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Jennifer Granholm in a red business suit at a podium against a blue background with a US seal and the word ENERGY.
Science & Technology
December 13, 2022 | 12:58 pm

Scientists hit key milestone in fusion energy quest

The major breakthrough of achieving ignition is cause for celebration at Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics as well.

topics: featured-post, featured-post-side, Laboratory for Laser Energetics,
script written on paper with headshot of jeff baron overlayed on top.
Campus Life
December 13, 2022 | 10:07 am

New award sends humanities graduate students abroad

Four Rochester doctoral candidates will research in archives in a dozen countries as recipients of the Meliora Global Scholars grant.

topics: Department of History, featured-post-side, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, humanities, Humanities Center, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
illustration showing a large grey cylinder in space rotating around a smaller asteroid.
Science & Technology
December 8, 2022 | 12:00 pm

Cities on asteroids? It could work—in theory

A popular science fiction idea in TV shows like Amazon’s The Expanse, Rochester scientists are using physics and engineering principles to show how asteroids could be future viable space habitats.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
a plate of pancakes and maple syrup making a funny face with fruit..
Science & Technology
November 16, 2022 | 04:43 pm

Rochester students develop award-winning devices to ‘save syrup’

A team of Rochester undergraduates was recognized in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition for developing solutions to problems in the maple syrup industry.

topics: Anne S. Meyer, awards, Department of Biology, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
Black and white photo of the four members of Freedom Singers, four gospel musicians from Georgia, singing and clapping.
The Arts
November 15, 2022 | 02:57 pm

Is gospel music losing its Black roots?

Musicologist Cory Hunter identifies a notable contemporary shift in the century-old musical form.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, Cory Hunter, Eastman School of Music, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
colorful collage of archival photos of famous musical acts, including Billy Joel, Peter Frampton, BB King, Simon and Garfunkel.
Campus Life
November 10, 2022 | 05:13 pm

Rockin’ and rollin’ at the Palestra

Musical giants from Simon & Garfunkel, Ray Charles, and the Grateful Dead to Bonnie Raitt and Bruce Springsteen have played at Rochester’s iconic gymnasium.

topics: alumni, featured-post-side,
Josh Shapiro at a podium with a sign reading "Shapiro for Governor."
Society & Culture
November 9, 2022 | 01:25 pm

Alumnus Josh Shapiro elected Pennsylvania’s next governor

Josh Shapiro ’95 has won the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race, making him the first University of Rochester alumnus to be elected a United States governor.

topics: alumni, Department of Political Science, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences,
Blue- and red-colored hands raised in the air with white stars at the bottom illustrating midterm elections and what they tell us about us democracy.
Society & Culture
November 3, 2022 | 11:12 am

What the midterm elections tell us about the stability of US democracy

Rochester political scientists discuss what happens when election deniers run for office, and how US democracy may die ‘by a thousand cuts.’

topics: Department of Political Science, elections, featured-post-side, Gerald Gamm, Gretchen Helmke, James Johnson, School of Arts and Sciences,
Black-and-white photo of a solider pinned to a gate in front of a sea of ceramic poppies to symbolize World War I memorialization.
Society & Culture
October 31, 2022 | 08:44 am

How the Great War altered memory and memorialization

English professor Bette London explores the evolution and continued resonance of remembrance rituals in post-World War I Britain in a new book.

topics: Bette London, Department of English, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,