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Four college students sit cross-legged outside and meditate.
Campus Life
October 26, 2021 | 09:16 am

Amid student mental health challenges, Rochester broadens outreach and access

Peer counseling, mindful practice, therapy dogs, 24/7 care—supporting the well-being and mental health of college students at Rochester takes many forms.

topics: Department of Family Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Eastman School of Music, featured-post-side, interfaith chapel, Susan McDaniel, University Health Service,
young woman standing in a chemistry lab
Science & Technology
October 22, 2021 | 01:56 pm

A big leap forward in using iron catalysts for pharmaceuticals

Researchers at Rochester and Maryland describe a novel cross-coupling reaction that could lead to a cheaper way to develop chemical compounds for pharmaceuticals.

topics: Class of 2023, Department of Chemistry, featured-post-side, Michael Neidig, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Person in a lab coat with their back facing the camera in a brightly lit chemistry lab.
Science & Technology
October 7, 2021 | 12:54 pm

‘High risk’ project uses quantum science to unlock new chemical reactions

Rochester scientists have secured national funding for a multi-institutional research effort that could alter the basic rules of chemistry.

topics: Department of Chemistry, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Nick Vamivakas, Pengfei Huo, quantum science, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences, Todd Krauss, William Jones,
A dozen or so members of the all-female Vocal Point a cappella group lit up on a dark stage.
The Arts
September 13, 2021 | 04:21 pm

University takes the stage at 10th annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival

The recently opened Sloan Performing Arts Center on the River Campus gives Rochester’s arts community a new venue to shine.

topics: Eastman Community Music School, Eastman School of Music, featured-post-side, Institute for the Performing Arts, performing arts, Program of Dance and Movement, School of Arts and Sciences,
Jeffrey McCune in a suit and bowtie smiles at the camera outside on the Eastman Quad.
University News
September 3, 2021 | 02:43 pm

Jeffrey McCune Jr. returns to Rochester to lead Frederick Douglass Institute

The accomplished scholar discusses the importance of Black studies as well as his plans to expand the scope of the institute at the University of Rochester and in communities beyond campus.

topics: featured-post-side, Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, Jeffrey McCune Jr., School of Arts and Sciences, staff,
Jay Yan holds a drill atop a scaffold and smiles at the camera with his mosaic mural in the background.
The Arts
August 31, 2021 | 05:04 pm

Mosaic graces walls of new River Campus performance space

Chinese American artist Jay Yan installed a mural made of nearly 8,000 mirrored discs in the University of Rochester’s Sloan Performing Arts Center.

topics: Allen Topolski, featured-post-side, Institute for the Performing Arts, performing arts, School of Arts and Sciences, Sloan Performing Arts Center,
Aerial view of eddies and small currents creating swirling patterns of phytoplankton blooms shown in green and light blue.
Science & Technology
August 19, 2021 | 10:03 am

New tool cuts guesswork about ‘eddy killing’ in oceans

Using satellite imagery, University of Rochester scientists have provided the first direct measure of how eddy killing affects Earth’s oceans.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hussein Aluie, research finding,