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photo of Kenneth Teegarden
University News
February 14, 2018 | 11:31 am

Former Institute of Optics director Kenneth Teegarden dies

Teegarden joined the Institute of Optics in 1954 and served as its director from 1981 until 1987. He was also the first director of the University’s Materials Science program, and led the New York State Center for Advanced Optical Technology.

topics: engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Kenneth Teegarden,
close-up of a hand
Science & Technology
January 18, 2018 | 03:29 pm

Rochester team casts light on a hidden problem in domestic violence cases

While existing technology for detecting bruises works well for light-skinned victims, it’s less effective for people of color. An interdisciplinary team at the University of Rochester has set out to change that.

topics: Andrew Berger, Catherine Cerulli, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, diversity, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, interdisciplinary, James Zavislan, John Cullen, research funding, Susan B. Anthony Center,
negative mass particles created in an illustration using two mirrors and an optical microcavity
Science & Technology
January 3, 2018 | 03:22 pm

Creating negative mass particles—and a novel way to generate lasers

Rochester researchers have created particles with negative mass in an atomically thin semiconductor, using a device that creates an optical microcavity.

topics: featured-post-side, Institute of Optics, Materials Science Program, Nick Vamivakas, photonics, quantum science, research finding, URnano,
two portraits side by side
University News
December 28, 2017 | 09:28 am

Humboldt Research Awards support professors’ collaborations in Germany

Two University faculty members—William Jones of the Department of Chemistry and Xi-Cheng Zhang of the Institute of Optics—have received prestigious Humboldt Research Awards.

topics: Department of Chemistry, Germany, global engagement, Humboldt Research Awards, Institute of Optics, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences, William Jones, Xi-Cheng Zhang,
Wayne Knox wearing goggles in his optics lab
University News
December 12, 2017 | 01:46 pm

Knox elected fellow of National Academy of Inventors

As a teenager, Wayne Knox ’79, ’84 (PhD) “sometimes filled the house with smoke” while building short wave radios and other electronic gadgets from scratch. Now the optics professor is among this year’s NAI fellows.

topics: awards, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Materials Science Program, Wayne Knox,
Kirsi Jarvinen-Seppo and Chunlei Guo
University News
December 8, 2017 | 04:34 pm

Two University researchers each receive $1.5 million grants

Chunlei Guo, with the Institute of Optics, and Kirsi Jarvinen-Seppo, with the Department of Pediatrics, were recently awarded separate $1.5 million grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest Gates Foundation grants ever awarded in the University’s history.

topics: awards, Chunlei Guo, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Optics, Kirsi Jarvinen-Seppo, Medical Center, research funding,
hand held under a portable optical scanner
Science & Technology
November 30, 2017 | 02:42 pm

Cutting-edge science leads to cut-free biopsies

What if biopsies could be performed noninvasively as part of the initial procedure, so surgeons would know immediately whether additional cancerous tissue needed to be removed?

topics: featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, Luminate, Materials Science Program,
hands holding a tiny alarm clock.
Society & Culture
November 3, 2017 | 01:16 pm

Thinking about time

Spring forward. Fall back. On two Sundays each year, as we move in and out of Daylight Saving Time, time itself suddenly starts to seem a little arbitrary. Every discipline in the University has its own way of constructing and thinking about time.

topics: Carlos Stroud, Department of History, Department of Religion and Classics, Emil Homerin, featured-post, Film and Media Studies Program, Institute of Optics, Joel Burges, Richard Kaeuper, School of Arts and Sciences,
two man and a woman standing in front of Rush Rhees
University News
October 16, 2017 | 03:52 pm

Three honored with Goergen Awards for teaching excellence

Established in 1997, the award recognizes distinctive teaching accomplishments of faculty in Arts, Science, and Engineering. “The recipients embody all that we value in teaching at the University,” says Dean of the College Jeffrey Runner.

topics: awards, Department of Biology, Department of English, featured-post-side, Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Katherine Mannheimer, School of Arts and Sciences, Sima Ghaemmaghami, Thomas Brown,