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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, 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,
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, 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: featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Materials Science Program, research finding,
two people speaking around a table
University News
June 13, 2018 | 03:00 pm

A personal and professional transition

When Chloe Corcoran ’04 decided to live openly as a trans woman, she vowed that she would return the kindness and support she received. In a recent interview, Corcoran talks about her personal journey and her efforts to inspire and inform through her PhD work at the Warner School and in her new role as associate director for identity-based programming for the Office of Alumni Relations.

topics: alumni, diversity, featured-post-side, LGBTQI,
hands rolling out dough
Society & Culture
June 11, 2018 | 04:10 pm

Food for thought—and research

In fields like anthropology and linguistics, scholars must earn the trust of the communities in which they work. A basic key to that trust involves the sharing of food.

topics: Department of Linguistics, featured-post-side, global engagement, Medical Center, School of Arts and Sciences, Timothy Dye,
feet on a floor covered in arrows going off in lots of directions
Society & Culture
June 5, 2018 | 02:25 pm

Uncertainty in a date dampens interest in a mate

A new study by psychologists in Rochester and Israel shows those who feel greater certainty that a prospective romantic partner shares their interest will put more effort into seeing that person again.

topics: Department of Psychology, featured-post-side, Harry Reis, relationships, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,