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Wide shot of the compressor for generating laser pulses at ELI Beamlines to investigate the feasibility of producing coherent gamma rays. A person in safety gear stands near the instrument.

Science & Technology

Is a gamma-ray laser possible?

Federal funding will allow Rochester scientists and their European collaborators to study the feasibility of coherent light sources beyond x-rays.

JJ Ruby leaning against a metal shelf and holding a baseball.

Beyond Moneyball: Alumnus supports the Houston Astros using physics and engineering

JJ Ruby ’21 (PhD) is helping the Major League Baseball team gain an edge through experimental physics and computational statistics.

Nicole Sampson closeup shown outdoors against grass, tree, sunshine.

University News

Nicole S. Sampson named interim provost

Sampson, dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, will begin the new role on August 1.

Vector illustration of Lady Liberty with a thermometer in her mouth to show taking the temperature on American democracy.

Society & Culture

Taking the temperature of American democracy

An interview with political scientist James Druckman, an expert on American democracy and polarization.

White text reads "Faculty Awards" against a blue-colored background image of architectural detail featuring an ironwork owl and vines.

Health & Medicine

Awards and honors recognize faculty accomplishments

University of Rochester faculty members receive national honors from professional and scholarly organizations.

Photo illustration depicting a rocky Earth-like landscape with the orange-pink light of a setting sun reflecting off a large moon likely formed with the limited role of streaming instability.

Science & Technology

In the hunt for a second Earth, look to small planets

The recommendation is based on new research from Rochester scientists about the role of streaming instability in forming moons and planets.

Society & Culture

Does it matter how much Democrats and Republicans hate each other? Yes, it does.

New research suggests partisan hostility can erode democratic institutions and functioning.

The inside of the CMS detector at CERN, showing a large central beam pipe surrounded by a silver cylinder of detectors.

Science & Technology

Rochester physicists find ‘spooky action at a distance’ at CERN

The researchers have confirmed that quantum entanglement persists between top quarks, the heaviest known fundamental particles.

Closeup of a medal bearing the University of Rochester seal.

Campus & Community

Students, alumni receive national merit-based awards for study, research, and teaching

Undergraduates and alumni will travel the world as teachers, students, and researchers after receiving merit-based national awards during the 2023–24 academic year.

Two researchers wearing protective eyewear manipulate the equipment in an optics lab to produce surface acoustic waves.

Science & Technology

New surface acoustic wave techniques could lead to surfing a quantum internet

Researchers have developed new methods to couple light to sound waves that glide on surfaces.