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Science & Technology
April 20, 2017 | 06:51 am

Creating the model human

Physicians at the University of Rochester Medical Center have developed a new way to use 3D printing to fabricate artificial organs and human anatomy that mimics the real thing, even up to the point of bleeding when cut. These models are able to create highly realistic simulations for training and could soon be widely used to rehearse complex cases prior to surgery.

topics: Ahmed Ghazi, featured-post-side, Medical Center,
group of students
Campus Life
April 19, 2017 | 09:18 am

QuadCast: Take Five and a tuition-free fifth year

Astrophysics majors studying Islam in Russia. Neuroscience majors studying public health and feminism. In the latest episode of the QuadCast, meet students in the University’s Take Five program, a unique opportunity for students to take a tuition-free fifth year to study something outside their major, purely for the pleasure of learning.

topics: featured-post-side, Take Five Scholars Program,
chefs and students in a kitchen
Campus Life
April 13, 2017 | 10:16 am

Douglass Community Kitchen heating up for clubs, classes

Since opening in late January, the kitchen has been a hit with student organizations and faculty, who have held some of their classes there. “Based on the usage we’re seeing, we’ve really created something that students, faculty, and instructors are looking for,” says Laura Ballou ’97.

topics: featured-post-side,
view of 3-D mapping on large screen
Science & Technology
April 10, 2017 | 12:13 pm

A new way to teach history in the 21st century

A “virtual” re-creation of early settlements on Smith’s Island, Bermuda, offers professor Michael Jarvis and his students immersive experience of the site they are working to excavate.

topics: big-data-2017, Department of History, featured-post-side, Michael Jarvis, School of Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences, VISTA Collaboratory,
book of William Shakespeare with smartphone peaking out behind it
The Arts
April 4, 2017 | 10:58 am

Poetry in the age of the tweet

Can poetry thrive in an age of instant communication? As April’s National Poetry Month begins, University’s poetry faculty and students have found that the answer is an emphatic “yes.” The pace of digital life has only quickened over the last ten years since Twitter was founded, but the slower process of reading and crafting poetry continues, robustly, at Rochester.

topics: Department of English, featured-post-side, James Longenbach, Jennifer Grotz, Kenneth Gross, literature, poetry, School of Arts and Sciences,
librarian with a large table covered in letters
Society & Culture
March 29, 2017 | 02:00 pm

Library acquires unknown Susan B. Anthony letters found in old barn

Forgotten for over a century, a recently discovered trove of more than a hundred letters fills in the political details of how the suffrage movement was run and the women activists who ran it.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, River Campus Libraries, Susan B. Anthony, women's rights,
four students in lab
Campus Life
March 20, 2017 | 09:52 am

What it means to {codelikeagirl}

In 2010 the computer science department’s graduating class of 20 students included only one woman. This year, the expected graduating class of 119 students will be 34 percent female—double the national average.

topics: Department of Computer Science, diversity, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
hand holding a button that reads We're Better Than That
Campus Life
March 17, 2017 | 12:16 pm

Meet student leaders behind ‘We’re Better Than That’

As the University’s anti-racism campaign prepares to host a series of discussions marking the United Nations’ annual International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, meet the students who help shape the committee’s platform and mission.

topics: events, featured-post-side, We're Better Than That,
lasers configured on a tabletop
Science & Technology
March 13, 2017 | 04:19 pm

Imaging at the speed of light

Chunlei Guo and his team have used lasers to make materials extremely water repellent. Now the researchers can visualize, for the first time, the complete evolution of micro- and nanoscale structural formation on the material’s surface.

topics: featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research finding,
man with robot holding a coffee cup in front of him
Science & Technology
March 10, 2017 | 02:56 pm

Machine learning advances human-computer interaction

Machine learning provides computers with the ability to learn from labeled examples and observations of data. Researchers at Rochester are developing computer programs incorporating machine learning to teach robots and software to understand natural language and body language, make predictions from social media, and model human cognition.

topics: big-data-2017, data science, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ehsan Hoque, featured-post-side, Jiebo Luo, research finding, social media,