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colorful crystals that look like flower blooms
Campus Life
May 7, 2021 | 03:00 pm

Microscopes and soap bubbles show the ‘art of science’

Rochester students and researchers used cutting-edge lab technologies to create the images in this year’s Art of Science Competition.

topics: awards, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
2021 Commencement: Rochester graduate Marc Haddad
Campus Life
May 6, 2021 | 06:59 am

‘I am ready to be many things’

As he prepares for graduation, Beirut native Marc Haddad ’21 says he’s had “some of the best experiences of my life” at Rochester.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, Class of 2021, commencement, COVID-19, Department of Mechanical Engineering, events, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
2021 Commencement: Rochester graduate Alyssa Ho
Campus Life
May 6, 2021 | 05:59 am

Optics grad has her eyes on the stars

Optical engineer Alyssa Ho ’21 is headed to Raytheon to work on space system projects.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, Class of 2021, commencement, COVID-19, events, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics,
National Science Foundation logo.
University News
May 5, 2021 | 09:43 am

Rochester’s latest CAREER award recipients pursue wide range of projects

University of Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for early-career faculty.

topics: awards, Department of Anthropology, Department of Biology, Department of Chemistry, Department of Computer Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Kathryn Mariner, School of Arts and Sciences,
artists conception shows a close-up of a face wearing glasses with a square grid of different colored rays being projected onto the inside of one of the glasses's lenses.
Science & Technology
April 30, 2021 | 04:16 pm

A new way to make AR/VR glasses look more like regular glasses

Rochester researchers are combining freeform optics and a metasurface to avoid ‘bug eyes’ in AR/VR glasses and headsets.

topics: augmented reality, Center for Freeform Optics, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, Nick Vamivakas, research finding, virtual reality,
Two side-by-side portraits, one of Mohammed Bah, the other of Miguel Yakouma outdoors.
Campus Life
April 23, 2021 | 03:14 pm

Students earn national award for conflict resolution project

Mohammed Bah ’23 and Miguel Yakouma ’23 have received a Davis Projects for Peace grant to run a program in Central African Republic aimed at diffusing a religious civil war.

topics: awards, Davis Projects for Peace, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Political Science, featured-post-side, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences,
Closeup of collage of nine posters from the 2021 Undergraduate Research Expo.
Campus Life
April 19, 2021 | 01:54 pm

Undergraduate scholars take a virtual stage to share findings

Held online for the second year in a row, the annual Undergraduate Research Expo celebrates ‘an important part’ of University of Rochester culture.

topics: College, events, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
three minute thesis winner Jeffrey Beard
Science & Technology
April 16, 2021 | 02:28 pm

Apt analogies help veteran convey his HIV research

‘Three Minute Thesis’ Competition winner Jeffrey Beard demonstrates how to communicate science to the public.

topics: Benjamin Miller, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Senior man, wearing glasses and looking up, suffering from macular degeneration
Science & Technology
March 29, 2021 | 11:12 am

First-ever lab model of human eye offers hope for macular degeneration patients

Rochester researchers’ breakthrough could lead to patient-specific treatments for age-related macular degeneration, which leads to a loss of central vision.

topics: Center for Visual Science, Danielle Benoit, Department of Biomedical Engineering, featured-post-side, Flaum Eye Institute, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Materials Science Program, Medical Center,