International vision association honors Susana Marcos
The Center for Visual Science director has been elected a Gold Fellow by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
At age 80, John Thomas writes new chapter in an illustrious career
The Rochester professor emeritus and new American Astronomical Society fellow now explores the brain’s waste disposal system.
Two Rochester researchers named AAAS fellows
The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society has recognized Nicholas Bigelow and Michael Scott for their distinguished efforts to advance science.
Laura Ackerman Smoller named a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
The Rochester historian also wins a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to write her third book.
Andrew Berger honored for novel ways to monitor biological cells and tissues
The Rochester optics professor has been elected a fellow of Optica, the international society for optics and photonics.
Rochester students’ award-winning device instantly detects sepsis via sweat
Rochester undergraduates have developed a fast, noninvasive, affordable, and eco-friendly way to diagnose the life-threatening medical complication.
Joseph Eberly honored as a ‘true visionary’ in optics
Joseph Eberly, the Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics and a professor of optics, is recognized for pioneering contributions to quantum optics theory.
Rochester mathematician wins prestigious Veblen Prize
Fayerweather Professor of Mathematic Doug Ravenel wins the prize from the American Mathematical Society for solving a geometry problem that has puzzled mathematicians for 50 years.
Open Letter novel wins National Book Award
Winter in Sokcho is the first title from the University’s literary translation press to be awarded the prize.
Kudzai Mbinda ’22 named Rhodes Scholar-Elect
The chemical engineering major from Harare, Zimbabwe, is Rochester’s second recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship in two years.