Wastewater surveillance detects COVID-19 on college campuses, Rochester researchers find
The results could provide a blueprint for nursing homes, workplaces, jails, and other institutions to monitor for COVID and other infectious diseases.
Commencement 2021: Planning pomp and circumstance during a pandemic
Amid ever-changing COVID-19 guidelines, University staff have worked tirelessly to organize a safe and meaningful hybrid commencement for the Class of 2021.
Medical Center to participate in pediatric COVID vaccine trials
The Medical Center will take part in a phase 2/3 vaccine trial in collaboration with Moderna to test the COVID-19 vaccine in healthy children aged 6 months to 12 years.
Eastman School alumni take home Grammy awards
Three Eastman School alumni were winners at the 63rd Grammy Awards. A composition by the late Christopher Rouse, who taught at Eastman from 1981 to 2002, also garnered an award.
Construction of new orthopaedics campus set to begin at Marketplace Mall
The largest capital project in University history will create one of the most comprehensive ambulatory orthopaedics facilities in the United States by 2023.
New study suggests mother’s milk may help fight COVID-19
Medical Center researchers find that breastfeeding women with COVID-19 do not transmit the virus through their milk, but do confer milk-borne antibodies.
Lynne Maquat awarded 2021 Wolf Prize in Medicine
Maquat, the founding director of the University’s Center for RNA Biology, was selected for “fundamental discoveries in RNA biology that have the potential to better human lives.”
Medical Center to launch new brain aging research center
The NIH-funded Network for Emotional Well-Being (NEW) and Brain Aging will support research into the relationship between emotional well-being and dementia-related diseases.
School of Nursing renames research support office in memory of Harriet Kitzman
Kitzman, who passed away in March 2020, served the School of Nursing in many roles over a 45-year period, but she was most associated with its research mission.
Rochester pop music expert on guitarist Van Halen’s ‘deep roots in rock’
In an opinion article for CNN, rock historian John Covach writes that behind Eddie Van Halen’s “blistering guitar solos” was an “exceptional musical gift and keen pop intelligence.”