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2020 Goergen award winners
University News
September 18, 2020 | 01:51 pm

Three professors earn honors for teaching excellence

Annual Goergen Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching recognize faculty members in Arts, Sciences & Engineering.

topics: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Rudi Fasan, School of Arts and Sciences, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies, tanya bakhmetyeva,
members of the Detroit Lions kneel before a game
Voices & Opinion
September 14, 2020 | 03:49 pm

NFL owners are now willing to support players’ protests

“[T]he National Football League’s newfound appreciation for its players’ civil rights gestures is likely to be tested by the election season and by fans’ spending power,” says political scientist Bethany Lacina.

topics: Bethany Lacina, Department of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences,
portrait of Jeffrey McCune
University News
August 28, 2020 | 11:23 am

Jeffrey McCune named Frederick Douglass Institute director

He will bring together people from across academic disciplines to collaborate in the study of the African diaspora and offer programming that promotes African and African American studies at the University.

topics: appointments, Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, School of Arts and Sciences,
image of David Williams
University News
August 16, 2020 | 02:57 pm

Rochester researcher recognized with national award for outstanding vision research

National vision research organization recognizes David Williams for his research, the organization’s third consecutive honoree with University of Rochester ties.

topics: Center for Visual Science, David Williams, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Ophthalmology, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, School of Arts and Sciences,
illustration of exoplanet formation
Science & Technology
August 10, 2020 | 08:55 am

Rochester leads effort to understand matter at atom-crushing pressures

The University is the host institution for a NSF-funded national collaboration to explore ‘revolutionary states of matter.’

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Eric Blackman, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, high-energy-density physics, Hussein Aluie, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Miki Nakajima, Rip Collins, School of Arts and Sciences, Suxing Hu,
person holding a pandemic mask
Society & Culture
July 24, 2020 | 05:38 pm

In time of masking mandates, how to evaluate exemptions?

Balancing the safety of the general public while accommodating people with legitimate medical challenges is a “new frontier,” says a University health policy expert.

topics: COVID-19, Department of History, Mical Raz, School of Arts and Sciences,
Comet Neowise in sky over Arizona
Science & Technology
July 17, 2020 | 04:32 pm

How to view Comet NEOWISE

Work by Rochester researchers will help make a space-based infrared telesecope—the kind that detected Comet NEOWISE—even more precise.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences,
Illustration of OSIRIS-REx collecting samples on an asteroid surface.
Science & Technology
July 17, 2020 | 01:38 pm

New data about asteroid surfaces will help explorers touch down safely

Using sand, marbles, and mathematical modeling, Rochester researchers from across departments worked to improve the accuracy of data collected from the surfaces of asteroids.

topics: Alice Quillen, Department of Computer Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,