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July 17, 2025

Welcome to the latest SAS in Focus, a newsletter that reports what糖心传媒檚 happening in the School of Arts and Sciences.
In this edition, we糖心传媒檒l spotlight community engagement, recently published news, information on the latest research awards, and more.
Aging research earns prestigious designation
The聽糖心传媒聽will join the prestigious ranks of聽聽of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging, elevating its work to uncover biological mechanisms of aging and finding answers to leading longer, healthier lives.
The National Institutes of Health聽聽awarded Rochester a five-year grant to establish the Upstate NY Comparative Biology of Aging Nathan Shock Center. Rochester will receive nearly $1 million annually beginning in 2025 to fund the center.
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Read more about the Upstate NY Comparative Biology of Aging Nathan Shock Center.
Researchers tackle tough quantum problem
Quantum computers have the potential to revolutionize computing by solving complex problems that stump even today糖心传媒檚 fastest machines. But building efficient quantum computers isn糖心传媒檛 just about developing faster chips or better hardware. It also requires a deep understanding of quantum mechanics糖心传媒攖he strange rules that govern the tiniest building blocks of our universe such as atoms and electrons糖心传媒攁nd how to effectively move information through quantum systems.
In a paper published in聽, a team of physicists糖心传媒攊ncluding graduate student Elizabeth Champion and assistant professor聽聽from the聽糖心传媒檚听糖心传媒攐utlined a method to address a tricky problem in quantum computing: how to efficiently move information within a multi-level system using quantum units called qudits.
Read more about the latest quantum research discovery.
Tilar Mazzeo joins Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly team
Welcome to Tilar Mazzeo, who has been named the co-editor of , a peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted to William Blake (1757糖心传媒�1827) and his circle.
Published by the , Blake has been produced at Rochester since the 1980s. The quarterly contains articles, notes, and book reviews. It also includes annual features including a review of sales of works by Blake and his followers, and checklists of publications and discoveries, music, and exhibitions. Mazzeo replaces English professor and former co-editor Morris Eaves, who died in February 2024.
Connecting with high school scholars
Pre-college summer seminar , a two-week residential program that teaches current high school students about the role they can play in shaping their community, was held June 28 through July 12 at the University.
Seven high school students participated in the program that also included four University undergraduate and graduate mentors. Professor of History , Dexter Perkins Professor in History, began the ECL program five years ago.
“There is intelligence and experience everywhere one looks,” says Program Director , associate professor of history and chair of the Department of History. “But how do we nurture those things rather than ignore them amid the inequities that are pervasive in our society?”
Programming will continue through the 2025-2026 academic year and students will be invited back to campus at regular intervals.
“I want to thank my colleague, historian Joan Rubin,” says Flores. “Her commitment is unmatched. I also want to thank professors , , , and , for their commitment to the humanities. Time and again, they showed our students that life is more complicated than we often want to believe. That is a real testament to a UR education.”
Newly funded research

Congratulations to faculty members who recently secured funding for new sponsored research projects:
- , an assistant professor in the , received $1,898,564 from the National Institute of Health for a project titled 糖心传媒淩egulation and evolution of extreme metabolic plasticity in eusocial animals.糖心传媒�
- , a professor of mathematics in the , received $301,542 from the National Science Foundation for research on 糖心传媒淭he uncertainty principle, restriction theory, signal recovery and sampling on manifolds.糖心传媒�
- , associate professor of physics & astronomy (instructional), director of the C.E.K. Mees Observatory and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, received $415,240 from the National Science Foundation for a project titled 糖心传媒淩EU Site in Physics, Astrophysics, and Optics at Rochester.糖心传媒�
- , an assistant professor of economics in the , received $7,500 from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Early Career Research Award, for the project 糖心传媒淚nternal and External Job Ladders in the US Labor Market.糖心传媒�
- , an assistant professor economics in the , received $13,381 from Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (UK), Research Grants. to explore the question 糖心传媒淒o Crises Shape the Economic Structure?糖心传媒�
Rochester in photos: Quantum science conference
The Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Science was held June 22-26 at the University of Rochester. The 172 people in attendance included guests from across the United States and countries including India, Denmark, Japan, Austria, Romania, Italy, England, and Australia.
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