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Political science professor Gretchen Helmke stands in her office with whiteboards and notes behind her.

From the Magazine

Office hours with Gretchen Helmke

November 14, 2025

The 2025 Guggenheim Fellow on turning a passion for reading and writing into solving our most vexing political puzzles.

Michael Clark leads the class Principles of Biology.

Michael Clark: Inspiring learning through the art of asking questions

November 10, 2025

The Goergen Award–winning lecturer keeps students engaged with workshops and critical thinking exercises.

Katherine Grzesik in a classroom teaching and gesturing at a screen with equations.

Katherine Grzesik: Crunching numbers and sparking curiosity

November 10, 2025

The innovative statistics professor and Goergen Award winner focuses on the student experience at URochester.

Inside a grating compressor chamber.

Science & Technology

URochester researcher joins global effort to advance quantum electrodynamics

November 10, 2025

Antonino Di Piazza leads on theory for a multimillion-dollar project exploring the limits of light–matter interaction.

Side view of a large group of URochester NROTC members having a group photo taken on Eastman Quad.

A proud naval tradition at URochester turns 80

November 7, 2025

The University’s Naval ROTC unit has trained generations of student-leaders and military officers, shaping academic excellence and national service.

Jessica Wang and Sophie Black ’27 examine a bottle of LB media, the standard liquid containing all the necessary nutrients to support bacterial growth used to grow bacteria in the lab.

URochester students engineer bacteria to build a future on Mars

November 7, 2025

Undergraduates turn Martian air into plastics and fertilizer—earning top honors internationally.

Two URochester researchers in souped-up kayaks gather samples where the Genesee River and Erie Canal converge.

Souped-up kayaks become ‘floating laboratories’ on the Genesee River

November 5, 2025

URochester researchers use specially designed kayaks to collect real-time data on methane and carbon dioxide emissions.

Archival photo of two water fountains next to each other. The larger one has a plaque above it reading "white" and the smaller fountain has a sign that reads "colored," illustrating American illiberalism.

Society & Culture

Steven Hahn ’73 on America’s illiberal past and present

October 31, 2025

From eugenics to segregation, the Pulitzer Prize winner says America’s ‘darker impulses’ run deep.

A student sits in an oak tree.

October 2025 in photos

October 30, 2025

Pumpkin spice season is in full effect. Take a walk back through how we spent October at the University of Rochester.

White text reads "Faculty Awards" against a blue-colored background image of architectural detail featuring an ironwork owl and vines.

University News

Recent awards spotlight accomplishments of URochester faculty

October 30, 2025

The National Academy of Medicine and the Packard Foundation are among the organizations honoring faculty members at the University.