Numerous faculty members at the were appointed to named professorships during the first half of 2026. An honor designed to recognize the national stature of a professor糖心传媒檚 work, the named positions are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate the work of URochester糖心传媒檚 faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.

, a professor of economics, has been jointly appointed as the inaugural David Zervos PhD 糖心传媒�93 Professor. She retains her appointment as Distinguished Researcher in the Center for Economic Research.

Bai糖心传媒檚 research focuses on macroeconomics and international macroeconomics.

The professorship was established with a gift from David Zervos 糖心传媒�93 (PhD). It is part of .

, a professor of sound arts and engineering, has been additionally appointed the William F. May Professor of Engineering. He retains his appointment as chair of the newly created Department of Sound Arts and Engineering and as a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Bocko糖心传媒檚 research centers on audio and acoustic signal processing糖心传媒攊ncluding flat-panel loudspeakers, spatial audio, and room acoustics modeling.

The professorship honors William F. May 糖心传媒�37, former CEO of American Can Company.

, a professor in the Institute of Optics, has been additionally appointed as the Dr. James C. Wyant Professor in Optics. Brown retains his appointment as director in the Institute of Optics and as a distinguished researcher in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

Brown糖心传媒檚 research interests include polarization microscopy, freeform optical metrology, and photonic integrated circuits.

The professorship honors the late James Wyant 糖心传媒�69 (PhD), 糖心传媒�21 (Honorary), a pioneer in the field of optics and former URochester trustee

, a professor in the Institute of Optics, has been additionally appointed the inaugural William F. Krupke Distinguished Professor. He retains his appointment as a professor of physics and astronomy.

Boyd is known for his pioneering work in nonlinear optical interactions and nonlinear optical properties of materials.

The professorship was established with a gift by Bill Krupke, a physicist, laser scientist, technology entrepreneur, and a former program director at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Krupke糖心传媒檚 gift was matched as part of the Wyant Challenge.

, a professor of medicine, has been jointly appointed as the inaugural Robert B. Goergen Distinguished Professor in Cancer Care. She retains her joint appointment as a professor of oncology.

Casulo is an international expert and clinician-researcher in all forms of lymphoma, best known for her pivotal work in follicular lymphoma.

The professorship was established by Bob Goergen 糖心传媒�60, chair emeritus of the Board of Trustees, and his wife, Pam. It is part of For Ever Better: The Campaign for the University of Rochester.

, a professor of pediatrics, has been jointly appointed as the inaugural Dr. Paul and Beverly Yudkofsky Distinguished Professor in Pediatrics. Chess retains her joint appointment as a professor of biomedical engineering.

Chess糖心传媒檚 research focuses on lung injury and repair in newborns and optimizing the treatment of neonatal respiratory failure.

The professorship was established by Beverly Yudkofsky in memory of her late husband, Paul Yudkofsky 糖心传媒�63M (MD), 糖心传媒�66M (Res).

, an assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology, has been jointly appointed as the Paul Stark Professor in Pharmacology. Foga耀a will retain her joint appointment as an assistant professor of neuroscience.

Research in the Foga莽a Lab focuses on understanding the molecular basis of stress-related behaviors and the actions of fast-acting antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs, aiming to identify specific circuits, neuronal subpopulations, and synaptic mechanisms involved in these responses.

The professorship was established by a gift from Paul Stark 糖心传媒�64M (PhD), who led the clinical team at Eli Lilly that developed Prozac.

, a professor of mathematics, has been jointly appointed as the inaugural John F. Randolph Professor in Mathematics. Gordina retains her appointment as chair of the Department of Mathematics.

Gordina is a distinguished mathematician, researcher, and leader who joined the URochester faculty from the University of Connecticut. Her research interests involve heat kernel measures and their properties in the context of infinite-dimensional nonlinear spaces.

Eric Lincke 糖心传媒�54, 糖心传媒�57M (MD) established the professorship, . It is part of For Ever Better: The Campaign for the University of Rochester.

, a professor of history, has been jointly appointed as the Dexter Perkins Professor in History.

His research spans early Atlantic and maritime history using historical archaeology and material culture to study trade, migration, and colonization networks.

The position honors the late Dexter Perkins, a prominent American diplomatic historian who helped establish URochester糖心传媒檚 graduate program in history and served as chair of the Department of History for nearly 30 years.

, a professor of microbiology and immunology, has been jointly appointed the Albert and Phyllis Ritterson Professor. He retains his joint appointments as a professor of pharmacology and physiology and as vice chair of education in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

Kim糖心传媒檚 research interests are in innate and adaptive immune responses to infection and cancer immunotherapy.

The late Phyllis Ritterson 糖心传媒�55M (MS) made provisions in her will that helped establish the professorship, which supports a faculty member in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

, a professor and the chair of the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health Sciences, has been jointly appointed as the Albert David Kaiser Chair of Environmental Medicine and Public Health Sciences. Lawrence retains her joint appointment as a professor of microbiology and immunology.

Lawrence, who has a longstanding interest in public outreach and science education, is an expert in immunology and toxicology.

The chair was established in memory of 1909 alumnus Albert Kaiser, who was director of the Monroe County Department of Health and taught at URochester as a full professor.

, a professor of chemical and sustainability engineering, has been appointed as the Arthur Gould Yates Professor of Engineering. He retains his appointment as chair of the Department of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering.

