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robot hands playing notes on piano keyboard.

Science & Technology

Play a Bach duet with an AI counterpoint

BachDuet, developed by University of Rochester researchers, allows users to improvise duets with an artificial intelligence partner.

close up of a tiny sample of a square of polymer film.

Science & Technology

Quest for elusive monolayers just got a lot simpler

Compared to long, tedious hours of scanning by undergraduates, a breakthrough technology can detect monolayers with 99.9 percent accuracy—in far less time and at a fraction of the cost.

three researchers standing in front of a board filled with equations

Science & Technology

How can we be sure machine learning is accurate?

Rochester researchers have developed a new “counterfactual” method to verify predictions of drug safety.

College student touches up with paint a 9-foot-long jaekelopterus model.

Campus & Community

Senior engineering students show their work

The University of Rochester’s Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences hosted its annual Senior Design Day for teams of graduating students to showcase their capstone projects.

Crop of acrylic painting inspired by salivary gland development for 2022 Art of Science competition.

Finding art in the tools of science

This year’s Art of Science competition, which explores “the aesthetic beauty that results when science, art, and technology intersect,” drew more than 50 entries and more than 700 votes cast for People’s Choice.

Four male students in t-shirts standing with wooden construction beams.

Society & Culture

Gandhi Institute focuses on youth initiatives to curb violence

The University affiliate, offering programs, workshops, and outreach to teach de-escalation practices, enters its fourth decade.

NSF director Sethuraman Panchanathan speaks at podium, with Sen. Schumer, University President Mangelsdorf, and Rep. Morelle standing in line to his left.

Science & Technology

Rochester ‘a crucible of innovation’ says NSF director during campus visit

National Science Foundation director Sethuraman Panchanathan, accompanied by Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Joseph Morelle, tours University facilities including the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

student seen from behind in a lab uses a pipette to add material to a petri dish.

Campus & Community

Rochester’s Grand Challenges Scholars frame their research in a broad context

Now in its fifth year, the program adds entrepreneurship, global experience, interdisciplinary study, and service to students “solution-oriented” tool kit.

College student in mask adjusts dials as part of a research project using flat panel technology.

Campus & Community

Smart acoustic devices: coming soon to a screen near you?

A Rochester team that includes Ben Kevelson '22 is using flat panel technology to build a more cost-effective smart device that can also function as a touch interface.

illustration of an integrated photonic chip against a colorful background.

Health & Medicine

Rochester leads development of novel integrated photonic COVID-19 sensor

The inexpensive, portable device could help safeguard against future pandemics and detect viruses and infections in underserved populations.