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students flash the peace sign
Campus Life
August 20, 2018 | 04:26 pm

First day on campus for first-year international students

More than 475 students from more than 75 countries moved in to their new homes on the River Campus and the Eastman School of Music on Monday, many beginning a new chapter in their lives thousands of miles from home as members of the incoming Class of 2022.

topics: Class of 2022, featured-post-side, global engagement,
Prajita Shrestha, posing on the quad
Campus Life
August 20, 2018 | 02:11 pm

Off to a strong start from Kathmandu to Rochester

After graduating from high school in Nepal in 2017, Prajita Shrestha ’22 knew she needed a break. After a gap year spent writing, teaching and volunteering in the public health sector, she quickly decided Rochester was the place for her.

topics: Class of 2022, featured-post-side, global engagement, Nepal,
recipe box with one recipe card sticking out
Science & Technology
August 16, 2018 | 12:37 pm

Researchers target protein that protects bacteria’s DNA ‘recipes’

In a new study, Rochester biologists describe some of the unique characteristics of the protein that makes bacterial like E. coli so resilient. Their research may lead to more targeted antibiotics and other drug therapies.

topics: Anne S. Meyer, Department of Biology, DNA, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
cheese sauce dripping off a piece of brocolli to illustrate lipid droplets
Science & Technology
August 14, 2018 | 12:02 pm

Lipid droplets play crucial roles beyond fat storage

You may not know it, but whenever you eat cheese, ice cream, or yogurt, you are also ingesting microscopic lipid droplets. Long thought of merely as formless blobs of fat, lipids are now proving crucial for understanding how embryos survive and how obesity affects the body.

topics: Department of Biology, featured-post-side, Michael Welte, obesity, proteins, research finding,
researcher looks into the camera while working with his arms through a glass lab hood
Campus Life
July 27, 2018 | 01:10 pm

Summer is ‘when it happens’ for research on River Campus

Research at the University of Rochester doesn’t end when most students leave campus for the summer. It thrives. Students from across the globe are on the River Campus this summer, taking part in Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and other research programs with Rochester students and faculty members.

topics: David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity, featured-post-side, undergraduate research, URnano, Xerox Engineering Research Fellows,
Rochester Youth Year participant Sara Peterson with children
Campus Life
July 26, 2018 | 11:20 am

Rochester Youth Year making an impact after 10 years

For the past decade, more than 100 graduates of Rochester-area colleges have spent their first year out of school working to alleviate poverty in the local community through the University’s Rochester Youth Year program.

topics: community, featured-post-side, Rochester Center for Community Leadership,
illustration of Jupiter and Juptier's magnetic field
Science & Technology
July 23, 2018 | 03:29 pm

Researchers unravel more mysteries of metallic hydrogen

Liquid metallic hydrogen is not present naturally on Earth and has only been created in a handful of places, including the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. LLE scientists are researching the properties of liquid metallic hyrdrogen to understand how planets both inside and outside our solar system form magnetic shields.

topics: exoplanets, featured-post-side, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Materials Science Program, Mohamed Zaghoo, planets, research finding, Rip Collins,
close-up of two clear cubes with beams of light shoot through them
Science & Technology
July 11, 2018 | 11:34 am

Measuring each point of a beam of light

A University of Rochester research team has devised a much simpler way to measure beams of light—even powerful, superfast pulsed laser beams that require very complicated devices to characterize their properties.

topics: Chunlei Guo, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, light, Materials Science Program, research finding,