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three students seated on a bench look over the back of the bench.

Campus & Community

For whom the bells toll: Siblings honor late father

February 13, 2024

A bench on the River Campus stands as a memorial to the man who discovered the University of Rochester for his three children.

Falling rocks warning sign in front of rocks and boulders of various sizes along a mountainside to illustrate the idea of granular systems.

Science & Technology

Reshaping our understanding of granular systems

February 9, 2024

Rochester researchers are uncovering the unexpected role of grain shape in the mixing of granular systems such as pharmaceuticals, cereal, and landslides.

View from inside the OMEGA laser system's target chamber during a direct drive fusion experiment.

Science & Technology

Scientists create new ‘spark plug’ for fusion reactions

February 5, 2024

Techniques developed with the Laboratory for Laser Energetics’ OMEGA laser system hold promise for sparking fusion at larger scales.

Ezra Tawil in a yellow and black checkered shirt smiles at the camera in a room with wood-paneled walls.

Ezra Tawil, English professor of substance and style, remembered

February 5, 2024

The scholar of American literature had a special talent for connecting with colleagues and students alike.

Four tubes, each a different color, containing hydrogels frozen in liquid nitrogen and obtained via 3d bioprinting.

Science & Technology

Printing plant-based pharmaceuticals—without plants

February 5, 2024

Rochester undergraduates developed a 3D-printing system to replicate chemicals found in plants, including those endangered by climate change.

Edward Thorndike smiles at the camera with a blackboard full of equations in the background.

Science & Technology

Edward Thorndike, physicist who found ‘beauty’ in b quarks, remembered

January 31, 2024

Thorndike made pathbreaking contributions to the study of matter.

Illustration depicting five conveyer belts, each carrying different type of cartoon alien and going through an "O2" representing the atmospheric oxygen bottleneck. The aliens going through the largest "0" emerge with fire.

Science & Technology

Is oxygen the cosmic key to alien technology?

January 2, 2024

Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank explores the links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting extraterrestrial technology on distant planets.

Society & Culture

University of Rochester receives Mellon Foundation grant to hire Black studies faculty

December 19, 2023

The $3M in funding will help advance innovative and strategic faculty hiring in the Department of Black Studies.

Mixed media illustration showing full chemical complexity of quantum decoherence.

Science & Technology

New strategy reveals ‘full chemical complexity’ of quantum decoherence

December 18, 2023

The findings can be used to design molecules with custom quantum coherence properties, laying the chemical foundation for emerging quantum technologies.

Animated gift showing two wifi signals converging into a heart to illustrate the concept of a relationship app called Agape.

Society & Culture

Can an app improve your romantic relationship?

December 14, 2023

Couples report healthier, stronger relationships after one month of using a relationship app codeveloped by a Rochester psychologist.