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Satellite imagery of the Gulf of Mexico showing swirling currents and ocean eddies.
Latest NewsJanuary 31, 2025

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

GIF showing black and red swirling data visualized on the left and blue, green, and yellow visualized data on the right with "AI" in text in the middle.
October 16, 2024

At the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ scientists harness AI to bring fusion research into sharper focus.

An illustration of several colorful, hexagon shaped icons representing different academic fields like space engineering, music, math, AI, and genetics.
September 13, 2024

The range of recently launched degree programs reflects what students, the workforce, and the world need and want to become ever better.

four students walk to class on a fall day
August 29, 2024

Summer saw no time for rest at the ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ—and we quite like it that way. Take a look at how we spent July and August.

Ting Du, wearing a white lab coat, sits at a desk and points to a computer screen showing yellow fluid as Doug Kelley looks over her shoulder.
August 15, 2024

Rochester scientists are restoring the brain’s trash disposal system with a drug currently used to induce labor.

Three people wearing protective eye gear in a lab demonstrate heat transfer mapping techniques that are displayed on a computer screen.
July 17, 2024

Rochester engineers have developed a way to spot tiny, overheated components that cause electronics’ performance to degrade.

JJ Ruby leaning against a metal shelf and holding a baseball.
July 16, 2024

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

GIF of Melbot V3, the ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ team's submission to the 2024 NASA Lunabotics Challenge competition, in action.
July 1, 2024

Rochester undergraduates gained crucial systems engineering experience constructing a lunar rover for NASA’s Lunabotics Challenge.