Research

Dick and Vicki Schwartz standing behind a lecturn

Creating pivotal student experiences: Dick and Vicki Schwartz

By establishing the Schwartz Discover Grant for Undergraduate Student Research and other experiential learning funds at Rochester, this alumni couple...

Joanne Y. Law ��Ĵ�ý�98 (PhD) in her cap and gown

Joanne Y. Law ��Ĵ�ý�98 (PhD) establishes a distinguished professorship in optics

Joanne Y. Law ��Ĵ�ý�98 (PhD), an inventor and optical engineer, has established a new endowed fund��Ĵ�ý�the Joanne Y. Law Distinguished...

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Barbara Zuegel ��Ĵ�ý�57 establishes an endowed professorship to support early career faculty at the Institute of Optics

Barbara Zuegel ��Ĵ�ý�57 has established the Zuegel Family Professorship in Optics at the University of Rochester in honor of her...

��Ĵ�ý Trustee Barbara Burger ��Ĵ�ý�83 gives $2 million to support research, innovation, and the student experience

Burger's latest gift continues her legacy of philanthropy and engagement, establishes a new directorship, and launches a pilot undergraduate research...

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Beth Sonnenschein ��Ĵ�ý�61, ��Ĵ�ý�62N establishes a $1 million endowed research fund in mathematics

Elizabeth ��Ĵ�ý�Beth��Ĵ�ý� Sonnenschein ��Ĵ�ý�61, ��Ĵ�ý�62N has established the Hugo Freund Sonnenschein and Elizabeth Gunn Sonnenschein Research Endowment in Mathematics within...