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scientist holding ice
Science & Technology
October 17, 2013 | 08:43 pm

Paleoclimatologist Wins Packard Fellowship

Vasilii Petrenko is one of 16 researchers being awarded a prestigious David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship totaling $875,000 over five years to spend on a research project of his or her choice.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, fellowships, grant, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
October 15, 2013 | 09:31 pm

Rochester Big Data Forum 2013

The second Big Data Forum will bring together leading experts in big data analytics and its applications all day, starting at 8:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 18.

topics: community, events,
Karl Kieburtz
Science & Technology
August 8, 2013 | 07:11 pm

Kieburtz to Oversee URMC Clinical Research

Karl Kieburtz, the Robert J. Joynt Professor in Neurology, is the director of the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics (CHET), a position he will retain.

topics: Clinical and Translational Science Institute,
tweets about food illness overlaying a cityscape
Science & Technology
August 8, 2013 | 06:59 pm

Tracking Tweets to Enhance Food Safety

The system combines machine-learning and crowdsourcing techniques to analyze millions of tweets to find people reporting food poisoning symptoms following a restaurant visit.

topics: data science, Department of Computer Science, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Henry Kautz, public health, research finding, social media,
Laser laboratory
Science & Technology
July 31, 2013 | 04:23 pm

Restored Research Funding Requested

President Joel Seligman joined 165 other university presidents and chancellors in calling on leaders in Washington to close what they call the “innovation deficit.”

topics: announcements, government, Joel Seligman, research funding,
Jannick Roland works with a graduate student in a lab
Science & Technology
July 31, 2013 | 04:23 pm

New Partnership Advances Freeform Optics

Freeform optics could transform 21st century optical science, allowing for a wider range of shapes for lenses and mirrors, which in turn may revolutionize mobile displays, LED lighting, remote sensing devices and astronomical instrumentation.

topics: Center for Freeform Optics, grant, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jannick Rolland, optics, research funding,
grid showing circularly placed colored points
Science & Technology
July 23, 2013 | 05:04 pm

New Type of Neutrino Oscillation Confirmed

The new finding could help explore a fundamental question of science – why is the universe made up almost exclusively of matter, when matter and antimatter were created in equal amounts in the Big Bang?

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, global engagement, Kevin McFarland, quantum science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
geckos
Science & Technology
July 10, 2013 | 07:07 pm

Madagascar No Longer an Evolutionary Hotspot

Daniel Scantlebury calls Madagascar “an ideal evolutionary laboratory” for studying species formation because it has long been isolated and geologically stable relative to other regions.

topics: Department of Biology, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,