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Rochester, NY
Joined May 2008
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Congratulations to URochester biomedical engineering and neuroscience professor Laurel Carney on receiving a 2026 Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching! 🎉 🔗 bit.ly/4si9PLu
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Tiny fossils from the ocean floor hold clues to Earth's climate millions of years ago. URochester paleoceanographer Chiara Borrelli reads them to see how oceans and ice changed, and what it means for our future. 🔗 Learn how: rochester.edu/newscenter/wha… #EverWonder #EarthScienceWeek
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AI is changing how we work, create, and discover. URochester astrophysicist @AdamFrank4 shares his advice for navigating and collaborating with this rapidly evolving technology. 💡 @bigthink
3 tips for working with AI | Adam Frank @AdamFrank4
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Thank you to Mark and Maureen Davitt for an inspirational $10M commitment to support our new pediatric emergency department and Integrated Care Center. Their generosity will support the resources needed to deliver exceptional care to kids in our community.
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Why do frozen hillsides ripple like fluid? New #URochesterResearch using mathematical modeling points to an unexpected answer: oobleck. This work moves us closer to understanding how landscapes change over time. 🛘 rochester.edu/newscenter/wha…
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From Nobel Prize-winning technology to global impact, URochester researchers are expanding how optogenetics is used around the world! 🧠💡 #URochesterResearch #Optogenetics #NobelPrize
Nobel Prize-winning scientists developed optogenetics—a tool that changed neuroscience. Our researchers are using that tool to discover what comes next and turning research into global impact📍📈 Read more: urmed.info/4dq1fEi
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Wondering about life on other planets this #WorldSpaceWeek? 🪐 URochester astrophysicist @AdamFrank4 breaks down how scientists are searching for signs of alien life—and what that could mean for us here on Earth: bit.ly/3VAjKzN #EverWonder #URochester
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A little #MelWknd recap ✨ Friends. Reunions. Performances. Ferris wheel rides. Food trucks. Inspiring speakers. Endless memories. Thanks for making it such an incredible weekend. 💙💛 🔗 Check out the weekend's highlights: rochester.edu/newscenter/mel…
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New memories, old friends, same ever better energy 🐝 #MelWknd
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Congratulations to the Eastman School of Dentistry on this exciting new chapter!
Beginning Jan 1, the new Eastman School of Dentistry will build on existing strengths, offering education and research within an academic medical environment where oral health and overall health are closely connected. Learn more: urmed.info/ESD2027.
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Welcome back to all alumni, family, and friends who are visiting for Meliora Weekend! 💙💛
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We are SO back. 💙💛 It's time to celebrate with alumni, students, guests, and friends at Meliora Weekend! #MelWknd
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Turning the page from summer to fall 🍂 #FirstDayOfFall
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Wishing you a meaningful Yom Kippur filled with peace and reflection.
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The University has received @NSF funding to advance NSF OPAL into its final design phase—a major step toward building the world's most powerful laser system at our Laboratory for Laser Energetics⚡️ #URochesterResearch rochester.edu/newscenter/fun…
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URochester researchers have found that cGAS, a protein linked to inflammation, has two seemingly opposing roles: it can trigger inflammation but also helps protect cells from it. This could lead to more precise therapies for age-related inflammation. bit.ly/4A99KgE
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Wishing you sweetness, good health, and steady joy this Rosh Hashanah and throughout the entire year ahead.
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As we mark the 25th anniversary of September 11, we honor the lives lost, including several University of Rochester alumni. In a heartfelt tribute, NROTC students gathered on the River Campus for their annual vigil, remembering those we lost and honoring their enduring legacy.
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Today, begins a new chapter: Welcome to the School of Nursing & Health Sciences. Nursing remains at our core as we build on our legacy and expand education, research, and practice across the health sciences. 🗞️ urson.us/health-sciences
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