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Campus Life
September 13, 2024 | 04:00 pm

Back-to-school meets future-ready: New academic programs at Rochester

The range of recently launched degree programs reflects what students, the workforce, and the world need and want to become ever better.

topics: artificial intelligence, Department of Economics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Philosophy, Department of Political Science, Department of Religion and Classics, Eastman School of Music, Goergen Institute for Data Science, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Rochester Education Justice Initiative, School of Arts and Sciences, Simon Business School, Warner School of Education,
In Photos
August 29, 2024 | 12:32 pm

July and August 2024 in Photos

Summer saw no time for rest at the University of Rochester—and we quite like it that way. Take a look at how we spent July and August.

topics: community, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eastman School of Music, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Medical Center, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Science & Technology
August 15, 2024 | 06:00 am

Cleaning up the aging brain

Rochester scientists are restoring the brain’s trash disposal system with a drug currently used to induce labor.

topics: Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Douglas Kelley, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Maiken Nedergaard, neuroscience, research finding, Ting Du,
Campus Life
July 1, 2024 | 02:50 pm

Team building through bot building

Rochester undergraduates gained crucial systems engineering experience constructing a lunar rover for NASA’s Lunabotics Challenge.

topics: Class of 2025, Class of 2026, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Campus Life
May 3, 2024 | 07:59 am

Coursework: Engineering students put their skills to the test in design capstones

Rochester students invent solutions for project sponsors ranging from major league sports teams to researchers in Costa Rica.

topics: Class of 2024, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, global engagement, Goergen Institute for Data Science, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Nursing, undergraduate research,
From the Magazine
May 1, 2024 | 10:42 am

Great catch

Beth Greenwood ’22—the first American woman catcher in NCAA baseball history—has joined Phillies’ minor league affiliate as a development coach.

topics: alumni, Class of 2022, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University News
April 18, 2024 | 03:20 pm

Three Rochester faculty join ranks of AAAS fellows

This is the first time since 2009 that three University faculty members have been elected in one year.

topics: awards, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Medical Center, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
March 1, 2024 | 01:47 pm

Plasma oscillations propel breakthroughs in fusion energy

Rochester researchers have discovered a new class of plasma oscillations, paving the way for improved particle accelerators and commercial fusion energy.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, John Palastro, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research finding, sustainability,