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Rochester faculty appointed to named professorships
Mon, 22 Jul 2024
Named professorships are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate Rochester’s faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.
Continue ReadingNew technique pinpoints nanoscale ‘hot spots’ in electronics to improve their longevity
Wed, 17 Jul 2024
Rochester engineers have developed a way to spot tiny, overheated components that cause electronics’ performance to degrade.
Continue ReadingBeyond Moneyball: Alumnus supports the Houston Astros using physics and engineering
Tue, 16 Jul 2024
JJ Ruby ’21 (PhD) is helping the Major League Baseball team gain an edge through experimental physics and computational statistics.
Continue ReadingTeam building through bot building
Mon, 01 Jul 2024
Rochester undergraduates gained crucial systems engineering experience constructing a lunar rover for NASA’s Lunabotics Challenge.
Continue ReadingAwards and honors recognize faculty accomplishments
Thu, 27 Jun 2024
University of Rochester faculty members receive national honors from professional and scholarly organizations.
Continue ReadingAllison Lopatkin named 2024 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences
Tue, 18 Jun 2024
The program provides early-career scientists four years of funding to explore some of the most pressing questions in human health and medicine.
Continue ReadingMay 2024 in Photos
Fri, 31 May 2024
In May, the University celebrated the Class of 2024—with a few detours along the way. Take a look back at the month in photos.
Continue ReadingStreamlined microcomb design provides control with the flip of a switch
Wed, 22 May 2024
Microcomb lasers developed at the University of Rochester offer a new path for developing frequency comb generators at a microchip scale.
Continue ReadingStudents, alumni receive national merit-based awards for study, research, and teaching
Tue, 14 May 2024
Undergraduates and alumni will travel the world as teachers, students, and researchers after receiving merit-based national awards during the 2023–24 academic year.
Continue ReadingNew surface acoustic wave techniques could lead to surfing a quantum internet
Mon, 13 May 2024
Researchers have developed new methods to couple light to sound waves that glide on surfaces.
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