Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Stephen Dewhurst has been named the University's vice president for research following a national search.

A Department of Energy program partners private companies with national laboratories and universities to design the first commercial fusion power plant.

The annual President’s Staff Awards celebrate the accomplishments of staff members across the University.

The National Academy of Sciences, the American Musical Instrument Society, and the American Educational Research Association are among the organizations honoring faculty.

The recognitions highlight faculty contributions to imaging science, oral health, community building, toxicology, and more.

The fiscal year 2023 funding will support health care expansions in the region as well as research at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. 

The Flash Center—devoted to computer simulations to advance understanding of astrophysics, plasma science, high-energy-density physics, and fusion energy—has moved from the University of Chicago to Rochester.

University of Rochester scientists set out to explain how—and how much—in order to improve future experiments.

The major breakthrough of achieving ignition is cause for celebration at Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics as well.

First-of-its-kind experimental evidence defies conventional theories about how plasmas emit or absorb radiation.