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Okubo

Okubo, a Rochester alumnus and faculty member since 1964, was internationally known for his groundbreaking investigations into the patterns and decay rates of fundamental particles and symmetries of the universe.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, obituaries,
fish-eye lens view of construction work in the chapel
In Photos
July 23, 2015

Renovations at Interfaith Chapel

The Interfaith Chapel sanctuary is being renovated to accommodate an increasingly diverse religious and spiritual campus community. Updates include new carpeting, a handicap-accessible lectern platform, a hearing loop to improve sound quality for the hearing-impaired, and expanded seating for up to 500 people.

topics: construction, interfaith chapel,
aerial photo of large group of students hanging out on the quad

A new 30-year longitudinal study shows that the quantity of social interactions a person has in their 20s糖心传媒攁nd the quality of the social relationships they have in their 30s糖心传媒攃an benefit his or her well-being later in life. The study participants, now in their 50s, took part in the Rochester-Interaction Record (RIR) study as college students in the 1970s and again as 30-year-olds in the 1980s.

topics: Department of Psychology, Harry Reis, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
aerial view of construction site
In Photos
July 22, 2015

Wegmans Hall work underway

A view from the roof of the Hopeman Building as construction gets underway at the site of Wegmans Hall, the future home of the Goergen Institute for Data Science.

topics: construction, data science, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence,
extreme close-up of a cat with a mathematical formula printed on its face

The best guide to the boundary between our everyday world and the 糖心传媒渟pooky糖心传媒� features of the quantum world has been a theorem called Bell糖心传媒檚 Inequality, but now a new paper shows that we understand the frontiers of that quantum world less well than scientists have thought.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, quantum science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
close-up of a baby

A series of studies with infants 5 to 7 months old has shown that the portion of babies’ brains responsible for visual processing responds not just to the presence of visual stimuli, but also to the mere expectation of visual stimuli.

topics: brain, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
students and administrators pose with Dalia Lama after winning an award

A Simon Business School team placed third in the Tibetan Innovation Challenge, a new intercollegiate social entrepreneurship business plan competition that aims to develop self-sustaining and replicable business ideas to alleviate the economic difficulties Tibetan refugees are facing.

topics: awards, global engagement,
students and administrators pose with Dalia Lama after winning an award
In Photos
July 11, 2015

A winning plan for Tibet

Vice provost for entrepreneurship Duncan Moore, President Joel Seligman, Michael Wohl, and Simon School of Business students Mikayla Hart, Robert Joseph Kauffman, and Cesar Quijano pose with the Dalai Lama after their third place finish in the national finals of the , a new intercollegiate social entrepreneurship business plan contest, organized by the University of Rochester. The Simon team’s project — Tibetan Microfinance — would unlock the entrepreneurial potential of Tibetans living in India by bringing them basic financial training and access to capital.

topics: awards, global engagement, Simon Business School,

The Acoustical Society of America has awarded Laurel Carney the William and Christine Hartmann Prize in Auditory Neuroscience. Carney is working to better understand how the brain translates sounds into patterns of electrical impulses.

topics: awards, Department of Biomedical Engineering,