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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: Department of History, Department of Religion and Classics, featured-post, Film and Media Studies Program, Institute of Optics, 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, School of Arts and Sciences, Thomas Brown,
man adjusting metal measuring device
Science & Technology
August 7, 2017 | 12:26 pm

Freeform optical device packs more punch in a smaller package

Spectrometers are used in a variety of applications, from environmental monitoring to astronomy to healthcare diagnostics. A new design using freeform optics upends more than a century of optical design.

topics: featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, optics, research finding,
abstract close-up of colored particles forming a pattern.
Science & Technology
May 5, 2017 | 02:28 pm

Competition showcases beauty in engineering, science

“You can see the most incredible images in things you never would have thought of,” says Hajim School of Engineering dean Wendi Heinzelman describing the student artwork on display in the the annual Art of Science Competition.

topics: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, School of Arts and Sciences,
drone copter in flight
Science & Technology
May 3, 2017 | 09:52 am

Engineering skills meet ‘real world’ challenges

From drones that see color to devices that help veterinarians extract the objects our pets swallow, this year’s Design Day showcases 87 seniors projects from students in five engineering departments and computer science.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, virtual reality,
micro chip
University News
April 26, 2017 | 03:54 pm

University start-ups highlighted in national innovation report

Two University of Rochester start-up companies are among those singled out in a new report from the Science Coalition identifying 102 companies that trace their roots to federally-funded university research.

topics: Flaum Eye Institute, Institute of Optics, Krystel Huxlin,
lasers configured on a tabletop
Science & Technology
March 13, 2017 | 04:19 pm

Imaging at the speed of light

Chunlei Guo and his team have used lasers to make materials extremely water repellent. Now the researchers can visualize, for the first time, the complete evolution of micro- and nanoscale structural formation on the material’s surface.

topics: featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research finding,