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URochester PhD student and advisor in a lab to illustrate how to choose a PhD program and advisor.
Latest NewsAugust 10, 2026

Thinking about a PhD? Your biggest questions, answered

Professor Darren Lipomi offers candid advice on choosing a graduate program, finding the right advisor, funding your education, and building a career in research.

Baby sleeping safely in crib.
August 10, 2026

URochester’s Mt. Hope Family Center now home to the Baby Safe Sleep Coalition

The historic partnership and public health investment aim to reduce preventable infant deaths in Monroe County.

William Horn in a flight suit in front of a jet.
August 6, 2026

From the classroom to the cockpit—and beyond

Rochester native and F-35B pilot William Horn ’14 returns home as a featured performer at this year’s Rochester International Airshow.

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August 5, 2026

URochester faculty appointed to named professorships

Named positions are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate the work of URochester’s faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.

A photo collage illustration of the seven URochester student entrepreneurs who competed in the New York Business Plan Competition.
July 29, 2026

Student entrepreneurs learn business by starting one

With professional guidance and proximity to assets, URochester students launch and build companies as part of their campus experience.

John Blackshear against a white background next to blue text that reads "ever wonder" and a thought bubble that reads "how does someone become a criminal?" to explain incarceration and the prison pipeline.
July 21, 2026

What crime and prison reveal about incarceration—and about us

URochester researchers on how childhood trauma, parental incarceration, and even discipline in schools shape criminal justice outcomes.

Overhead shot featuring several editions of The Settlement Cook Book alongside Jewish foods like bagels, babka, and hamantaschen, with the central focal point on Nora Rubel's book, "Recipes for the Melting Pot: The Lives of the Settlement Cook Book."
July 1, 2026

The cookbook that taught generations of Jews how to become American

A new book reveals how The Settlement Cook Book became an unlikely guide to immigration, assimilation, memory, and belonging.

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