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First-year students help NASA study the total solar eclipse

Rochester has one of about 30 teams nationwide taking observations for the Citizen CATE 2024 experiment.

Medieval era-style illustration of two women during the Middle Ages looking at a solar eclipse while stars twinkle in the night sky.

Society & Culture

Surprising facts and beliefs about eclipses during medieval and Renaissance times

Rochester experts offer historical insights into medieval society’s fascination with astronomical and astrological phenomena.

Student uses VR glasses and is pictured through a rainbow prism

Campus & Community

March 2024 in Photos

March ushered in spring and a wealth of activities across the University of Rochester. Take a brief look back at how we spent the month.

Pablo Sierra Silva sits and gestures while teaching among a couple of students seen from behind.

Campus & Community

Pablo Sierra Silva: Using primary sources to immerse students in the past

The history professor leads his class back in time to analyze events that shaped today’s world.

A person in a yellow shirt seen from behind works with a transmission electron microscope in a darkened room.

Science & Technology

University secures federal funding to enable advanced quantum research

The funding supports the acquisition of a state-of-the-art transmission electron microscope to accelerate research in quantum information science.

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

University News

Faculty recognized for their professional contributions and statures

An NSF CAREER Award, a ‘best publication’ honor, and leadership positions with national organizations comprise recent faculty achievements.

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.

Alexei Navalny staring ahead with a crowd of people behind him holding Russian flags.

Society & Culture

Scholar in Exile on Alexei Navalny: ‘One day I’ll walk along a street in Moscow named after him’

February 21, 2024

Dmitry Bykov discusses the late Russian opposition leader’s legacy, his own poisoning, and why Navalny posed a threat to the Russian president.

Still from Psycho horror film showing Norman Bates greeting Marion Crane and Sam Loomis at hotel desk.

The work of horror films

February 20, 2024

A collection of essays coedited by Jason Middleton explores the "monster" of late capitalism lurking in modern American horror films.

Detail of Caravaggio's "The Conversion of Saint Paul" shows Saul sprawled on the ground beneath a horse's legs, blinded and with his arms raised. A crop of the painting serves as the cover art for Jennifer Grotz's "Still Falling: Poems."

A poet’s meditation on loss, light, and legacy

February 20, 2024

Still Falling, English professor Jennifer Grotz’s fourth collection of poems, illuminates the connection between art and time.