghoshal, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, research finding,