Melissa Pheterson

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Society & Culture

Why monopolies aren’t a game—and how they shape your life today

Simon Business School experts explain how market power impacts consumers, workers, and innovation in the modern economy.

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Campus & Community

How to get a job after college: 5 smart strategies

From in-person networking to AI literacy, URochester career education professional Jodyi Wren shares tips for navigating today’s job market.

Harriet Washington looking at the camera in a hallway.

Campus & Community

A medical ethicist rewrites the record

Historian Harriet Washington ’76 discovered her passion for reading between the lines in the URochester library archives.

A robotic hand playing a synthesizer while bathed in blue light to illustrate the question "can AI make music?"

Is AI the next Mozart—or just a mashup machine?

Music is a deeply human art form. What happens when AI enters the orchestra pit or the recording studio?

A pipette releases a drop of water onto a piece of water-attracting carbon paper with a water droplet already adhered to it.

From the Magazine

Chemical reactions: What you need to know about PFAS

December 1, 2025

URochester researchers shed light on the synthetic compounds lurking in everyday life.

Outer facade of the Mt. Hope Family Center building with fall foliate in the foreground.

Health & Medicine

8 things to know about the University of Rochester’s Mt. Hope Family Center

October 6, 2025

For 45 years, this national resource has pioneered cutting-edge psychology research while providing support for thousands of vulnerable families annually.

Thomas J. Farrell Senior Vice President and James D. Thompson Chief Advancement Officer

University News

Leadership Conversation with Thomas Farrell ’88, ’90W (MS)

August 28, 2025

As the University’s comprehensive campaign nears launch, Farrell reflects on philanthropy’s power to connect communities and shape higher education.

Five University of Rochester faculty sit around a table for a discussion about artificial intelligence, business, and education.

Voices & Opinion

How AI is transforming business, education, and the future of work

Rochester faculty discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on education and how harnessing AI is essential for future-proofing the workforce.

From the Magazine

Material world

University of Rochester graduate Kasia Maroney ’92 talks about her career as an art conservator restoring priceless objects to their full glory.

Handful of people seated and looking at a painting off camera as part of an Art of Observation class at the University of Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery.

Health & Medicine

Want to be a better doctor or nurse? Take a look at this painting.

Rochester’s Art of Observation program helps medical students and clinicians cultivate essential clinical skills.

Downward angled shot of multimedia artist Renee Jin next to a sculpture exploring the concept of involution.

From the Magazine

Defining involution through sculpture

February 19, 2025

A Rochester graduate student and acclaimed sculptor examines a topic that is increasingly relevant to Chinese society.

Triptych of photos of the 2024 Wells Prize winners.

Campus & Community

Undergraduates pair research with reporting, science with sign language, and programming with pondering

November 13, 2024

The Wells Prize honorees exemplify the best of the multidisciplinary educational opportunities available at Rochester.