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NSF director Sethuraman Panchanathan speaks at podium, with Sen. Schumer, University President Mangelsdorf, and Rep. Morelle standing in line to his left.
Science & Technology
April 12, 2022 | 12:54 pm

Rochester ‘a crucible of innovation’ says NSF director during campus visit

National Science Foundation director Sethuraman Panchanathan, accompanied by Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Joseph Morelle, tours University facilities including the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

topics: featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, School of Arts and Sciences,
illustration of small groups of people from above who are connected by lines on the ground.
Science & Technology
April 8, 2022 | 08:14 am

A ‘cautionary tale’ about location tracking

A new study out of the University of Rochester shows that data collected from your acquaintances and even strangers can predict your location.

topics: data science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, Gourab Ghoshal, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
portrait of Donald Hall
University News
March 22, 2022 | 12:21 pm

Donald Hall named provost at Binghamton University

Donald Hall, dean of the faculty of Arts, Sciences & Engineering, has announced that he will be joining the leadership at Binghamton University, effective July 1 of this year.

topics: announcements, Arts Sciences and Engineering, faculty, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences,
quantum processor semiconductor chip connected to a circuit board
Science & Technology
March 21, 2022 | 02:15 pm

Researchers continue to confront major hurdles in quantum computing

With new insights on the problem of noise in quantum computing, Rochester researchers make major strides in improving the transfer of information in quantum systems.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, John Nichol, quantum science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Gorbunova and Seluanov standing next to each other in lab, looking at camera.
Science & Technology
March 16, 2022 | 12:29 pm

Connecting the dots between aging, Alzheimer’s, and ‘junk DNA’

Biologists Vera Gorbunova and Andrei Seluanov join colleagues at Brown and NYU in the quest to find potential targets of treatments and therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases.

topics: Andrei Seluanov, Department of Biology, National Institutes of Health, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences, Vera Gorbunova,
Researchers looking on at wall-sized, vividly colored screens showing simulations of laser-driven experiments.
Science & Technology
March 14, 2022 | 11:19 am

Tracing the evolution of galaxy clusters

Petros Tzeferacos, an associate professor of physics and astronomy and a senior scientist at LLE, and colleagues from Chicago and Oxford have replicated in a laboratory setting conditions that exist within galaxy clusters.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Petros Tzeferacos, School of Arts and Sciences,
protester wearing a covid face mask holding a sign in Ukrainian colors that reads STOP WAR
Society & Culture
March 9, 2022 | 04:44 pm

How to end the war in Ukraine

Rochester political scientist Hein Goemans, an expert on war termination, applies possible scenarios to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

topics: Department of Political Science, Hein Goemans, School of Arts and Sciences, thought leadership,