Lipomi糖心传媒檚 research interests include molecular engineering of electronic and electroactive polymers.

The professorship was established in memory of Arthur Gould Yates, a businessman and president of the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway Company in the late 19th century.

, a professor of urology, has been jointly appointed as professor of oncology, vice chair of research in the Department of Urology, and as the inaugural Susan P. and Edward M. Messing M.D. Professor in Urology.

McConkey is internationally recognized for his leadership in bladder cancer research, with a career focused on understanding the molecular drivers of disease progression and advancing new therapeutic strategies.

The professorship recognizes Edward Messing, former chair of the Department of Urology and an internationally renowned leader in bladder cancer and urologic research, and his late wife, Susan, who was a biostatistician at URochester Medicine.

, a professor of mechanical engineering, has been appointed as the Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor.

Drawing on his years of industry experience, including nearly two decades at Eastman Kodak Co., Muir gives students hands-on, real-world design training. He was a 2022 recipient of URochester糖心传媒檚 Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

The University糖心传媒檚 Mercer Brugler Distinguished Professorships honor Mercer Brugler, Class of 1925 graduate and former chairman of the University糖心传媒檚 Board of Trustees. Demonstrated excellence in teaching is a prerequisite for appointment to the professorship.

, a professor of biochemistry and biophysics, has been jointly appointed as Dean糖心传媒檚 Professor. He retains his joint appointment as a professor of microbiology and immunology.

Munger糖心传媒檚 lab focuses on human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a herpes virus that is the leading cause of congenital viral infection.

The Dean糖心传媒檚 Professorship recognizes a faculty member糖心传媒檚 outstanding research accomplishments.

, a professor of finance, has been jointly appointed as the Gleason Professor of Finance.

Opp糖心传媒檚 work examines the impacts of financial institutions and markets on allocations, with a particular focus on the role of informational frictions.

The professorship honors the memory of James E. Gleason, president of Gleason Works from 1922 to 1947.

, an associate professor of neuroscience, has been jointly appointed as Dean糖心传媒檚 Professor. He retains his joint appointments as an associate professor of biomedical engineering and in the Center for Visual Sciences in the School of Arts & Sciences.

Padmanabhan’s research aims to understand principles of neuronal function in the mammalian brain using experimental and computational methods, with a focus on uncovering the biological bases of psychiatric disorders.

The Dean糖心传媒檚 Professorship recognizes a faculty member糖心传媒檚 outstanding research accomplishments.

, an associate professor of philosophy, has been jointly appointed as Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities.

Her research interests include early modern philosophy, philosophy of science, and philosophy of perception.

The professorship is among several humanities professorships named for the late Arthur Satz 糖心传媒�51, a music major and the late president emeritus at the New York School of Interior Design.

, an associate professor of history, has been appointed as the Joseph F. Cunningham Professor.

Theobald is an award-winning teacher and researcher in the fields of US women糖心传媒檚 and gender history, Native American history, and the history of reproduction.

The professorship was established by the late Joseph Cunningham 糖心传媒�67 (MA) and his wife, Andrea, to support a scholar in history, particularly modern European and American history.

, a professor in the Institute of Optics, has been appointed as the inaugural Kidger-Moore Distinguished Professor in Optics. He retains his appointments as a professor of biomedical engineering and of ophthalmology.

Zavislan糖心传媒檚 research areas include improving the performance of optical imaging systems by modeling and measuring the coherence properties of light returned from objects of interest and adjacent objects not of interest.

Tina E. Kidger and Emery L. Moore established the professorship as part of the Wyant Challenge, which aims to increase faculty at the Institute of Optics by 50 percent.

糖心传媒 faculty regularly earn regional, national, and international awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.

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Louis Constine receives Pediatric Oncology Award

, the Philip Rubin Professor of Radiation Oncology, received the听听from the听, the world’s leading cancer clinical research organization.听He was recognized for .

ASCO is a charitable, educational, and scientific organization with a membership of 50,000 oncologists from 170 countries. Constine is the third radiation oncologist in ASCO糖心传媒檚 history to receive this award, following two others who served as mentors throughout his career.

Over the last half-century, Constine has devoted his life to understanding how cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy impact normal tissue in both adults and children.听At Wilmot Cancer Institute, he helped start the Long-Term Cancer Survivors Program within the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology in 1987 and served as director of听听from its inception in 2013 through 2024.

James Druckman named American Academy of Political and Social Science fellow

, the Martin Brewer Anderson Professor of Political Science, has been elected the .听 He is one of three to receive a 2026 fellowship from AAPSS.

Druckman has made seminal contributions to research on political psychology and the public糖心传媒檚 understanding of political communication, the AAPSS said in the announcement.

Each year, the APSS selects a small group of scholars and public intellectuals as fellows, in recognition of their contributions to social research and public policy. The 2026 fellows will be inducted at a ceremony in Washington, DC, in fall 2027.

Elaine Hill selected for prestigious leadership fellowship听

, Dean糖心传媒檚 Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine & Public Health Sciences, . The program prepares women for senior leadership roles.

Hill, who is also a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and of economics, focuses on clinical and policy-relevant research across the life course, with a particular emphasis on maternal and child health.

