Imagine #AR glasses as easy and clear to wear as your everyday specs. URochester researchers have developed a new metasurface-based in-coupler that improves brightness and image quality in AR lenses | #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/m...

Floating laboratory coming through! URochester researchers turned kayaks into floating labs on the Genesee River + Erie Canal — collecting real-time data on greenhouse gases where nature meets engineering. #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/a...

"Illiberalism is not just one thing; it’s a collection of ideas and practices." Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and URochester alum Steven Hahn ’73 explores the deep roots of inequality and hierarchy in his new book, Illiberal America: A History | www.rochester.edu/newscenter/s...

Hello, snow! ❄️

This #VeteransDay, we salute 80 years of URochester NROTC—honoring the Midshipmen, alumni, and mentors who’ve advanced a proud legacy of leadership and service.

Supermoon! 🌕 📸 The biggest and brightest supermoon of 2025 over campus this week, captured by computer science professor Jiebo Luo.

🎶 Rick Carl ’19, ’20 (MS) is the designer behind Moog’s acclaimed Labyrinth & Muse synths—now part of a state-of-the-art lab at @urengineering.bsky.social From student to innovator, he’s inspiring the next wave of musicians and engineers #URochesterAlumni | uofr.us/3JG8pII

2 A.M., here we are 🕑 (daylight savings time ends tonight so remember to turn your clocks back, Yellowjackets)

We blinked and October was gone and we need proof it actually happened 🍂📷

Congratulations, iGEM team!! @igemhq.bsky.social @uofrigem.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

URochester biology professors Vera Gorbunova and Andrei Seluanov are uncovering the secrets of aging by studying nature’s longest-living mammals—bowhead whales The findings offer a new clue to understand how humans can live longer, too | www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Add this game-changing tech to the playbook🏈 Biomed engineering major Kade Kauffmann '26 is an intern at @urmed.bsky.social Motion Labs, working with researchers and clinical providers to help athletes understand how they move on the field @urengineering.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social

Seen tonight on Jeopardy! #Meliora #EverBetter #WhatIsBetter

Today, the United Nations celebrates its 80th anniversary—a milestone in global diplomacy. Randall Stone, URochester professor of political science and a leading expert on international institutions, says the UN “is more necessary than ever.” www.rochester.edu/newscenter/w... #UN80 #UNDay

Transferring doesn’t mean starting over—it means starting fresh ✨ From research experience to a flexible curriculum, from leadership opportunities to a welcoming community, students who transfer to URochester find freedom & support they need to thrive. Hear from transfer students: uofr.us/3JizQIy

Wishing a bright and happy Diwali to all who are celebrating this week! #ShubhDeepavali #Diwali2025

Higher education is the 4th most trusted institution in America, behind only hospitals and doctors, the military, and scientists and researchers, according to a sweeping new 50-state study on public attitudes toward universities #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/48yuKlD @rochesterpolisci.bsky.social

Wonder-fall 🍂

URochester scientists at @urengineering.bsky.social are using human tissue on microchips to study how the brain protects itself, and how that protection can break down 🧠 #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/4n1CvnO

You love your team, but have you ever asked “why?” Is it the adrenaline? The wings?🍗 Or maybe it's tradition, family, hometown pride❤️💙 @urmed.bsky.social sports psychologist @cypherpsych.bsky.social says tapping into our “Healthy Why” lets us enjoy the game, win or lose uofr.us/496jSLU

Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 #NobelPrize in Literature His American editor at ndbooks.bsky.social, Declan Spring ’87—a University of Rochester English graduate—is celebrating the culmination of decades of collaboration uofr.us/4qb8aGc #URochesterArts #URochesterAlumni

The same quantum tunneling honored by this year’s #NobelPrize is driving #URochesterResearch @machielblok.bsky.social is building quantum systems that do what classical computers can’t—inspired by the same fundamental questions uofr.us/48o7I0K #QuantumPhysics #QuantumComputing

On this day in 1913, the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester opened its doors 🎉 Happy birthday to one of the best art museums in the country, and one of the few university-affiliated museums that also serves as a community museum!

Ever wonder why the future of computing is quantum? URochester Professor John Nichol explains some of the basic science behind quantum physics, and how applying those principles will allow us to build better computers #NobelPrize

Did the NFL's "Deflategate" scandal actually produce any real, scientific benefits for certain quarterbacks? This weekend seems like a particularly good time to hear more on the physics of football from @urengineering.bsky.social Professor John Lambropoulos. 🏈 #URochesterResearch

New look, same promise: Ever wonder. Ever better. Today, we're proud to launch a refreshed brand identity that keeps pace with the dynamic, collaborative, and innovative spirit that has always defined us. #EverWonder #EverBetter #URochester www.rochester.edu/communicatio...

