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Sylvia Owusu-Ansah outfitted in medical scrubs smiling at the camera while in an emergency room.

Campus & Community

The script doctor is in

Sylvia Owusu-Ansah ’00 shapes medical storytelling on HBO Max’s The Pitt.

Video still showing Harry Reis with the University of Rochester shield and the text "ever wonder" near a thought bubble that reads "how is AI changing the way we love?"

From the Magazine

The secret to happiness? Feeling loved

February 11, 2026

Two psychologists—one a happiness researcher and the other a relationship expert—say love isn’t found. It’s created, one mindset at a time.

Al Uy looks at a small red bird that is perched on his hand during a research trip to the Solomon Islands.

From the Magazine

Evolution’s moment of truth on the Solomon Islands

December 16, 2025

Every year biologist Al Uy travels by plane, boat, and foot to remote corners of the South Pacific to answer one of evolution’s biggest mysteries: How do species originate?

Thomas Perry holding up a book with his name and the title THE BURGLAR on the cover

Master of suspense: Thomas Perry ’74 (PhD) on the thrill of writing thrillers

September 23, 2025

The acclaimed author has penned more than two dozen novels.

The Ghent-Bruges Book of Hours sits open to colorfully painted spread with a portrait of a saint opposite calligraphic text, both surrounded by flowers and plants.

From the Magazine

Turning time’s pages

A collaborative acquisition of the medieval Ghent-Bruges Book of Hours offers unique opportunities for research, teaching, and community outreach.

Jane Possee stands with her arms crossed in a locker room.

From the Magazine

50 years of helping grow women’s athletics

Jane Possee has seen the rise of women’s sports at Rochester while having a significant hand in shaping them.

Yaofang (Vicki) Liang smiles and looks out the window of JoyMart, the Asian grocery store and cafe she founded and runs.

Campus & Community

Yaofang (Vicki) Liang ’23W (PhD): Pride and JoyMart

Gratitude led a Warner School graduate to open an Asian grocery store and cafe at Rochester’s College Town.

Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7, looks at the camera with his arms folded. Behind him is an extensive bookshelf and a framed movie poster for "Mickey 17."

From the Magazine

The magnificent Mickey7

Alumnus Edward Ashton’s sci-fi novel Mickey7 gets a Hollywood glow up with Bong Joon-ho’s film Mickey 17.

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.

historical image looking down a street with burned out building lining both sides.

Society & Culture

100 years later, remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre

As one of the oldest survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921, Olivia Hooker ’62 (PhD) helped break decades of silence about the atrocity.