Pulmonary leaders recognized for outstanding research, mentorship

Pulmonary researchers听, , and听 have been committed to helping people of all ages breathe easier for decades. Their dedication and outstanding contributions to pulmonary medicine and respiratory science , the world糖心传媒檚 leading medical society advancing global respiratory health.

The trio received awards during the 2026 ATS International Conference in Orlando, Fla.

Rivera, chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine and a听, received the听听for her transformative work in thoracic oncology and dedication to advancing women糖心传媒檚 careers in pulmonary medicine.

Litonjua, director of pediatric pulmonology, received the听听from the ATS Environmental, Occupational, and Public Health Assembly for his foundational research on the developmental origins of asthma and lung disease.

Pryhuber, a professor of neonatology, received a听听for her contributions to听.

P. Emile Rossouw named American Board of Orthodontics president

, a professor of dentistry, and liaison to professional organizations, including the American Association of Orthodontists and the World Federation of Orthodontists.

Rossouw is chair and program director of Eastman Institute for Oral Health糖心传媒檚 Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.

Al Uy receives honor from American Ornithological Society

The 听(AOS) has awarded听, Dean糖心传媒檚 Professor of Biology and chair of the Department of Biology, the听. The AOS annually recognizes individuals and groups whose ornithological research, contributions to the science and practice of ornithology, and service to the AOS merit special distinction.

Uy was honored for his research that explores the origin of species, combining genomic approaches with field data to uncover the molecular basis of reproductive isolation. In announcing the award, the AOS highlighted the research by Uy and his team on Darwin糖心传媒檚 finches of Gal谩pagos, seedeaters, tanagers, and hummingbirds of the Neotropics, and honeyeaters and flycatchers of the Solomon Islands. Uy also partnered with indigenous communities to establish conservation areas, culminating this year in the declaration of the Yato Protected Area糖心传媒攖he largest protected forest in the Solomons.

Read more about Uy糖心传媒檚 work in the Solomon Islands.

糖心传媒 faculty are leaders in their fields who are regularly recognized with regional, national, and international awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.

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Michael Burritt named to Percussive Arts Society糖心传媒檚 Hall of Fame

糖心传媒�84E, 糖心传媒�86E (MM), the Paul J. Burgett Distinguished Professor and a professor of percussion at the , is among six extraordinary musicians named to the . The society cites Burritt as “one of his generation糖心传媒檚 most accomplished percussionists.”

Hall of Fame inductees represent a breadth of influence from the heights of orchestral innovation and jazz mastery to the frontiers of contemporary composition and world percussion. Burritt and his cohort will officially be inducted into the Hall of Fame during the lead-up to PASIC 2026 in Indianapolis this November.

Lauren Ghazal honored with Victoria Mock New Investigator Award

, an assistant professor and researcher at the , received the Oncology Nursing Society糖心传媒檚 2026 Victoria Mock New Investigator Award. The honor recognizes early-career researchers who are building a scientific foundation for oncology nursing practice.

As a family nurse practitioner and cancer survivor, Ghazal brings a unique perspective to her research, which focuses on improving the health and quality of life of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors. Her work also explores the financial toxicity of cancer care among AYAs, integrating her background in economics and healthcare.

As part of the Mock Award, Ghazal presented a lecture in April at the Oncology Nursing Society糖心传媒檚 annual Congress, titled 糖心传媒淎dvancing Equity in AYA Cancer Survivorship.糖心传媒�

Ali Goli named a 2025 Marketing Science Institute Young Scholar

, an assistant professor of marketing at , has been named a . The MSI Young Scholars Program recognizes outstanding early-career researchers in marketing, fosters crossdisciplinary collaboration, and strengthens connections between academia and industry. This year糖心传媒檚 cohort represents some of the most promising scholars globally. Goli will join fellow 2025 MSI Young Scholars at a retreat in New York City later this spring.

Goli糖心传媒檚 research spans digital marketing, advertising, public policy, customer loyalty, and behavioral economics. He teaches in areas such as marketing analytics, digital marketing strategy, and data-driven decision making.

Yanan Guo receives Distinguished Paper award at computer security conference

Assistant Professor听听from the听听is the senior author of a study that won a Distinguished Paper award at the听.

Guo and her colleagues from Zhejiang University in China and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore were recognized for their paper titled “Demystifying and Exploiting ASLR on NVIDIA GPUs.”

The conference is the premier forum for presenting developments in computer security and electronic privacy, and for bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field.

Frank Huo awarded American Chemical Society honor

, the Dean and Laura Marvin Endowed Professor in Physical Chemistry and an associate professor of optics, has received the in Theoretical Chemistry by the Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society.

The award by researchers who are in the first 10 years of their career as independent researchers.

Alex Iosevich named 2026 Simons Fellow in Mathematics

, a professor of mathematics, has been named a 2026 by the Simons Foundation糖心传媒檚 Mathematical & Physical Sciences. The Simons Fellow Program extends academic leaves to a full academic year, allowing more time to focus on research.

Simons Fellows are selected based on their scientific accomplishments in the five years preceding the application and on the potential scientific impact of the work to be done during the leave period.

Bryanna Moore named Greenwall Faculty Scholar in Bioethics 听

, an assistant professor of health humanities and bioethics, of philosophy, and of pediatrics, will join the ,听a national career development award supporting innovative research on pressing ethical issues in clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making.

