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four students and professor pose for a photo on the quad
Campus Life
May 25, 2017 | 01:11 pm

Team Meliora back in running for $1M Hult Prize

After being eliminated in the regionals, four international students have been chosen as wild cards for the Hult Prize, the largest social entrepreneurship competition in the world, with a reward of $1 million seed money.

topics: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Economics, Department of Psychology, entrepreneurship, featured-post-side, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hult Prize, School of Arts and Sciences,
Sgt. Pepper album on turntable
Society & Culture
May 22, 2017 | 04:31 pm

Sgt. Pepper’s lasting impact, 50 years later

“Ironically, an album that might not strictly speaking have been a concept album ended up being the most influential concept album in the history of rock music,” says John Covach, professor of music and director of the University’s Institute for Popular Music.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, featured-post-side, Institute for Popular Music, John Covach, School of Arts and Sciences,
photo illustration of four brightly colored US maps
Campus Life
May 18, 2017 | 01:25 pm

Seniors in social sciences take on big policy questions

In their senior capstone projects, students take on original research on topics as varied as housing policy in South Africa and campaign spending in the United States.

topics: Department of Anthropology, Department of Economics, Department of Mathematics, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Department of Political Science, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
close-up of student's face through the metal frame of the carillon
The Arts
May 5, 2017 | 03:06 pm

If you build it, they will learn

How do you learn to play an instrument comprised of 50 bells that lives at the top of a library tower? Practice, practice, practice. A student team has finished building a new digital carillon that will allow students to learn to play tough pieces while hearing real carillon sounds.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, featured-post-side, Hopeman Memorial Carillon, School of Arts and Sciences,
abstract close-up of colored particles forming a pattern.
Science & Technology
May 5, 2017 | 02:28 pm

Competition showcases beauty in engineering, science

“You can see the most incredible images in things you never would have thought of,” says Hajim School of Engineering dean Wendi Heinzelman describing the student artwork on display in the the annual Art of Science Competition.

topics: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, School of Arts and Sciences,
drone copter in flight
Science & Technology
May 3, 2017 | 09:52 am

Engineering skills meet ‘real world’ challenges

From drones that see color to devices that help veterinarians extract the objects our pets swallow, this year’s Design Day showcases 87 seniors projects from students in five engineering departments and computer science.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, virtual reality,
two fruit flies
Science & Technology
April 26, 2017 | 12:19 pm

Fruit flies offer gut check on bacteria

Drosophila melanogaster—the common fruit fly—is widely used in laboratory experiments. But what Rochester researchers found when examining the guts of fruit flies in the wild bears little resemblance to what is seen in the lab.

topics: Department of Biology, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Wegmans Hall
University News
April 24, 2017 | 10:12 am

Wegmans Hall opens doors to data science

Dedicated during Meliora Weekend last fall, Wegmans Hall will open for researchers this year and will become the home to the Goergen Institute for Data Science.

topics: big-data-2017, data science, featured-post-side, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence,