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Critical Language Scholarship logo
Campus Life
May 10, 2021 | 01:46 pm

Two sophomores receive Critical Language Scholarships

Diego Encinas ’23 will study Portuguese and Jason Hahn ’23 will study Russian as part of government immersion program.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, awards, Critical Language Scholarships, Department of Psychology, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Latin American studies,
2021 Commencement: Rochester graduate Alyssa Ho
Campus Life
May 6, 2021 | 05:59 am

Optics grad has her eyes on the stars

Optical engineer Alyssa Ho ’21 is headed to Raytheon to work on space system projects.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, Class of 2021, commencement, COVID-19, events, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics,
artists conception shows a close-up of a face wearing glasses with a square grid of different colored rays being projected onto the inside of one of the glasses's lenses.
Science & Technology
April 30, 2021 | 04:16 pm

A new way to make AR/VR glasses look more like regular glasses

Rochester researchers are combining freeform optics and a metasurface to avoid ‘bug eyes’ in AR/VR glasses and headsets.

topics: augmented reality, Center for Freeform Optics, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, Nick Vamivakas, research finding, virtual reality,
Susana Marcos.
University News
February 11, 2021 | 04:00 pm

Susana Marcos to lead Center for Visual Science

Internationally recognized pioneer in vision science and its applications is named the next director of one of the University’s most highly regarded research centers.

topics: appointments, Arts Sciences and Engineering, Center for Visual Science, Department of Ophthalmology, Flaum Eye Institute, Institute of Optics, Medical Center, Robert E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design and Engineering,
A pencil sits in front of four colored glass plates.
Science & Technology
February 4, 2021 | 11:38 am

An optical coating like no other

Researchers in the Institute of Optics have developed a new class of optical coatings, Fano Resonance Optical Coatings, that can both reflect and transmit the same wavelength simultaneously.

topics: Chunlei Guo, featured-post, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research finding,
Example of an optical chip sensor.
Science & Technology
January 6, 2021 | 10:41 am

Chip on a card would detect COVID-19 antibodies in a minute

Researchers in Rochester are developing a “completely new diagnostic platform” that could prove to be a valuable clinical tool for detecting exposure to multiple viruses from a single drop of blood.

topics: American Institute for Manufacturing Photonics, Benjamin Miller, COVID-19, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Dermatology, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Medical Center, research funding,
Jannick Rolland in her lab surrounded by lenses and other optical equipment.
University News
December 8, 2020 | 09:41 am

Jannick Rolland named fellow of National Academy of Inventors

The director of the Center for Freeform Optics holds more than 50 patents and is considered a pioneer in optical applications in augmented and virtual reality.

topics: announcements, awards, Center for Freeform Optics, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland,
Illustration of nanoscale quantum network node showing closeup of pillar representing location marker for a quantum state.
Science & Technology
November 3, 2020 | 01:07 pm

Building a quantum network one node at a time

New research demonstrates a way to use quantum properties of light to transmit information, a key step on the path to the next generation of computing and communications systems.

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Nick Vamivakas, quantum science,
stress engineered optical glass
Science & Technology
October 22, 2020 | 08:03 am

Finally, a way to see molecules ‘wobble’

Breakthrough by international optics team reveals how proteins behave in 3D, enabling new insights into cell behavior and disease progression

topics: COVID-19, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Miguel Alonso, research, Thomas Brown,