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Four women pose for photos on the IOR letters on the Eastman Quad.
University News
October 2, 2022 | 08:36 pm

Meliora Weekend returns in style—and in person

The University’s annual celebration welcomed thousands of alumni, students, family members, and guests to campus for reunion, homecoming, and family weekend.

topics: alumni, events, featured-post-side, Meliora Weekend,
Graphic of the five people who helped invent bladeless LASIK eye surgery. The graphic says "Congratulations to 2022 Golden Goose awardees Deter Du, Tibor Juhasz, Ron Kurtz, Donna Strickland, and Gerard Albert Louis Mourou. Work funded by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation."
Science & Technology
September 15, 2022 | 09:13 am

Developers of bladeless LASIK earn AAAS Golden Goose Award

Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou’s discovery of chirped pulse amplification at the University of Rochester helped make bladeless LASIK possible.

topics: alumni, announcements, awards, featured-post-side, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Nobel Prize,
Three students in military fatigues stand at ease in front of Rush Rhees Library on the quad, the student in the middle holding an American flag.
In Photos
September 9, 2022 | 01:45 pm

We remember

Midshipmen Charlie Shanks ’24, Nicholas Perry (St. John Fisher ’24), and Miriana Kelly ’26 stand as Rochester’s NROTC unit held its annual vigil at the Meridian on Eastman Quadrangle honoring members of the University community who were killed in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Among the nearly 3,000 people who died during the attacks were six University of Rochester alumni: Jeremy Glick ’93; Jean Hoadley Peterson ’69N; Jeffrey Smith ’87, ’88S (MBA); Zhe (Zack) Zeng ’95, ’98S (MBA); Aram Iskenderian ’82; and Brendan Dolan ’86. (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)

topics: alumni, NROTC,
Hand holds up page of medieval manuscript from the Richard Kaeuper Collection as light filters through.
Society & Culture
August 8, 2022 | 01:28 pm

Wormholes and stains add to backstory of medieval manuscript’s acquisition

The 700-year-old manuscript is the first in a new University of Rochester library collection that honors historian Richard Kaeuper.

topics: alumni, Department of History, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, Richard Kaeuper, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Crop of the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope showing thousands of previously unseen galaxies.
Science & Technology
July 12, 2022 | 03:30 pm

Star struck: Dispatches from the James Webb Space Telescope

Humanity’s best looks at the universe so far were made possible by the contributions of scientists, engineers, and supporters—including University of Rochester community members.

topics: alumni, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Duncan Moore, faculty, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, James Fienup, Judith Pipher, School of Arts and Sciences, William Forrest,
Four male students in t-shirts standing with wooden construction beams.
Society & Culture
April 15, 2022 | 01:28 pm

Gandhi Institute focuses on youth initiatives to curb violence

The University affiliate, offering programs, workshops, and outreach to teach de-escalation practices, enters its fourth decade.

topics: alumni, community, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, School of Arts and Sciences,
close-up of Walt Whitman signature
The Arts
March 22, 2022 | 05:23 pm

Walt Whitman ‘more important now than ever’

On the anniversary of the Walt Whitman’s death, Ed Folsom ’76 (PhD) looked back on the legacy of the poet’s work, examples of which are available in the University’s libraries.

topics: alumni, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, humanities, literature, poetry, thought leadership,
historic photo of Charles Augustus Thompson, with letters and archives.
Society & Culture
February 7, 2022 | 04:05 pm

Charles Augustus Thompson, Class of 1891

Charles Augustus Thompson is believed to be the first African American graduate of the University. While a student at Rochester, he immersed himself in a mix of science (physics, chemistry, physiology) and liberal arts (Roman law, rhetoric, and four languages).

topics: alumni, Black History Month, diversity,