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Al Uy looks at a small red bird that is perched on his hand during a research trip to the Solomon Islands.

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Evolution’s moment of truth

December 16, 2025

Every year biologist Al Uy travels by plane, boat, and foot to remote corners of the South Pacific to answer one of evolution’s biggest mysteries: How do species originate?

Portrait of Curtis Stewart holding a violin, lit dramatically against a reddish background with soft shadowed text.

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The class that changed me: Curtis Stewart ’08, ’08E

December 1, 2025

The Grammy nominee recalls the violin lessons at Eastman that at once terrified and inspired him.

Fencer Jackie Hsiao poses confidently at sunset, holding her foil across her shoulders and wearing full fencing gear.

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Good sport: Fencing club president Jackie Hsiao ’27

December 1, 2025

The third-year anthropology major fences her way to the Junior Olympics.

Stack of six books by University of Rochester authors, including Steering the Senate and The Sewards of New York, beside a pencil.

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Faculty works: New books and recordings by URochester professors

December 1, 2025

A selection of recently released works by our esteemed educators.

Aerial view of the University of Rochester campus with the Meliora flag and Rush Rhees Library tower at sunrise.

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How URochester is redefining collaboration through transdisciplinary research

December 1, 2025

A quartet of groundbreaking new centers receives $8.5 million in institutional funding.

University of Rochester baseball coach Joe Reina in team gear points toward the sky during a game.

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Grand slam: Joe Reina wins 500th game as URochester’s varsity baseball coach

December 1, 2025

The winningest coach in program history reflects on his success on and off the field.

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

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Chemical reactions: What you need to know about PFAS

December 1, 2025

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

Dr. Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro and team perform a living donor liver transplant in an operating room.

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Inside URochester’s pioneering living donor liver transplant program

December 1, 2025

What happens when you combine a determined doctor, a groundbreaking procedure, and an institution built to support the research behind complex medicine.

A close-up of a crossword puzzle titled “Life of a Demisemiseptcentennial,” showing clues and a partially blank grid on a pale blue page.

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Wordplay | Solution: Life of a demisemiseptcentennial

December 1, 2025

View the answer grid for the crossword puzzle that appears in the fall 2025 print edition of Rochester Review magazine.

Three men in suits stand beside a stone monument engraved with the University of Rochester alma mater “The Genesee.”

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Ask the archivist: What’s one question that’s stumped you?

December 1, 2025

Melissa Mead delves into the puzzling history of URochester’s alma mater, “The Genesee.”

Earth viewed from space at night, illuminated by city lights and natural features across the surface.

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175 ways URochester makes the world ever better

November 20, 2025

What good is the research university? At the University of Rochester, the answers get ever better.

Political science professor Gretchen Helmke stands in her office with whiteboards and notes behind her.

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Office hours with Gretchen Helmke

November 14, 2025

The 2025 Guggenheim Fellow on turning a passion for reading and writing into a career solving our most vexing political puzzles.