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Rochester biomedical engineer Michael Giacomelli is pursuing a quicker way to detect skin cancer.

The award recognizes the Rochester astrophysicist’s ‘sustained efforts’ to make science and research broadly accessible through on-air commentary, popular books, Netflix documentaries, Marvel movies, and more.

The biomedical engineering major is one of 60 college students pursuing STEM degrees who were selected for the award.

Thomas Brown and Sina Ghaemmaghami are the latest recipients of the University’s Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professorships.

The annual awards, back this year after being cancelled in 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, celebrate those who support the mission of the University’s Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections.

Rochester has consistently excelled in the Fulbright competition, included in the list of top Fulbright Scholar producers for the fifth time since 2014.

The highly competitive honor supports college students planning research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.

The DAAD-RISE program enables outstanding students in the sciences to conduct research at top German universities.

Diego Encinas ’23 will study Portuguese and Jason Hahn ’23 will study Russian as part of government immersion program.

Rochester students and researchers used cutting-edge lab technologies to create the images in this year’s Art of Science Competition.