Moore糖心传媒檚 project will explore the role of听parents糖心传媒櫶齬easons in听pediatric听decision-making.

Simon faculty garner 糖心传媒楥onnecting to Practice糖心传媒� Award

听补苍诲 , along with coauthor and Simon Business School PhD student have received the 糖心传媒溙切拇綕 for their paper titled 糖心传媒�.糖心传媒� Wu is the Susanna and Evans Y. Lam Professor and Pandey is an assistant professor at Simon.

The award, presented by the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) of the American Accounting Association, recognizes research that meaningfully bridges academic insight and professional practice. The FARS Midyear Meeting typically receives 400 to 500 submissions each year.

Their paper examines how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act reshaped career pathways in public accounting, reducing on-the-job learning opportunities and altering the profession糖心传媒檚 attractiveness. The study highlights broader implications for labor markets, professional mobility, and the pipeline of accounting talent.

Elena Prager named to Poets&Quants糖心传媒� 2026 糖心传媒�40 Under 40糖心传媒� List

, an assistant professor of economics at Simon Business School, has been named to the 2026 糖心传媒�40 Under 40 MBA Professors糖心传媒� list by Poets&Quants, a prestigious annual recognition honoring the world糖心传媒檚 most talented young business school professors.

A leading microeconomist, Prager has earned recognition for the impact of her research and teaching. Her work focuses on issues at the intersection of health economics, labor economics, and industrial organization, with recent work examining health insurance networks, hospital pricing, employer consolidation, and how public policy influences labor supply and program participation.

In 2025, she received the for a coauthored paper. She also serves as a contributing faculty member to Simon糖心传媒檚 .

In the video below, Prager explains how market power impacts consumers, workers, and innovation in the modern economy.

Agnes Thorarinsdottir receives NSF CAREER award

The National Science Foundation has granted its most prestigious award for early-career faculty,听the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, to , an assistant professor of chemistry.

In ,糖心传媒� Thorarinsdottir is developing transition metal coordination compounds with highly temperature-sensitive electrochemical properties.

Thermoelectric devices are important for the advanced manufacturing of instruments for energy generation, cooling and heating, wearable electronics, and healthcare. The fundamental knowledge gained from this project will enable a transformative approach to the design of next-generation thermoelectric devices that can convert waste heat into electricity for immediate or later use and employ electricity for cooling applications, as well as electrochemical temperature sensors that can operate continuously in remote locations.

Research in the Thorarinsdottir group focuses on applying the tools of synthetic molecular and materials chemistry to the design of new electrochemical systems that address challenges in energy, catalysis, and environmental sustainability. Emphasis is placed on harnessing variable-temperature electrochemistry and framework materials to facilitate the development of electrochemical systems that are suitable for electricity-to/from-fuels and heat-to/from-electricity conversions.

糖心传媒 faculty are leaders in their fields who are regularly recognized with regional, national, and international awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.

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URochester faculty members receive ACLS Fellowships

罢丑别听听has named听, assistant professor of history and director of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies program, and , assistant professor of Black Studies,听.

The ACLS Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Awardees were selected from a pool of more than 2,000 applicants through a multi-stage peer review process and represent a broad range of institutions, fields, and career stages.

Ball received the ACLS Fellowship for the project titled 糖心传媒淧ushing Past GDP Per Capita: Brazilian Maternal Health 1915糖心传媒�75.糖心传媒澨� It examines and compares maternal health and childbirth from 1915 to 1975 for urban and interior spaces in three Brazilian states: S茫o Paulo, Bahia, and Goi谩s. Learn more about Ball糖心传媒檚 research on her听.

Ealey received the ACLS Fellowship for the project titled 糖心传媒淒issonant Dramaturgy: Black Women糖心传媒檚 Music-Theatre and the Politics of Possibility.糖心传媒� The project examines Black women糖心传媒檚 music-theatre in the 19th and 20th centuries as a legitimate form of Black feminist intellectual production.

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity recognizes Meagan Driver

, an assistant professor in teaching and curriculum at the , has been selected for the 2025 Strong Start Coach Excellence Award from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD).

The honor recognizes a first-year coach in the Faculty Success Program who demonstrates exceptional commitment to the coaching role, increasing effectiveness, and consistently positive feedback from Faculty Success Program participants. All coaches who coached for NCFDD in 2025 were eligible for consideration.

Ehsan Hoque inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows

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Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top two percent of engineers in these fields. College membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering and medicine research, practice, or education糖心传媒� and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.”

Hoque was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows 糖心传媒渇or pioneering scalable, ethical AI technologies that improve neurological care, social communication, and health equity across clinical and global contexts.糖心传媒� He was inducted along with 175 colleagues who make up the AIMBE College of Fellows Class of 2026 at a ceremony held during the AIMBE Annual Event in Arlington, Virginia, in April.

Researchers earn best original article honors

, the David R. Williams Director of the听, the Nicholas George Professor in听, and a professor of ophthalmology at URochester, was the scientific coordinating author of a paper that received the 2025 Obstbaum Award for the best original article published in the听Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

罢丑别听听reports results from a novel measurement of ocular dominance using a binocular visual simulator in several eye clinics. It represents a major multidisciplinary, multi-centric milestone in improving the correction of presbyopia. , director of refractive services in the Department of Ophthalmology at URochester, is a coauthor. The award was presented at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting on听Sunday, April 12,听in Washington DC.

