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Ruth Lawrence looking off camera and smiling in a white coat with an MD badge on the collar.

University News

Ruth Lawrence, pioneering pediatrician and breastfeeding advocate, dies at 101

October 16, 2025

Her seven-decade career at the University of Rochester reshaped how clinicians support mothers and infants.

Daniel Beaumont.

Campus Announcements

Daniel Beaumont, an expert on Arabian medieval literature and language, remembered

September 5, 2025

From medieval Arabic texts to Delta blues, Beaumont left students with lessons that shaped both intellect and identity.

Horizontal crop of a portrait of Charles Plosser.

Campus Announcements

Charles Plosser, former Simon School dean and Philadelphia Fed president, remembered

September 4, 2025

Plosser’s influential work on real business cycles reshaped modern macroeconomic thought.

Nighttime exterior view of a Jacob's Pillow dance studio.

Campus Announcements

Kat Sirico remembered for their creative vision and devotion to dance

Their enduring care for artists, students, and the creative process left a lasting impact on the dance community.

Joseph Eberly

Science & Technology

Pioneering physicist and optical scientist Joseph Eberly remembered

His serendipitous original foray into optics research would help advance the fields of quantum optics and optical physics.

Crop of a black and white archival image of William Hauser smiling at the camera.

William Hauser, professor emeritus of history, remembered

Hauser was devoted to teaching Japanese and East Asian history over a career of nearly four decades.

A woman named Loretta Ford, in a red jacket and black top, a long standing partner of the University of Rochester School of Nursing.

From the Magazine

Loretta Ford, former School of Nursing dean who transformed the profession, dies at 104

January 23, 2025

Ford cofounded the nurse practitioner model and developed a holistic approach to nursing education, research and clinical practice.

Black-and-white close up of Michael Jensen in a suit looking at the camera and smiling.

Society & Culture

Michael Jensen ‘transformed the way we perceive and practice economics’

His pioneering research on organizational theory, started at Rochester, has left an enduring mark on the academic and business worlds.

Closeup of Morris Eaves smiling with William Blake illustrations in the background.

Morris Eaves, English professor who breathed new life into William Blake scholarship, remembered

February 27, 2024

The scholar made the British poet and “multimedia artist” accessible to a wide audience.

Ezra Tawil in a yellow and black checkered shirt smiles at the camera in a room with wood-paneled walls.

Ezra Tawil, English professor of substance and style, remembered

February 5, 2024

The scholar of American literature had a special talent for connecting with colleagues and students alike.