{"id":288582,"date":"2017-12-22T11:56:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T16:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=288582"},"modified":"2018-03-27T16:32:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T20:32:54","slug":"2017-year-in-scholarship-288582","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/2017-year-in-scholarship-288582\/","title":{"rendered":"2017: The year in scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each year, the University of Rochester produces academic and scholarly work that contributes to our understanding and appreciation of the world around us. The communications officers responsible for covering the many departments and disciplines of Arts, Sciences & Engineering — and their colleagues at the Medical Center an the Eastman School of Music —\u00a0 looked back over the past year and found these to be some of their favorite stories.<\/p>\n

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New research turns laser focus on high-energy-density physics<\/a><\/h3>\n

Understanding how atoms react when squeezed to pressures more than one million times the earth\u2019s atmosphere is the relatively new work of Rochester\u2019s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE). With the help of the OMEGA laser housed at LLE, researchers will explore the world of high-energy-density physics and gain valuable insights into the makeup of stars, planets, and the universe itself.<\/p>\n

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Library acquires unknown Susan B. Anthony letters found in old barn<\/a>\"handwritten<\/a><\/p>\n

Library acquires unknown Susan B. Anthony letters found in old barn<\/a><\/h3>\n

Described by one renowned historian as \u201cquite an amazing collection,\u201d the previously unknown trove of letters, speeches, photographs, and petitions offer important details of the women\u2019s suffrage movement and insights into some of its biggest personalities. Found tucked away in a dusty crate, the collection includes letters written to lifelong activist Isabella Beecher Hooker from notable suffragist leaders Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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Summer is prime time for undergraduate research<\/a>\"illustration<\/a><\/h3>\n

Rochester is home to a robust, top-tier research environment that is almost as active in the summer as it is during the school year. In 2017, the University\u2019s summer research programs offered important opportunities for scholars from underrepresented populations and included two new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs around biomedicine and computational approaches to music. Other research projects this summer had undergraduate students exploring public art, connecting with the people of Malawi, and developing special polymers.
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