Eric Phizicky honored with RNA Society’s Outstanding Service Award

, a professor of biochemistry and biophysics, was recognized for his exceptional dedication and significant contributions to听the , particularly in the development and modernization of its flagship journal,听RNA.

An internationally recognized researcher in tRNA biology, Phizicky has served the organization in numerous committee roles and by organizing annual meetings.听.

Wilfred Pigeon selected for Research Mentor Award

, a professor of psychiatry and of public health sciences, was recently selected for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine糖心传媒檚 2026 Research Mentor Award. The award recognizes leaders who are fostering the next generation of researchers in sleep and circadian science.

Pigeon is the director of the at . His primary research and clinical focus is the mechanisms, consequences, and treatment of sleep disturbance, especially as they co-occur with common medical and mental health conditions.

Elena Prager糖心传媒檚 research on work requirements lands Best Paper Award

, an assistant professor of economics at , has received the Best Paper Award from the . The annual award recognizes the most outstanding paper published in the journal over the past three years and highlights research with meaningful implications for economic policy and practice.

Prager was honored for her 2023 coauthored paper, 糖心传媒溙切拇綕 Her research focuses on the intersection of industrial organization, health economics, and labor markets, using detailed empirical data to examine how policy shapes behavior among firms, workers, and consumers.

A leading scholar in her field, Prager continues to earn distinction for her work. In 2025, she received the for a coauthored paper and is a contributing faculty member to Simon糖心传媒檚 . Her recent research explores topics such as health insurance networks, hospital pricing, employer consolidation, and the effects of public policy on labor supply and program participation.

Tricia Shalka named a 2026 ACPA Diamond Honoree

, an associate professor of higher education at URochester糖心传媒檚 Warner School of Education & Human Development, has been named a 2026 Diamond Honoree by the . She is one of 22 individuals nationwide recognized for making significant and lasting contributions to the field of student affairs and higher education.

A leading expert on trauma among college students, Shalka糖心传媒檚 research examines how traumatic experiences impact student success and how trauma-informed practices can guide administrators, faculty, and staff in supporting and responding to student survivors. .

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Three faculty members on Clarivate糖心传媒檚 list of 糖心传媒榟ighly cited researchers糖心传媒�

, a professor of听听补苍诲听,听, the Martin Brewer Anderson Professor of听, and听, the codirector of the University糖心传媒檚听, have made it onto . It’s an honor that the trio also shared in 2024.

Each selected researcher on the annual list has authored multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1 percent by citations for their field, according to Clarivate. The company is a global provider of analytics, data, and expert services in the areas of academia and government, intellectual property, and life sciences and healthcare.

Boyd is recognized for his pioneering research in nonlinear optical interactions and nonlinear optical properties of materials. Druckman糖心传媒檚 research focuses on democracy and political polarization. Nedergaard is an expert on the brain糖心传媒檚 unique waste removal system糖心传媒攖he glymphatic system, which her team discovered糖心传媒攁nd sleep糖心传媒檚 role in its function.听

Thomas Brown elected director at large for Optica糖心传媒檚 board of directors

, director of the听听补苍诲 the Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor, has been elected as director at large for the 2026糖心传媒�28 term of the . is dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving and dissemination of knowledge in the field. Founded in 1916, it is the leading organization for scientists, engineers, business professionals, students, and others interested in the science of light.

Brown has contributed to the society through service on the editorial board of听Optics Express听and as program cochair of the Centennial Celebration in 2016.

Suzanne Karan recognized as a top educator

, professor and vice chair of education in anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, has received the 2026 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

The national honor recognizes program directors who exemplify excellence in teaching, leadership, and a deep commitment to compassionate, learner-focused education. .

Darren Mueller honored for best historical research

by , an associate professor of at the , has been named the winner of the 2025 Award for Excellence in Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz, given by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.

The ARSC Awards for Excellence recognize and publicize the very finest research into the history of recorded sound published each year, and to encourage others to emulate those same high standards.

In the book, published in 2024 by Duke University Press, Mueller examines how the advent of the long-playing record (LP) in 1948 revolutionized the recording and production of jazz in the 1950s.

Duncan Moore named Optica Honorary Member

has named Duncan Moore, the Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Emeritus Professor of Optical Engineering at the , an听. Honorary member is the most distinguished of all Optica member categories and is awarded by a unanimous vote of the Optica board of directors to individuals who have made seminal contributions to the field of optics. Their number is limited to two-thousandths of the society糖心传媒檚 total membership. .

Moore is an expert in gradient-index optics, computer-aided design, and the manufacture of optical systems. He chaired the successful Hubble Independent Optical Review Panel organized in 1990 to determine the correct prescription of the Hubble Space Telescope. He also served as science advisor to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia for a one-year appointment and was confirmed by the US Senate in the fall of 1997 for the position of associate director for technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). In this position, he worked with Neal Lane, President Clinton糖心传媒檚 science advisor, to advise the president on US technology policy, including the Next Generation Internet, Clean Car Initiative, National Nanotechnology Initiative, ElderTech, and CrimeTech.