A joyful and sweet new year to all who are celebrating this week! #ShanahTovah

Almost there.....! To everyone travelling back to campus for #MelioraWeekend, we can't wait to welcome you—when you strike a pose near the letters, tag us or use our hashtag so we can say hello!

When alumnus Benjamín Castañeda returned to Peru, he found rural clinics lacking technicians or funding Back at URochester as a professor, he's developing ultrasounds anyone can learn in 20 minutes #MyRochesterStory #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGMl...

TACKLING HEAD INJURIES: This season, URochester researchers at @urneuroscience.bsky.social are teaming up with the Yellowjackets to continue a decades-long mission to understand how head injuries affect athletes and service members #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/4mdbrl6

Want to improve your #FantasyFootball performance this season? URochester cognitive scientist Renee Miller explains how understanding cognitive biases—like recency bias and the endowment effect—can lead to smarter, more strategic decisions.

THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT! A perfect forward pass is an incredibly complex mathematical equation, says Professor John Lambropoulos—Josh Allen just makes it look easy 🏈 #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social #JoshAllen #GoBills #BillsMafia #BALvsBUF

The ESL Rochester Fringe Festival is almost here! 🎭 We're proud to sponsor such a joyful event, with performing arts spilling out of venues across the city. Among the artists are dozens of URochester faculty, alumni, students & staff. events.rochester.edu/fringe 📸 Eastman Percussion Ensemble

The Tush Push is back! (that's just science) URochester engineers and athletes collaborate to understand the biomechanical forces behind this iconic play @urengineering.bsky.social @uofrathletics.bsky.social #URochesterResearch #NFLKickoff #GoBills #GOJACKETS

Right here, right now ✨ Those are our incoming students, everybody! Find your friends and smile 📸

Your story starts here 🐝 Welcome to Rochester, Yellowjackets! #URochester2029

Our hometown is in the running to be named one of the best places in the country to visit during the fall! 🍂 Vote for Rochester early and often in the USA Today reader's poll: 10best.usatoday.com/awards/roche...

In a medical first, @urmed.bsky.social scientists have manipulated individual cells to help the body repair tendons after surgery #URochesterResearch uofr.us/4lngOO3

Congratulations to Frank Huo and @huogroup.bsky.social for publishing their new theory on how quantum effects influence chemical reactions. It's the culmination of 5 years of work on a quantum jigsaw puzzle that has long baffled scientists! #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/q...

The University's STELLAR project is among the semifinalists advancing to the next stage of the @NSF Innovation Engines program✨ STELLAR focuses on advancing laser tech, education, manufacturing, and workforce development in Rochester and the Finger Lakes www.rochester.edu/newscenter/s...

Congratulations to all the team members at Strong Memorial Hospital, ranked the No. 1 hospital in Upstate and Western NY by US News and World Report! // @urmed.bsky.social

THE ROC IS A TOP CITY FOR COLLEGE GRADS: A new study puts Rochester in the top 25 cities in the U.S. for new college graduates looking for their first job, based on hiring, salary, and affordability #ROC www.adpresearch.com/youve-gradua...

What if Alexa could detect Parkinson's? Grad students at @urengineering.bsky.social have outlined a quick, speech-based AI tool to screen for indicators of neurodegenerative disease It's another way Rochester researchers are harnessing AI for the public good uofr.us/46rdD4c #URochesterResearch

Happy Pride, Rochester! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

In a Rochester story spanning four decades on campus, Stephen Dewhurst reflects on the life-changing research he's seen here, from the development of LASIK eye surgery to the first vaccines for cancer. #MyRochesterStory #URochesterResearch

Each year, over 30 million people have cataract surgery—and Rochester leads the field in developing new approaches to one of the most important procedures for restoring sight #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/40UgKOi @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

Congrats to @adamfrank4.bsky.social for being recognized as a research innovator by @scicoalition.bsky.social! His work in astrophysics at the University, with federal support, strongly advances innovation & American scientific leadership #URochesterResearch www.sciencecoalition.org/2025/07/01/d...

No mountain lion sightings here but we did spot a suspicious tiger... @rittigers.bsky.social #ROC

Welcome to all in the book and authorship history community visiting our campus and libraries for #SHARP2025 -- hope you're having a great conference!

📣 The @urochester.bsky.social Institute of #Optics is a semifinalist in the NSF’s Engines competition for its STELLAR initiative: www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-adv... Learn more about our work to advance #laser tech and applications in the ROC and Finger Lakes region: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/s...