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gas pump says MAY CONTAIN 10% ETHANOL
Science & Technology
December 3, 2015 | 04:10 pm

More efficient way of converting ethanol leads to better alternative fuel

A research team led by chemistry professor William Jones has developed a series of reactions that results in the selective conversion of ethanol to butanol, without producing unwanted byproducts.

topics: Department of Chemistry, energy, featured-post, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, William Jones,
Gloria Culver
University News
December 1, 2015 | 05:14 pm

Defining the future of the School of Arts & Sciences

Gloria Culver was formally installed as dean of the School of Arts & Sciences during an investiture ceremony December 1 in the Interfaith Chapel. A professor of biology, Culver joined the Rochester faculty in 2007. During the ceremony, Culver talked about defining the School of Arts & Sciences—and charting its future.

topics: appointments, featured-post, Gloria Culver, School of Arts and Sciences,
man holding up a poster that reads WORLD AIDS DAY
Science & Technology
November 30, 2015 | 02:19 pm

December 1 is World AIDS Day

Michael Gottlieb ’73M (MD), examines AIDS awareness posters that are part of the AIDS Education Posters Collection, a collection of more than 6,500 AIDS education posters from around the world. Gottlieb, a graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, was the first to identify the disease that would come to be known as AIDS.

topics: featured-post, HIV and AIDS, vaccines,
series of circles that list the digits of pi, 3.14159
Science & Technology
November 10, 2015 | 09:50 am

Discovery of classic pi formula a ‘cunning piece of magic’

When most people think about pi, they associate the mathematical constant with arcs and circles. Mathematicians, however, are accustomed to seeing it in a variety of fields. But two University physicists were still surprised to find it lurking in a quantum mechanics formula for the energy states of the hydrogen atom.

topics: Department of Mathematics, featured-post, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
aerial photo of large group of students hanging out on the quad
Society & Culture
July 23, 2015 | 11:58 am

College social life can predict well-being at midlife

A new 30-year longitudinal study shows that the quantity of social interactions a person has in their 20s—and the quality of the social relationships they have in their 30s—can benefit his or her well-being later in life. The study participants, now in their 50s, took part in the Rochester-Interaction Record (RIR) study as college students in the 1970s and again as 30-year-olds in the 1980s.

topics: Department of Psychology, featured-post, Harry Reis, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
students and administrators pose with Dalia Lama after winning an award
Society & Culture
July 13, 2015 | 02:54 pm

Winners of inaugural Tibetan Innovation Challenge announced

A Simon Business School team placed third in the Tibetan Innovation Challenge, a new intercollegiate social entrepreneurship business plan competition that aims to develop self-sustaining and replicable business ideas to alleviate the economic difficulties Tibetan refugees are facing.

topics: awards, featured-post, global engagement,
close-up image of child's face
Society & Culture
June 18, 2015 | 01:04 pm

Stress in low-income families can affect children’s learning

Children living in low-income households who endure family instability and emotionally distant caregivers are at risk of having impaired cognitive abilities according to new research from Rochester’s Mt. Hope Family Center.

topics: children, Department of Psychology, featured-post, Melissa Sturge-Apple, Mt. Hope Family Center, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
people in lawnchairs on the quad in front of Rush Rhees
The Arts
June 10, 2015 | 04:39 pm

Summer carillon series brings internationally acclaimed performers to Rochester

The University will begin its annual summer carillon series on Monday, July 6, with a performance from award-winning carillonneur Joey Brink. The concert is the first of four free outdoor shows that will take place during the month of July on Monday evenings at 7 p.m. on the Eastman Quad on River Campus.

topics: events, featured-post, Hopeman Memorial Carillon,
Danny Wegman
University News
May 14, 2015 | 09:47 am

Danny Wegman elected University board chair-elect, four new trustees named at May meeting

The University Board of Trustees elected Rochester business and civic leader Danny Wegman as board chairman-elect at its May meeting, to begin a five-year term following the May 2016 Board meeting. Wegman, CEO of Rochester-based Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., has served as a University trustee for more than 15 years.

topics: announcements, board of trustees, Danny Wegman, featured-post,
Microplasma created by focusing a laser emits visible light and terahertz radiation.
Science & Technology
April 24, 2015 | 01:49 pm

Generating broadband terahertz radiation from a microplasma in air

Researchers in the Institute of Optics have shown that a microplasma created by focusing intense laser pulses in air emits not only visible light, but also electromagnetic pulses at terahertz frequencies that can be used to detect complex molecules, such as explosives and drugs.

topics: featured-post, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research finding,