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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, 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: 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,
Adam Frank speaking at a symposium.
Featured
August 9, 2021 | 02:43 pm

Adam Frank receives Carl Sagan Medal for excellence in public communication

The award recognizes the Rochester astrophysicist’s ‘sustained efforts’ to make science and research broadly accessible through on-air commentary, popular books, Netflix documentaries, Marvel movies, and more.

topics: Adam Frank, awards, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences, thought leadership,
Three samples of lunar glass cast shadows on a white surface and dark background.
Science & Technology
August 4, 2021 | 02:35 pm

Lunar samples solve mystery of the moon’s supposed magnetic shield

Rochester geophysicists’ latest findings contradict longstanding assumptions about whether Earth’s moon ever had a magnetic shield.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, featured-post-side, John Tarduno, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
woman scientist waring safety glasses and gloves in a lab
Science & Technology
July 30, 2021 | 02:46 pm

Pulsed lasers in liquids speed up the hunt for effective catalysts

In the most comprehensive, up-to-date survey of a technology that was first developed in 1987, Rochester researchers have documented the advantages of using the pulsed-laser-in-liquids technique over traditional wet laboratory methods.

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