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four students and professor pose for a photo on the quad
Campus Life
May 25, 2017 | 01:11 pm

Team Meliora back in running for $1M Hult Prize

After being eliminated in the regionals, four international students have been chosen as wild cards for the Hult Prize, the largest social entrepreneurship competition in the world, with a reward of $1 million seed money.

topics: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Economics, Department of Psychology, entrepreneurship, featured-post-side, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hult Prize, School of Arts and Sciences,
abstract close-up of colored particles forming a pattern.
Science & Technology
May 5, 2017 | 02:28 pm

Competition showcases beauty in engineering, science

“You can see the most incredible images in things you never would have thought of,” says Hajim School of Engineering dean Wendi Heinzelman describing the student artwork on display in the the annual Art of Science Competition.

topics: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, School of Arts and Sciences,
drone copter in flight
Science & Technology
May 3, 2017 | 09:52 am

Engineering skills meet ‘real world’ challenges

From drones that see color to devices that help veterinarians extract the objects our pets swallow, this year’s Design Day showcases 87 seniors projects from students in five engineering departments and computer science.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, virtual reality,
Kilean Lucas
Science & Technology
April 21, 2017 | 11:17 am

Next stop for Falling Walls winner: Berlin

Biomedical engineering doctoral student Kilean Lucas had three minutes and three slides to describe how nanomembranes could help diagnose cancer.

topics: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Andrea Clarke
University News
April 17, 2017 | 01:31 pm

Staff recognized for outstanding service

Andrea Clarke of the Center for Community Health is among the several outstanding staff members honored this year for their significant and longstanding contributions to the University and to the Rochester community.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, awards, Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Community Service Award, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Human Resources, meliora award, School of Nursing, witmer award,
Omar Soufan stands in front on display of world flags
Campus Life
February 7, 2017 | 11:43 am

‘Our goal was simple. We wanted to help as many refugees as we could.’

Engineering students Omar Soufan ’17 (above) and Ibrahim Mohammad ’17 share a “hidden passion” that has led them to create 3-D printed prosthetics for Syrian refugees.

topics: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Memorial Art Gallery,
student in lab
Science & Technology
November 3, 2016 | 08:21 am

Seed grant enables researchers to try new approach to targeting leukemia

University researchers hope to improve the odds of surviving acute myeloid leukemia by loading a promising compound into nanoparticles that will target the inner recesses of bone marrow where leukemia stem cells lurk.

topics: cancer, Danielle Benoit, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Medical Center, research funding, Rudi Fasan, School of Arts and Sciences,
color and gray imaging from ultrasound
Science & Technology
October 27, 2016 | 11:18 am

Breakthrough adds new color to ultrasound

Rochester engineering professor Kevin Parker has devised a way to differentiate fine details in medical ultrasound images that currently appear as indistinguishable objects in shades of gray.

topics: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Kevin Parker, research finding,
Bradley Nilsson, Amy Lerner, and Beth Jorgenson
University News
October 3, 2016 | 02:15 pm

Trio of longtime professors recipients of Goergen Awards for teaching excellence

Bradley Nilsson, associate professor of chemistry; Amy Lerner, associate professor of biomedical engineering; and Beth Jörgensen, professor of Spanish, are the recipients of the 2016 Goergen Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

topics: awards, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Goergen awards, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences,