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Hameedi standing with arms folded in front of statue in Rush Rhees Library.

From the Magazine

Baitullah Hameedi: Escaping the Taliban

An Afghan scholar and refugee conducts research at the University of Rochester.

Bykov smiling while seated at seminar table with students seated around him.

From the Magazine

Dmitry Bykov: Satirizing Putin

The Russian poet, journalist, and literary critic is teaching and lecturing at Rochester as part of the Humanities Center's Scholar in Exile program.

Yohay Wakabayashi in khakis and suit jacket standing in busy Tokyo plaza.

From the Magazine

Show us your town: Tokyo

Entrepreneur Yohay Wakabayashi ’10, ’11S (MS) shares some of his favorite things to do in one of the world's top destinations for culture and cuisine.

White text reads "Faculty Awards" against a blue-colored background image of architectural detail featuring an ironwork owl and vines.

Health & Medicine

Awards and honors highlight accomplishments of Rochester’s faculty

University of Rochester faculty regularly earn accolades for their contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.

Pablo Sierra Silva sits and gestures while teaching among a couple of students seen from behind.

Campus & Community

Pablo Sierra Silva: Using primary sources to immerse students in the past

The history professor leads his class back in time to analyze events that shaped today’s world.

White text reads "Faculty Awards" against a blue-colored background image of architectural detail featuring an ironwork owl and vines.

University News

Faculty recognized for their professional contributions and statures

An NSF CAREER Award, a ‘best publication’ honor, and leadership positions with national organizations comprise recent faculty achievements.

Alexei Navalny staring ahead with a crowd of people behind him holding Russian flags.

Society & Culture

Scholar in Exile on Alexei Navalny: ‘One day I’ll walk along a street in Moscow named after him’

February 21, 2024

Dmitry Bykov discusses the late Russian opposition leader’s legacy, his own poisoning, and why Navalny posed a threat to the Russian president.

Close up of a framed photo of Alexei Navalny, who led one of the recent opposition movements against Vladimir Putin, surrounded by flowers during a nighttime vigil after reports of his death.

Society & Culture

Why did Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have to die?

February 19, 2024

Rochester experts discuss Putin’s intense fear of critics, the history of Russian and Soviet opposition movements, and what’s next for Russia’s dissidents.

Four tubes, each a different color, containing hydrogels frozen in liquid nitrogen and obtained via 3d bioprinting.

Science & Technology

Printing plant-based pharmaceuticals—without plants

February 5, 2024

Rochester undergraduates developed a 3D-printing system to replicate chemicals found in plants, including those endangered by climate change.

A collage of photos of first generation students at the University of Rochester with "1st" as a text overlay.

Campus & Community

First-generation students find mentors, resources, and niches at Rochester

February 1, 2024

About 20 percent of Rochester’s undergraduate student body are the first in their family to make the higher education leap.