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Two people in a green wheat field with a drone flying nearby overhead.
Latest NewsJuly 28, 2025

Electrical and computer engineers want to mimic the brain’s visual system to create AI tools for guiding autonomous systems.

Close-up of a chip-scale laser held in front of a penny, highlighting its miniature size and intricate gold circuitry.
May 30, 2025

The chip-scale laser has applications ranging from guiding autonomous vehicles to detecting gravitational waves.

two students make adjustments to two yellow panels on the ground.
April 30, 2025

Rochester seniors and master’s students provide businesses and nonprofits solutions to real-world problems.

Benjamin Castañeda and Emilio Ochoa converse while reviewing data displayed on multiple computer screens.
April 4, 2025

Professor Benjamín Castañeda ’09 (PhD) leads a global effort to meet critical needs for medical technology.

Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7, looks at the camera with his arms folded. Behind him is an extensive bookshelf and a framed movie poster for "Mickey 17."
March 4, 2025

Alumnus Edward Ashton’s sci-fi novel Mickey7 gets a Hollywood glow up with Bong Joon-ho’s film Mickey 17.

A hand holds up a phone and on the screen the new QR code technology to prevent quishing.
February 11, 2025

The improved QR code format would let smartphone users know if they’re heading to a secure website—or wading into a potential ‘quishing’ scam.

side-by-side headshots of Steve Goldman and Eby Friedman
December 11, 2024

Steve Goldman and Eby Friedman are being recognized for their pioneering contributions.

Silhouette of a person in profile speaking into a microphone with their sound waves changing in color, size, and intensity as they go through real-time voice changer technology.
December 5, 2024

The voice-changer system will produce computer-generated speech within milliseconds, allowing users to control factors like age, gender, and dialect.

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.

medical provider holds ultrasound wand to woman's neck.
September 12, 2024

New technologies developed at Rochester could soon help make ultrasound a more powerful tool for diagnosing cancer, liver disease, and other pathologies.