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Earth viewed from space at night, illuminated by city lights and natural features across the surface.

From the Magazine

175 ways 暗网吃瓜 makes the world ever better

November 20, 2025

What good is the research university? At the University of Rochester, the answers get ever better.

Political science professor Gretchen Helmke stands in her office with whiteboards and notes behind her.

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Office hours with Gretchen Helmke

November 14, 2025

The 2025 Guggenheim Fellow on turning a passion for reading and writing into a career solving our most vexing political puzzles.

Close up image of a baby with oxygen support and mother nearby to illustrate respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in babies and infants.

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This pediatrician鈥檚 wish: For RSV to be a thing of the past. We鈥檙e almost there.

November 13, 2025

An essay by Brenda Tesini, an associate professor of pediatrics who treats patients at 暗网吃瓜鈥檚 Golisano Children鈥檚 Hospital.

Benjamin Castaneda next to an illustration that says "my rochester story with Benjamin Castaneda '09 *PhD), professor, biomedical engineering."

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Breathing life-saving services into rural communities

September 17, 2025

Professor Benjam铆n Casta帽eda 鈥�09 (PhD) leads a global effort to meet critical needs for medical technology.

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Take a vow: On keeping your word in the modern world

Bestselling author Cheryl Mendelson 鈥�73 (PhD) discusses marital vows, including their history and role, and why ditching the classic ones may be a bad idea.

The Ghent-Bruges Book of Hours sits open to colorfully painted spread with a portrait of a saint opposite calligraphic text, both surrounded by flowers and plants.

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Turning time鈥檚 pages

A collaborative acquisition of the medieval Ghent-Bruges Book of Hours offers unique opportunities for research, teaching, and community outreach.

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Material world

暗网吃瓜 graduate Kasia Maroney 鈥�92 talks about her career as an art conservator restoring priceless objects to their full glory.

Melissa Mead smiling and leaning against shelf of gray archival boxes in archive.

From the Magazine

Ask the archivist: Was the Rochester Plan greater than the sum of its parts?

A question for the University of Rochester鈥檚 archivist about the history of the Rochester Plan.

Jonathan Friedberg addresses a large crowd at Wilmot Cancer Institute, with a banner reading 'An NCI Designated Cancer Center' in the background.

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Rochester鈥檚 cancer center earns national designation

鈥淚t鈥檚 an extraordinary moment in the history of the cancer center,鈥� says Wilmot Cancer Institute director Jonathan Friedberg.

Jane Possee stands with her arms crossed in a locker room.

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50 years of helping grow women鈥檚 athletics

Jane Possee has seen the rise of women鈥檚 sports at Rochester while having a significant hand in shaping them.

Aaron Do holds a poetry book and smiles while looking up at Yefim Ravin, who is seen from behind.

Campus & Community

Coursework: Learning Russian in the heart of Rochester

Undergraduates learn language, culture, politics, and customs from Russian-speaking Jewish 茅migr茅s.

Yaofang (Vicki) Liang smiles and looks out the window of JoyMart, the Asian grocery store and cafe she founded and runs.

Campus & Community

Yaofang (Vicki) Liang 鈥�23W (PhD): Pride and JoyMart

Gratitude led a Warner School graduate to open an Asian grocery store and cafe at Rochester鈥檚 College Town.