Lori Packer

UR Ventures has awarded three new Technology Development Fund (TDF) grants to projects in the fields of infectious disease, diabetes, and neuromedicine. Paul Dunman, Ph.D., with the Department of Microbiology…

The Rochester Laptop Orchestra performs "Viral Composition" at the annual Rochester Fringe Festival. The group is composed of students at the University of Rochester and Eastman School of Music who compose and perform unique, interactive compositions controlled by Wiimotes, Kinect sensors, genetic sequences, and other custom sensors.

Vice President and University Dean Paul Burgett leads the incoming freshman class in their first singing of the alma mater -- with the help of the University's a cappella ensembles -- at the annual Convocation ceremony.

Assistant track coach Jay Petsch is doused by football players Jordan Golinowski '15, left and Farid Adenuga '16. Fifteen members of the Athletic Department took part in the Ice Bucket Challenge on Aug. 19, and supported research into ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

Legendary flute player Sir James Galway takes a picture of senior flute major Jennifer Zhou during a master class in at the Eastman School of Music.

Mary Ann Mavrinac, vice provost and Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of River Campus Libraries, has been selected for the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ontario College and University Library Association.

A snowy morning outside Schlegel Hall at the Simon Business School.

Ovitz — an Institute of Optics-based team consisting of students (left to right) Pedro Vallejo-Ramirez, Felix Kim, Samuel Steven, Len Zheleznyak, Aizhong Zhang, and Nicholas Brown — pose with “EyeProfiler”…

Kiara Medina ’15 is one of the “candy engineers” who make the fudge that is sold in Wilson Commons.

Rochester received its first-ever berth into the NCAA Division III field hockey playoffs and will host a first round game on Wednesday. The Yellowjackets will face Rowan University of the New Jersey State Athletic Conference.

Rochester celebrates the 40th anniversary of Title IX and the pioneering alumnae whohave seen remarkable changes when it comes to the equitable distribution of athletic resources at universities since the early 1970s.