Campus & Community These students thrive where STEM, humanities intersect October 13, 2022 The Wells Award recognizes engineering students who excel in humanistic disciplines.
Science & Technology CAREER awards recognize role models in research, education August 31, 2022 Six Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most esteemed recognition for early-career faculty members.
Campus & Community Performance under pressure at NASA’s Lunabotics competition June 17, 2022 Rochester undergraduate students banded together to overcome multiple crises while fielding their robot on a simulated lunar surface at Kennedy Space Center.
Science & Technology Play a Bach duet with an AI counterpoint June 8, 2022 BachDuet, developed by University of Rochester researchers, allows users to improvise duets with an artificial intelligence partner.
Science & Technology Two Rochester researchers named AAAS fellows January 26, 2022 The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society has recognized Nicholas Bigelow and Michael Scott for their distinguished efforts to advance science.
Health & Medicine Software uses selfies to detect early symptoms of Parkinson’s disease November 15, 2021 Rochester computer scientist Ehsan Hoque and his colleagues have harnessed machine learning to accurately identify signs of the neurological disease by analyzing facial muscles.
Health & Medicine A new way to prepare doctors for difficult conversations July 15, 2021 University of Rochester researchers have developed SOPHIE, a virtual ‘patient’ that trains doctors in explaining end-of-life options.
Society & Culture To drill down on anti-Asian hate crimes, Rochester researchers harness social media May 19, 2021 Information gleaned from thousands of Twitter users lets the researchers gauge public opinion toward #StopAsianHate and #StopAAPIHate.
University News Rochester’s latest CAREER award recipients pursue wide range of projects May 5, 2021 University of Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for early-career faculty.
Science & Technology Can social networks help us be more creative? December 9, 2020 Our interactions on social media could encourage new ways of thinking and different perspectives, if creativity was considered part of the network’s algorithms, say Rochester researchers.