Science & Technology Machine learning pinpoints when matter changes under extreme conditions July 28, 2022 Rochester researchers will cut through excess data to speed the search for new materials.
Science & Technology Star struck: Dispatches from the James Webb Space Telescope July 12, 2022 Humanity’s best looks at the universe so far were made possible by the contributions of scientists, engineers, and supporters—including University of Rochester community members.
In Photos Sensory processing—in a virtual Kodak Hall June 21, 2022 A multidisciplinary team from Arts, Sciences & Engineering and River Campus Libraries builds a virtual reality replica of Kodak Hall to be used in studies of how the brain processes light and sound.
Campus & Community Performance under pressure at NASA’s Lunabotics competition June 17, 2022 Rochester undergraduate students banded together to overcome multiple crises while fielding their robot on a simulated lunar surface at Kennedy Space Center.
Science & Technology Play a Bach duet with an AI counterpoint June 8, 2022 BachDuet, developed by University of Rochester researchers, allows users to improvise duets with an artificial intelligence partner.
Science & Technology Quest for elusive monolayers just got a lot simpler May 27, 2022 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.
Science & Technology How can we be sure machine learning is accurate? May 2, 2022 Rochester researchers have developed a new “counterfactual” method to verify predictions of drug safety.
Campus & Community Senior engineering students show their work May 2, 2022 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.
The Arts Finding art in the tools of science April 28, 2022 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.
Society & Culture Gandhi Institute focuses on youth initiatives to curb violence April 15, 2022 The University affiliate, offering programs, workshops, and outreach to teach de-escalation practices, enters its fourth decade.