Luke Auburn

Director of Communications, Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

luke.auburn@rochester.edu

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Science & Technology

What are intraocular lenses? And how can they restore sight for patients with cataracts?

New technology is quickly improving the world’s most common form of eye surgery.

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Campus & Community

Sarah Bjornland ’17: Embracing her management superpowers

Meaningful connections with faculty and industry experts helped the Rochester graduate find her niche in the field of optics.

Close up of fiber optics cables lit up with a woman out of focusing behind them looking at the cables.

Science & Technology

The surprising way that fiber optics connects us

An optics expert explains how thin strands of glass that transmit light make modern telecommunications possible.

computer illustration of a group of connected atoms.

Science & Technology

New method to study catalysts could lead to better batteries

A new algorithm opens the door for using artificial intelligence and machine learning to study the interactions that happen on the surface of materials.

Close-up of a chip-scale laser held in front of a penny, highlighting its miniature size and intricate gold circuitry.

Science & Technology

New laser smaller than a penny can measure objects at ultrafast rates

The chip-scale laser has applications ranging from guiding autonomous vehicles to detecting gravitational waves.

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Campus & Community

New scholars program is a catalyst for undergraduate research on chemical sustainability

The inaugural cohort of Barbara J. Burger Chemical Sustainability Scholars embarks on 15-month paid research experiences.

Close-up of the technology that makes the Rochester Quantum Network possible.

Science & Technology

University of Rochester and RIT develop experimental quantum communications network

The Rochester Quantum Network uses single photons to transmit information over dual fiber-optic telecommunications lines.

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Science & Technology

Text-to-video AI blossoms with new metamorphic video capabilities

Using time-lapse videos as training data, computer scientists have developed video generators that simulate the physical world more accurately.

Illustration of Schrödinger’s cat half alive and half skeletal in a box, surrounded by complex physics equations.

Campus & Community

Winner of Ed and Barbara Hajim Art of Science competition thrives in two states at once

A record 770 Rochester community members weighed in on the competition, which explores the intersection of science, art, and technology.

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Science & Technology

Do neurons transmit light?

Rochester researchers aim to determine if neurons can transport light like fiber-optic communications channels.

University of Rochester graduate student smiles while manipulating the apparatus in an optics lab.

Science & Technology

Twisting atomically thin materials could advance quantum computers

Placing two layers of special 2D materials together and turning them at large angles creates artificial atoms with intriguing optical properties.

Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7, looks at the camera with his arms folded. Behind him is an extensive bookshelf and a framed movie poster for "Mickey 17."

From the Magazine

The magnificent Mickey7

Alumnus Edward Ashton’s sci-fi novel Mickey7 gets a Hollywood glow up with Bong Joon-ho’s film Mickey 17.