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Illustration of photodynamic therapy showing light killing a bacterial cell.

How light can fight abdominal infections

A light-activated therapy being tested at URochester could give doctors an antibiotic-free way to target stubborn abdominal infections.

Hire Rochester interns Alayna Leestma, Claire Cho, Triet Ly, and Ivan Cea Gomez on the URochester quad.

Campus & Community

New paid internship program helps URochester students launch careers

This summer’s inaugural Hire Rochester undergraduates are building skills, confidence, and professional connections.

Pinned bee specimens viewed head-on in a collection drawer, with a metallic green bee in sharp focus at center.

Science & Technology

20,000 ways to bee: Everything you want to know about bees

Professor Bob Minckley answers common questions about the surprisingly diverse—and downright weird—world of bees.

William Horn in a flight suit in front of a jet.

Campus & Community

From the classroom to the cockpit—and beyond

Rochester native and F-35B pilot William Horn ’14 returns home as a featured performer at this year’s Rochester International Airshow.

Laser light passes through a “time gate” consisting of a thin film of indium tin oxide.

Science & Technology

New imaging technique sees through deep tissue, dense fog, and other obstacles

The AI-enhanced technology could improve noninvasive cancer imaging, lower costs, and make LiDAR systems more effective in poor visibility.

A modular µSiM (m-µSiM) tissue chip platform.

Science & Technology

Could FDA-evaluated tissue chips succeed where animal testing falls short?

URochester researchers hit an important FDA milestone for tissue chip technology that predicts dangerous immune reactions to cancer therapies.

URochester PhD student and advisor in a lab to illustrate how to choose a PhD program and advisor.

Campus & Community

Thinking about a PhD? Your biggest questions, answered

Professor Darren Lipomi offers candid advice on choosing a graduate program, finding the right advisor, funding your education, and building a career in research.

A photo collage illustration of the seven URochester student entrepreneurs who competed in the New York Business Plan Competition.

Campus & Community

Student entrepreneurs learn business by starting one

With professional guidance and proximity to assets, URochester students launch and build companies as part of their campus experience.

John Blackshear against a white background next to blue text that reads "ever wonder" and a thought bubble that reads "how does someone become a criminal?" to explain incarceration and the prison pipeline.

Society & Culture

What crime and prison reveal about incarceration—and about us

URochester researchers on how childhood trauma, parental incarceration, and even discipline in schools shape criminal justice outcomes.

Ever wonder: why not both?

At the University of Rochester, there’s no need to “pick a lane.” Here, art meets analytics, science meets soul, and curiosity leads to unexpected outcomes. It’s a home where thinkers and doers, scholars and starters, healers and leaders come together to create a world that’s ever better.