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A demonstrator helps carry an American flag as immigrants rights supporters march downtown.

Society & Culture

The power of being local in the immigration debate

October 21, 2026

A new book interrogates how the struggle over who counts as local shapes migration politics.

Solifluction-formed wave patterns on an Alaskan hillslope with a house a pickup truck at the base.

Science & Technology

Why icy landscapes can behave like oobleck

September 25, 2026

URochester researchers use mathematical modeling to explore how wave-like soil patterns form—and what they could reveal about landscape stability.

Close-up of a hand pulling out a blue colored block from a Jenga-like stack of colorful blocks to illustrate the removal of the cGAS protein from cells.

Health & Medicine

Removing an inflammation-linked protein makes aging worse

September 8, 2026

URochester researchers have found that cGAS, a protein known for triggering inflammation, also plays a protective role.

Laser light passes through a “time gate” consisting of a thin film of indium tin oxide.

Science & Technology

New imaging technique sees through deep tissue, dense fog, and other obstacles

August 17, 2026

The AI-enhanced technology could improve noninvasive cancer imaging, lower costs, and make LiDAR systems more effective in poor visibility.

Health & Medicine

A new way to prepare doctors for difficult conversations

URochester researchers have developed SOPHIE, a virtual ‘patient’ that trains doctors to communicate better.

Three URochester researchers in lab coats working in a research laboratory.

Health & Medicine

New platform combines precision gene targeting with brain-wide delivery

The platform overcomes a key obstacle to delivering gene therapies throughout the brain.

Overhead shot featuring several editions of The Settlement Cook Book alongside Jewish foods like bagels, babka, and hamantaschen, with the central focal point on Nora Rubel's book, "Recipes for the Melting Pot: The Lives of the Settlement Cook Book."

Society & Culture

The cookbook that taught generations of Jews how to become American

A new book reveals how The Settlement Cook Book became an unlikely guide to immigration, assimilation, memory, and belonging.

Health & Medicine

Researchers harness the body’s internal clock to improve stroke recovery

The findings could open the door to more effective therapies that help the brain heal after a brain injury.

The shape of a brain but composed entirely of water that is sloshing around, all set against a black background.

Science & Technology

AI reveals how the brain clears harmful waste

The new approach combines MRI scans and AI tools to measure fluid flow linked to diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

Five different colored vials holding seawater, Great Salt Lake water, nickel sulfate, copper chloride wastewater, and desalinated water standing next to a pile of salt.

Science & Technology

New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without waste

The energy-efficient desalination system produces fresh water without chemical additives and transforms leftover salts into useful materials.