Danae Polsin earns early-career award from American Physical Society

, a staff scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics and an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received the American Physical Society糖心传媒檚 for Studies of Matter at Extreme High-Pressure Conditions. The award cites Polsin糖心传媒檚 糖心传媒減ioneering experiments mapping the evolution of electronic and ionic structural complexity of alkali metals to terapascal conditions.糖心传媒�

Polsin糖心传媒檚 work pushes the boundaries of several new high-energy-density science directions, including extreme quantum matter, laboratory astrophysics and planetary physics, high strain-rate response of materials, optical properties of extreme matter, and the structure of matter at atomic pressures.

David Turnbull named American Physical Society Fellow

David Turnbull, a scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, was recently . The honor recognizes Turnbull糖心传媒檚 pioneering experiments and analysis revealing a fundamental understanding of laser-plasma interactions that have helped advance the fields of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and plasma photonics.

A scientist with a prolific publication record, Turnbull is a significant national player in both the indirect-drive and direct-drive National ICF Programs, and his keen focus on ICF contributed to the achievement of ignition in 2022.

faculty regularly earn regional, national, and international awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.

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Hussein Aluie elected fellow of the American Physical Society

, a professor in the听听补苍诲 the听听补苍诲 a senior scientist at the University糖心传媒檚听, was named an American Physical Society Fellow. Aluie was recommended for the honor, which recognizes scientists for research excellence and exceptional service to the physics community, by the APS Topical Group on the Physics of Climate.

Aluie was nominated 糖心传媒渇or developing a coarse-graining framework to analyze multiscale and inhomogeneous turbulent flows and generalizing this framework to the sphere to unravel coupled-scale processes within the ocean and Earth’s climate system, and for service to APS, particularly in bridging the Topical Group on the Physics of Climate and the Division of Fluid Dynamics.糖心传媒�

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Michelle Dziejman appointed to American Society for Microbiology board

, an associate professor of , has been named to the . As an at-large board director, Dziejman will play a pivotal role in advancing the organization糖心传媒檚 strategic roadmap.

Dziejman studies the evolution of bacterial pathogens and the molecular interactions between host and microbe that promote infectious disease.

One of the largest professional societies dedicated to the life sciences, the American Society for Microbiology comprises more than 37,000 scientists and health practitioners working together to promote the microbial sciences.

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Karl Glastad selected as one of 20 Packard Fellows

, an assistant professor in the , has been named a听2025 Packard Fellow听by the听. The fellowship annually honors 20 science and engineering professors across the United States who are pursuing research early in their careers. Each fellowship is accompanied by an individual grant of $875,000, distributed over five years.

Glastad’s research focuses on using ants as models to understand aging. At the cellular level, aging is characterized by an accumulation of damage and dysfunction in multiple dimensions that are thought to precipitate the decline in health as an organism approaches end of life. While this process and these forms of damage are highly consistent across the animal kingdom, the complexity of the process has stymied an understanding of the aging process.

In many ant species, the nonreproductive individuals (workers) live six to eight months, but their reproductive sisters听(queens) live for decades, outliving most mammals.听The Glastad Lab is using modern genomic, molecular, and transgenic techniques to understand the aging process and how ants have hacked this process more than essentially any other organism on the planet.

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Neurobiologist Suzanne Haber elected to National Academy of Medicine

, Dean糖心传媒檚 Professor in the , has been elected to the . Recognized as one of the highest accolades in health and medicine, the distinction acknowledges Haber糖心传媒檚 significant contributions to the fields of neuroscience and psychiatry over the past 40 years.

Haber, also a professor of , of , and of , is an internationally recognized scientist whose work has transformed an understanding of the brain networks that play a central role in many mental health disorders, including obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and depression.

She is a biological map maker, charting the brain regions and circuits that regulate motivation, cognition, and motor control. Through anatomical studies and the use of advanced imaging techniques, she糖心传媒檚 identified abnormalities in brain circuitry that contribute to neurological and mental health disorders ranging from schizophrenia and OCD to post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction, and depression.

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Sandeep Mannava and Susan McDowell named AOA Fellows

and , both associate professors of , have been inducted as fellows of the American Orthopaedic Association, nominated by peers within the AOA for exceptional leadership and accomplishments in the field. Fewer than 10 percent of practicing orthopaedic surgeons have achieved this honor.

Mannava糖心传媒檚 research focuses on clinical outcomes, translational science, and medical education, including NIH-funded studies on how ACL and rotator cuff injuries lead to post-traumatic arthritis.

McDowell, the Dr. C. McCollister Evarts Professor in Orthopaedics, is involved in clinical research in the fields of orthopedic surgery and treatment for bone and soft tissue sarcoma.

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Ellie Prager recognized with Best Young Researcher Paper Award

, an assistant professor of economics at , received a Best Young Researcher Paper Award at the 2025 CRESSE Conference.

Prager糖心传媒檚 paper, 糖心传媒淐ollusion through Common Leadership,糖心传媒� coauthored by Jessica Jeffers (HEC Paris) and Alejandro Herrera-Caicedo (Wisconsin), received one of the two Best Paper Awards for Young Researchers. The paper examines how shared executives or board members between firms can increase the likelihood of collusion糖心传媒攁 timely topic in antitrust policy and corporate governance.

