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Robert Downey Jr. drinking from a mug that says happy and Craig Dubitsky holding a pod of Happy coffee.

From the Magazine

Hello, coffee

Entrepreneur Craig Dubitsky ’87 has teamed up with actor Robert Downey Jr. to create Happy, a brand with a social mission.

Beth Greenwood, wearing a Philadelphia Phillies hat and T-shirt stands beside a team training center.

From the Magazine

Great catch

Beth Greenwood ’22—the first American woman catcher in NCAA baseball history—has joined Phillies' minor league affiliate as a development coach.

University News

Kate Sheeran named Eastman School of Music Dean

Sheeran, who is a graduate of Eastman, will be the school’s eighth dean and the first woman to hold the role.

Graphic featuring a photo of Laura Carstensen smiling at the camera alongside text that reads "University of Rochester Commencement Weekend."

University News

Stanford’s Laura Carstensen ’78 to deliver 2024 Commencement address

Carstensen is a research psychologist and internationally renowned expert on aging and the effects on well-being of extended lifetimes.

A group gathered in a window to view the total solar eclipse through smoked glass.

Campus & Community

3 old-school tips for viewing the solar eclipse

We dug into the campus newspaper archives to trace the evolution of eclipse knowledge—and etiquette—over the last century.

A person in a yellow shirt seen from behind works with a transmission electron microscope in a darkened room.

Science & Technology

University secures federal funding to enable advanced quantum research

The funding supports the acquisition of a state-of-the-art transmission electron microscope to accelerate research in quantum information science.

GIF of the moon moving between the Earth and the sun as it forms a solar corona during a total eclipse.

Science & Technology

Eclipse helped Rochester alumnus see solar corona in new light

Observations made by William Harkness during the 1869 total eclipse led to a pivotal discovery about the sun’s corona.

Bright, multicolored, prismatic background with text that reads "The University of Rochester celebrates Women's History Month."

Campus & Community

Celebrating Women’s History Month

We’re sharing the stories of women in the University’s history whose contributions deserve wider recognition.

View from inside the OMEGA laser system's target chamber during a direct drive fusion experiment.

Science & Technology

Scientists create new ‘spark plug’ for fusion reactions

February 5, 2024

Techniques developed with the Laboratory for Laser Energetics’ OMEGA laser system hold promise for sparking fusion at larger scales.

A collage of photos of first generation students at the University of Rochester with "1st" as a text overlay.

Campus & Community

First-generation students find mentors, resources, and niches at Rochester

February 1, 2024

About 20 percent of Rochester’s undergraduate student body are the first in their family to make the higher education leap.