Wastewater surveillance detects COVID-19 on college campuses, Rochester researchers find
The results could provide a blueprint for nursing homes, workplaces, jails, and other institutions to monitor for COVID and other infectious diseases.
An adapted classroom: Students and faculty find new ways to engage in teaching and learning
Students and faculty members adapt to new—and safety-conscious—ways of interacting as teachers, scholars, and researchers.
How to clean and disinfect—the right way
As businesses and other aspects of the economy open up, xxperts at the Medical Center offer tips for how to clean and disinfect your home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chemicals in vaping flavors cause widespread damage to lung tissue
While names like mango, mint, and cucumber make vaping flavors sound natural or benign, new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center unpacks the list of chemicals that comprise flavored e-liquids.
Five appointed to named professorships
Several members of the University faculty were recently appointed to named or endowed professorships.
Public health joins dance to put arts into action
In an effort to understand how to initiate change in a community, students in an Arts and Activism course, and their counterparts in an Environmental Health and Justice course, met up in Rochester dance studio to create some new moves.
Hot town, Summer Sustainability Fellows in the city
How will climate change affect the health and well-being of City of Rochester residents? This summer, students in a new sustainability fellowship program worked with city officials to help answer the question.
Study shows e-cigarettes cause damage to gum tissue
In the the first scientific study to address e-cigarettes and their effect on oral health at the cellular level, Medical Center research suggests that electronic cigarettes are as equally damaging to gums and teeth as conventional cigarettes.
Toxicology student sweeps awards at Three Minute Thesis competition
“When you can’t breathe, nothing else matters,” Jennifer Judge said at the end her presentation, which won over both the panel and audience at the University’s first “Three Minute Thesis” competition.