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Two side-by-side portraits of Michelle Carr against a beige backdrop — eyes closed on the left, eyes open on the right.

From the Magazine

The making of a dream engineer

Michelle Carr ’10, ’22 (Flw) had her first lucid dream as an undergraduate. She’s been unraveling the science of the sleeping mind ever since.

Covers of the six Faculty Works featured in the spring 2026 issue of Rochester Review.

From the Magazine

Faculty works: Spring 2026

Six new books and recordings from URochester faculty span topics from Soviet cinema to Indigenous justice.

Pablo Sierra Silva stands with arms crossed in his Rush Rhees office in front of full bookshelves. (University of Rochester / J. Adam Fenster)

From the Magazine

Office hours with Pablo Sierra Silva

The URochester professor, who teaches World History Through Soccer, on the power of primary sources and sport as a window onto society.

Dan Wang seated at a table in front of an orange background.

From the Magazine

Our man in China

For seven years, Dan Wang ’15 observed, documented, and analyzed a nation changing at breakneck speed. Now he’s got world leaders hanging on his every word.

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

From the Magazine

Wordplay | Solution: You snooze, you win

Access the answer grid for the crossword puzzle from the spring 2026 print edition of Rochester Review magazine.

Black-and-white archival photo of the seven members of Broad Street Stroke posing together outdoors in 1970s attire.

Campus & Community

They got the funk

Five decades after forming the funk band Broad Street Stroke at URochester, the members still gather every weekend on Zoom.

Sylvia Owusu-Ansah outfitted in medical scrubs smiling at the camera while in an emergency room.

Campus & Community

The script doctor is in

Sylvia Owusu-Ansah ’00 shapes medical storytelling on HBO Max’s The Pitt.

Video still showing Harry Reis with the University of Rochester shield and the text "ever wonder" near a thought bubble that reads "how is AI changing the way we love?"

From the Magazine

The secret to happiness? Feeling loved

February 11, 2026

Two psychologists—one a happiness researcher and the other a relationship expert—say love isn’t found. It’s created, one mindset at a time.

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

From the Magazine

Evolution’s moment of truth on the Solomon Islands

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?

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

From the Magazine

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.

From the Magazine

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.

From the Magazine

How URochester is redefining collaboration through transdisciplinary research

December 1, 2025

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