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three people pose for a photo with a surveyor tool.
Campus Life
December 3, 2019 | 01:21 pm

How do you bring a castle home with you?

How do you convey a 91,000-square-foot castle with more than 160 rooms on the Ghana coast, back to Rochester, so at any time you could take a virtual tour as if you were really there? Or study the castle’s structure brick by brick?

topics: Chris Muir, Department of History, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ghana, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, interdisciplinary, Michael Jarvis, Program in Archaeology Technology and Historical Structures, School of Arts and Sciences,
two small metal discs submerged in a glass beaker filled with water, one stays sunk at the bottom, the other floats up to the surface
Science & Technology
November 6, 2019 | 02:04 pm

Superhydrophobic metal that won’t sink

Inspired by diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants, Rochester researchers have created a metallic structure that is so water repellent, it refuses to sink—no matter how often it is forced into water or how much it is damaged.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Materials Science Program, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
professor Steve Roessner stands in front of a large sound board in a recording studio.
Campus Life
October 29, 2019 | 10:28 am

The art and science of sound

The University’s $3 million investment in a new state-of-the-art recording studio, control room, mixing rooms, and sound design lab is a major milestone for Rochester’s now six-year-old audio and music engineering program.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, quality education,
Jessica Goodman and Alec Salminen each present at University research competitions.
Science & Technology
October 15, 2019 | 03:30 pm

Promising solutions to tough medical problems win University research competitions

Jessica Goodman and Alec Salminen each took first place at two recent University of Rochester research competitions that limited contestants to brief presentations geared toward general audiences.

topics: awards, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Psychiatry, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Joan Rubin and Wendi Heinzelman talking and laughing on the quad
The Arts
October 9, 2019 | 12:04 pm

What engineers and humanists can learn from one another

To Joan Shelley Rubin, the Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director of the Humanities Center, and Wendi Heinzelman, dean of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, engineering and the humanities are strongly connected.

topics: faculty, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Humanities Center, interdisciplinary, Joan Shelley Rubin, thought leadership, Wendi Heinzelman,
portraits of three individual students
Campus Life
October 9, 2019 | 12:03 pm

Students thrive at the intersections of engineering, computer science, and humanities

Seniors Melissa Wen, Nathan Nickerson, and Jarrod Young are this year’s winners of the Wells Award, given each year to high-achieving students in the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences who also excel in the humanities.

topics: Department of Art and Art History, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary, Program in Archaeology Technology and Historical Structures, School of Arts and Sciences,
person sitting in a chair wearing a virtual reality headset and surrounded by speakers as another person adjusts the headset
Science & Technology
September 18, 2019 | 10:39 am

New training in AR/VR tech gives Rochester doctoral students an edge

A $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will establish a structured, well-rounded training program for University scholars applying augmented and virtual reality in health, education, design, and other fields.

topics: augmented reality, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, featured-post, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, Michele Rucci, School of Arts and Sciences, virtual reality, Zhen Bai,
two people pose for a photo, smiling, sitting on a coach.
The Arts
September 16, 2019 | 03:48 pm

Spotlight on the performing arts: Alumni on the Fringe

Siena Facciolo ’19 and Chris Palace ’18 worked together on musical projects while students at the University of Rochester, and as alumni that work continues at the Rochester Fringe Festival.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute for the Performing Arts,
student laughs during class in a lecture hall
Campus Life
September 12, 2019 | 09:48 am

Putting computer science to work curbing poverty

Growing up in Uruguay Fernanda Sesto ’23 was the only female student in her computer science-focused high school. At Rochester, she plans to continue using technology to tackle issues of social inequality.

topics: Class of 2023, Department of Computer Science, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,