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Steve Blank poses triumphantly with one arm raised in the air in front a replica of the Millennium Falcon.

Campus & Community

Steve Blank ’07: A ‘zigzag’ path to Lucasfilm

The film and media studies major worked numerous part-time gigs before landing a job with the company that produces Star Wars.

Jamal Holtz next to stylized copy that reads: my rochester story with Jamal Holtz, Class of 2020.

Campus & Community

Jamal Holtz ’20: How to find yourself—and your people—on campus

The former Students’ Association president offers advice on how Rochester students can ‘make their hive a home.’

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

Health & Medicine

Faculty earn awards and accolades for scholarship, research contributions

National and international organizations are recognizing Rochester faculty members for their work.

Photo of Ian Krager, political science major from the Class of 2022, smiling next to a design with the University of Rochester spirit R and the words "alumni connections" against a blue background.

Campus & Community

Ian Krager ’22: Congressional communications director meets the press

February 20, 2025

Krager shares takeaways for students and graduates who want to land a dream job after college.

Downward angled shot of multimedia artist Renee Jin next to a sculpture exploring the concept of involution.

From the Magazine

Defining involution through sculpture

February 19, 2025

A Rochester graduate student and acclaimed sculptor examines a topic that is increasingly relevant to Chinese society.

John Nichol standin behind a dilution refrigerator, used to study quantum systems, including nuclear-spin dark states.

Science & Technology

Scientists directly prove the existence of a nuclear-spin dark state

February 12, 2025

Confirmation of this elusive state in quantum systems could lead to more efficient quantum devices.

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University News

Rochester faculty appointed to named professorships

February 6, 2025

Named professorships are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate Rochester’s faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.

Satellite imagery of the Gulf of Mexico showing swirling currents and ocean eddies.

Science & Technology

How does the atmosphere affect ocean weather?

January 31, 2025

A new Rochester study upends previous assumptions about how surface winds and ocean weather patterns interact.

Kevin Righter in his office, with OSIRIS-REX memorabilia on the walls behind him.

Science & Technology

Rochester’s Kevin Righter kept NASA space rocks free from contamination

January 30, 2025

Precise curation was necessary to discover that the Bennu asteroid sample contains building blocks of life on Earth.

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

University News

Awards and honors recognize faculty accomplishments

January 29, 2025

International, national, and statewide organizations have recently honored Rochester faculty for their contributions.