New Sensor Could Help Detect Asteroids Near Earth
The Near Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) sensor is a new infrared-light detector to improve the performance and efficiency of the next generation of space-based asteroid-hunting telescopes.
Student Innovators are Finalists for International da Vinci Award
With the MonoMano system, a rider can steer, brake, and shift gears on a recumbent tricycle with one hand.
Tweets Predict Lifestyle Influence on Health
At the heart of their work is how they are training an algorithm to distinguish between tweets that suggest the person tweeting is sick and those that don’t.
EVENT: Two Events Open A Season for Nonviolence
From January to April, community members from the Greater Rochester area will learn about and explore nonviolent practices.
Optical Scientist and Educator M. Parker Givens Dies at 96
Although Givens “officially” retired in 1981 at the mandatory age of 65 (at that time a federal law), he continued to teach for another 22 years, and was primarily responsible for the senior laboratory course.
Dark Matter Detector Installed Underwater, Underground
An experiment to look for one of nature’s most elusive subatomic particles is underway in a stainless steel tank nearly a mile underground beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota. And among the dozens of scientists involved in the research is physics Professor Frank Wolfs.
Field Hockey Earns First NCAA Bid
Rochester received its first-ever berth into the NCAA Division III field hockey playoffs and will host a first round game on Wednesday. The Yellowjackets will face Rowan University of the New Jersey State Athletic Conference.
‘To Do the Things We Love’ – 40 Years of Title IX
Rochester celebrates the 40th anniversary of Title IX and the pioneering alumnae whohave seen remarkable changes when it comes to the equitable distribution of athletic resources at universities since the early 1970s.
Optical Society Celebrates Emil Wolf’s 90th Birthday
A leading expert in the fields of coherence and polarization properties of optical fields, he is well known for collaborating with Nobel Laureate Max Born on the book Principles of Optics. First published in 1959, it is now in its seventh edition and widely used by students to this day.
University Helps Create New Crowdfunding Initiative for Academic Researchers
Last year, the University provided some of the initial money to create Innovocracy, a crowdfunding platform with a twist: Innovocracy deals exclusively with academic researchers who develop products that can benefit society.