CRESSE is a network of academics and professionals working in competition policy, regulation, and law. Its mission includes hosting annual conferences, summer schools, lawyers糖心传媒� courses, and executive programs to advance research, training, and public debate in competition and regulatory policy.

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Pablo Sierra Silva听receives J. Franklin Jameson Award

, an associate professor in the , has received the 2025 听 for editing historical sources. Sierra Silva received the award for Mexico, Slavery, Freedom: A Bilingual Documentary History, 1520糖心传媒�1829听(Hackett, 2024). The Jameson Award was established in 1974 for outstanding achievement in the editing of historical sources.

Sierra Silva糖心传媒檚 research is centered on the experiences of Africans and their descendants in colonial Mexico, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic during the 16th through 18th centuries.

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糖心传媒 faculty regularly earn regional, national, and international awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.

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Heather Busick chosen as Informatics Physician Leader of the Year

, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and internal medicine, was awarded the 2025 PINA Informatics Physician Leader of the Year Award.

This distinction from Physicians in AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) recognizes a physician who demonstrates the practical application of informatics through successes in implementations of technology, leading modernization efforts, change management, governance of data, quality, and technology, and/or advancing their organization糖心传媒檚 strategic position in the healthcare industry using informatics skills.

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Benjam铆n Casta帽eda receives Peruvian award for technological innovation

Professor from the was recognized in July with an award by the Peruvian government for technological innovation. On July 2, the nation糖心传媒檚 first-ever Day of the Peruvian Inventor and Scientist, Casta帽eda and several other previous winners of the National Invention Competition were honored by el Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protecci贸n de la Propiedad Intelectual (Indecopi), Peru糖心传媒檚 governmental office that oversees intellectual property and consumer defense.

Specifically, Casta帽eda was praised for his leadership in designing and manufacturing hundreds of mechanical ventilators to support critically ill patients in Peru during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Daniel Gildea receives Test of Time Paper Award

The (ACL) selected a paper by Professor from the for its 25-year Test of Time Paper Award. Gildea糖心传媒檚 2000 paper, 糖心传媒淎utomatic Labeling of Semantic Roles,糖心传媒� was published in Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics. The ACL called it 糖心传媒渁 foundational paper that paved the way for semantic role labeling and beyond.糖心传媒�

Each year, ACL selects up to two papers published 25 years earlier, and up to two papers published 10 years earlier, for contributions that have had a “long-lasting impact on the field of natural language processing and computational linguistics.” Gildea糖心传媒檚 research focuses on studying statistical approaches to natural language processing, particularly for the tasks of machine translation and language understanding.

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SMBE recognizes Amanda Larracuente

, the Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor of Biology, was named this year糖心传媒檚 recipient of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution Mid-Career Excellence Award, a prestigious honor given to mid-career scientists who are recognized leaders in the field.

Larracuente糖心传媒檚 lab integrates genomic, cytological, and molecular approaches to study selfish DNA and its impact on genome evolution. Larracuente also advises the undergraduate program in Computational Biology and codirects the Genomic Intensive Data Science Research, Education, and Mentorship program.

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Michael Rotondo joins ABS Board of Directors

, a professor of surgery and CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group, has been appointed to the American Board of Surgery糖心传媒檚 board of directors.

ABS is the national certifying body for general surgeons and related specialists. Rotondo糖心传媒檚 three-year term began July 1.

Rotondo糖心传媒檚 research focuses on trauma management strategies, and his work on damage control surgery has redefined the standard of care around the world.

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Melissa Sturge-Apple named APA fellow

, interim dean of the Warner School of Education and Human Development, has been named a fellow of the , the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. The honor recognizes Sturge-Apple糖心传媒檚 significant research contributions to the field of psychology.

Sturge-Apple is a longtime faculty member in the y in the School of Arts & Sciences and a researcher at the . Her research centers on parenting and child development, with a particular focus on families experiencing adversity.

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Several faculty members at the听听were appointed to named professorships during the first half of 2025. An honor designed to recognize the national stature of a professor糖心传媒檚 work, the named positions are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate the work of Rochester糖心传媒檚 faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.

糖心传媒�11M (MD), an associate professor of neurology, has been jointly appointed as the David M. Levy Professor in Neurology. Adams retains her joint appointment as an associate professor in the Center for Health and Technology.

Adams is a movement disorders specialist whose research focuses on the use and evaluation of digital health technology, such as wearable sensors, smartphone applications, and telemedicine, in individuals with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson糖心传媒檚 disease and Huntington糖心传媒檚 disease.

The position was established with an estate gift from the late Rochester-area attorney David Levy.

, a professor of music and chair of the Arthur Satz Department of Music, has been appointed as Dean糖心传媒檚 Professor of Music. He will retain his joint appointment as a professor of music theory at the Eastman School of Music.

He has published on various topics, including form, gesture, agency, chromatic harmony, and recomposition. His most recent book, Lines and Lyrics: An Introduction to Poetry and Song (Yale University Press), won the 2022 Wallace Berry Award from the Society for Music Theory.

The Dean糖心传媒檚 Professorship recognizes a faculty member糖心传媒檚 outstanding research accomplishments.

, an executive professor of competitive strategy, innovation, global marketing, and entrepreneurship at the Simon Business School, has been jointly appointed as the Robert Sperandio Professor in Entrepreneurship.

