Department of Biomedical Engineering Archives - News Center

Laurel Carney.

Campus & Community

Laurel Carney: Stacking her deck for undergraduate success

October 20, 2026

The biomedical engineering professor builds student confidence through high expectations and personal attention.

Illustration of photodynamic therapy showing light killing a bacterial cell.

Health & Medicine

How light can fight abdominal infections

August 19, 2026

A light-activated therapy being tested at URochester could give doctors an antibiotic-free way to target stubborn abdominal infections.

A modular µSiM (m-µSiM) tissue chip platform.

Science & Technology

Could FDA-evaluated tissue chips succeed where animal testing falls short?

August 11, 2026

URochester researchers hit an important FDA milestone for tissue chip technology that predicts dangerous immune reactions to cancer therapies.

A photo collage illustration of the seven URochester student entrepreneurs who competed in the New York Business Plan Competition.

Campus & Community

Student entrepreneurs learn business by starting one

With professional guidance and proximity to assets, URochester students launch and build companies as part of their campus experience.

Two male researchers sit in a dimly lit office and look at a large computer screen displaying red and green chevrons in motion. One researcher is wearing an eye-tracking device.

Science & Technology

The brain uses eye movements to see in 3D

February 4, 2026

Contrary to long-standing beliefs, motion from eye movements helps the brain perceive depth—a finding that could enhance virtual reality.

Close-up portrait of Kevin Parker looking at the camera with a whiteboard filled with equations behind him.

University News

Kevin Parker, a pioneer in ultrasound imaging, remembered

January 6, 2026

The William F. May Professor of Engineering and Dean Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Sciences leaves a legacy of innovation and inspiration.

Triptych of the 2025 recipients of the Wells Prize at the University of Rochester.

Campus & Community

Undergraduates demonstrate better engineering through the humanities

December 9, 2025

Three engineering seniors are honored for blending technical rigor with humanistic insight in their academic careers.

Marisol Herrera-Perez standing with her arms crossed next to a shelf of lab equipment.

Science & Technology

Uncovering how cells build tissues and organs

November 18, 2025

URochester engineers are exploring the mechanical signals that guide development, to gain insights into disease and regenerative medicine.

Jessica Wang and Sophie Black ’27 examine a bottle of LB media, the standard liquid containing all the necessary nutrients to support bacterial growth used to grow bacteria in the lab.

Science & Technology

URochester students engineer bacteria to build a future on Mars

November 7, 2025

Undergraduates turn Martian air into plastics and fertilizer—earning top honors internationally.

Kaihua Chen in a lab coat and safety gear seeding microphysiological systems using a pipette.

Science & Technology

Brain-on-a-chip technology reveals how sepsis and neurodegenerative diseases damage the brain

October 7, 2025

The cutting-edge tool demonstrates how the blood-brain barrier breaks down and how healthy brains keep it strong.