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Siddharth Deshpande and Snehitha Srirangam standing in front of a large screen showing molecule simulations.

Science & Technology

Atomic insights could boost chemical manufacturing efficiency

November 13, 2025

URochester researchers develop algorithms that reveal how propane becomes propylene for everyday products.

URochester student wears augmented reality glasses and gestures in the air.

Science & Technology

Metasurfaces show promise in boosting AR image clarity and brightness

November 11, 2025

New design could make augmented reality glasses more power-efficient and practical for everyday wear.

Inside a grating compressor chamber.

Science & Technology

URochester researcher joins global effort to advance quantum electrodynamics

November 10, 2025

Antonino Di Piazza leads on theory for a multimillion-dollar project exploring the limits of light–matter interaction.

David Foster in a classroom teaching and gesturing at a screen full of graphs and equations.

Campus & Community

David Foster: Guiding students to find their own path

November 8, 2025

Student advocacy, industry experience and rigorous theoretical knowledge earned him URochester’s highest award for teaching.

Side view of a large group of URochester NROTC members having a group photo taken on Eastman Quad.

Campus & Community

A proud naval tradition at URochester turns 80

November 7, 2025

The University’s Naval ROTC unit has trained generations of student-leaders and military officers, shaping academic excellence and national service.

Jessica Wang and Sophie Black ’27 examine a bottle of LB media, the standard liquid containing all the necessary nutrients to support bacterial growth used to grow bacteria in the lab.

Campus & Community

URochester students engineer bacteria to build a future on Mars

November 7, 2025

Undergraduates turn Martian air into plastics and fertilizer—earning top honors internationally.

Rick Carl sitting in front of a Moog Synthesizer in the University of Rochester's synthesizer lab.

Campus & Community

Rick Carl ’19, ’20 (MS): Blending creativity and engineering in synthesizer design

November 4, 2025

The synthesizers Rick Carl ’19, ’20 (MS) created for Moog Music Inc. are part of a new cutting-edge lab at URochester.

A student sits in an oak tree.

Campus & Community

October 2025 in photos

October 30, 2025

Pumpkin spice season is in full effect. Take a walk back through how we spent October at the University of Rochester.

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

University News

Recent awards spotlight accomplishments of URochester faculty

October 30, 2025

The National Academy of Medicine and the Packard Foundation are among the organizations honoring faculty members at the University.

Kaihua Chen in a lab coat and safety gear seeding microphysiological systems using a pipette.

Science & Technology

Brain-on-a-chip technology reveals how sepsis and neurodegenerative diseases damage the brain

October 7, 2025

The cutting-edge tool demonstrates how the blood-brain barrier breaks down and how healthy brains keep it strong.