Colangelo, an expert in entrepreneurship and economics and management, serves as executive director and faculty advisor of the Ain Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

The professorship was established by Jackie Sperandio in honor of her late husband, Robert Sperandio, a local entrepreneur.

, a professor of orthopaedics and chief of the orthopaedic pediatric division, has been jointly appointed as the inaugural Agnes E. Griffith Distinguished Professor in Pediatric Mobility.

Cook糖心传媒檚 research interests range from pediatric hips, the pediatric athlete, and pediatric fractures, and his clinical specialties include pediatric orthopaedics, hip dysplasia in children and young adults, and complex hips.

The professorship was established by the late scholar and educator Agnes Griffith.

, a professor of music, has been jointly appointed as Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities. Covach will retain his joint appointment as a professor of music theory at the Eastman School of Music.

Covach is a prominent rock and pop music historian and the director of the Institute for Popular Music. He is an expert on the history of popular and rock music, 12-tone music, and the philosophy and aesthetics of music.

The professorship is among several humanities professorships named for the late Arthur Satz 糖心传媒�51, a music major and the late president emeritus at the New York School of Interior Design.

, a professor of surgery and chair of the Department of Surgery, has been jointly appointed as the Seymour I. Schwartz Professor in Surgery.

Fields is a surgical oncologist and translational scientist who came to Rochester after serving as the Kim and Tim Eberlein Distinguished Professor of Surgery and chief of Surgical Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine. His clinical focus is on the multidisciplinary treatment of solid tumors, including pancreatic, biliary, liver, and gastric malignancies, along with sarcoma, and cutaneous oncology with a focus on melanoma.

The professorship is named for Seymour Schwartz, a longtime faculty member and distinguished surgeon who edited and cowrote the standard textbook for the profession, Schwartz糖心传媒檚 Principles of Surgery.

, a professor of economics, has been jointly appointed as the Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics.

Govindan糖心传媒檚 research interests are game theory and mathematical economics.

Named for the founder of Rochester糖心传媒檚 graduate program in economics, the professorship was established with a gift from the late Fred Jensen 糖心传媒�42.

, a professor of English, has been jointly appointed as Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities.

Grotz is the author of four books of poetry, most recently听Still Falling听(Graywolf Press, 2023).听Everything I Don糖心传媒檛 Know, which features selected poems by Jerzy Ficowski cotranslated from the Polish by Grotz and Piotr Sommer,听received the 2022 PEN Award for Best Book of Poetry.

The professorship is among several humanities professorships named for the late Arthur Satz 糖心传媒�51, a music major and the late president emeritus at the New York School of Interior Design.

, a professor of chemistry, has been jointly appointed as the inaugural Dean and Laura Marvin Endowed Professor in Physical Chemistry.

Huo糖心传媒檚 research covers theoretical chemistry, quantum dynamics, quantum optics, cavity quantum electrodynamics, light-matter interactions, and polariton chemistry.

The professorship was established by a gift from Dean Marvin 糖心传媒�73 and his wife, Laura Marvin.

糖心传媒�09M (PhD), a professor of orthopaedics in the Center for Musculoskeletal Research, has been jointly appointed as the Donald and Mary Clark Distinguished Professor in Orthopaedic Research. Loiselle retains joint appointments as a professor of biomedical engineering and as a professor of pathology and of laboratory medicine.

Loiselle糖心传媒檚 lab focuses on research around musculoskeletal and soft tissue fibrosis and regeneration.

The position is named for the late Donald Clark and his late wife, Mary Clark, who were longtime friends and supporters of the University.

糖心传媒�97M (Res), a professor of orthopaedics and Dean糖心传媒檚 Professor, has been jointly appointed the inaugural E. Philip Saunders Distinguished Professor.

Maloney is a renowned orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine. He is the founder and director of the Center for Human Athleticism and Musculoskeletal Performance and Prevention, which offers a multidisciplinary and integrated approach to athletic performance, injury prevention, and wellness.

The professorship was established by a gift from the Saunders Foundation, led by University Trustee Emeritus E. Philip (Phil) Saunders.

, a professor of chemistry, has been jointly appointed as the Andrew S. Kende Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Nilsson retains his appointment as director of the Materials Science Program.

Nilsson糖心传媒檚 research interests include peptide self-assembly, amyloid peptides, amyloid-inspired materials, bioorganic chemistry, and supramolecular chemistry.

The professorship was established to support a faculty position in the Department of Chemistry in the field of synthetic organic chemistry to honor the contributions of Professor Andrew S. Kende during his 35-year career as a professor.

, a professor of history, has been jointly appointed as the Arthur R. Miller Professor of History.

Smoller糖心传媒檚 research interests are medieval and Renaissance Europe, medieval Christianity, early science and medicine, and the history of astrology and prophecy.

The professorship was established by noted legal scholar and analyst Arthur Miller 糖心传媒�56, 糖心传媒�08 (Honorary).

, an associate professor of surgery, has been jointly appointed as the inaugural Pluta Professor in Breast Care. Weiss retains her joint appointment as an associate professor of oncology.

Weiss糖心传媒檚 research interests focus on breast cancer and benign breast disease, and breast and axillary surgery. She is especially interested in surgery following neoadjuvant systemic therapy and in patients with an inherited risk of developing breast cancer.

The professorship was established in 2024 with a gift from the Pluta Cancer Foundation.