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...

NURDLE ALERT: Nurdles are small plastic microbeads used to make plastic products. Researchers here and at @rittigers.bsky.social have joined forces to understand how different kinds, sizes, and concentrations of plastics affect human health and the environment. #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/44N3QUN

At Rochester, our research is done with purpose, and that’s to make everyday life better: solving our most pressing challenges, adding that next piece to the puzzle, and offering hope. #URochesterResearch | www.rochester.edu/research/

Fireworks over the Genesee, just off our beautiful River Campus Happy 4th of July from Rochester, New York!

A study of fire ants reveals the surprising power of genetics in shaping social organization & group behavior—as few as 10% of the overall colony population is enough to sway the colony from a single-queen structure to accepting multiple queens #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/g...

Welcome to everyone on campus this week for CQS-12, the Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Science! #CQS2025 #IYQ2025 #URochesterResearch

Today is a University holiday as we celebrate Juneteenth, or "Freedom Day!" #Juneteenth2025

Rochester scientists have discovered why bats like the "little brown" can live ~35 years (180 human years) without cancer: unique genetic + immune adaptations Their discovery could help advance cancer and aging research in humans #URochesterResearch

Wishing a joyous Eid al-Adha to all who are celebrating! #Eid2025 #EidMubarak

LASER TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGH: Rochester researchers at @urengineering.bsky.social have designed a new laser smaller than a penny that can measure objects at ultrafast rates #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/3HC68Nh

In a lively roundtable, Rochester faculty discuss the challenges ahead in learning and preparing students for a world transformed by #ArtificialIntelligence www.rochester.edu/newscenter/h...

Today is a University holiday, as we remember those who gave their lives in defense of our country. #MemorialDay

Ever wonder how conspiracy theories work? Rochester political scientist Scott Tyson teaches a course explaining the role of conspiracy theories in American politics, how they start, how they spread, and why people believe them. #EverWonder

PLANET FITNESS? Despite their vast planetary differences, the wave-like landforms on Mars may be shaped by some of the same basic forces and icy processes as Earth, say Rochester researchers. #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/w...

Remembered as “a giant in the optics community,” Joseph Eberly's career at the University spanned 60 years. A pioneering theorist who essentially started the field of quantum optics at Rochester, Eberly was still teaching this semester, up until his death this month at age 89. uofr.us/4dwPScC

Using time-lapse videos as training data, Rochester computer scientists at urengineering.bsky.social have taken a evolutionary step in using AI to produce videos that can better simulate the physical world. Learn more & try your hand at their "MagicTime" model: uofr.us/44KJzQj #URochesterResearch

What a day! WHAT A CLASS!! Congratulations to the graduates, families, and friends of the University of Rochester Class of 2025! #UR2025

O, the places you'll go! 🐝 Congratulations to all the member of the Class of 2025 who graduated today. You made it! #UR2025

“The world out there will challenge you, it will humble you, and it will amaze you. Don’t be intimidated. Stand by what you believe is right. Fight the good fight. Seek out the truth. Strive to make a difference.” Tommy Evans '99, journalist, NPR managing editor, and #UR2025 commencement speaker

Today is the day! You can catch livestreams of this morning's 175th Commencement Ceremony and other graduation ceremonies held this weekend at rochester.edu/commencement... #UR2025

Commencement is NEXT WEEK and we're ready to roll 😎 Graduates, family, and friends can find everything they need to get ready—parking, tickets, arrival times, weather, weekend schedule—in our Commencement guide: www.rochester.edu/commencement... #UR2025

A researcher is a problem solver 🧪 A team of 10 undergraduate students has pioneered a new 3D-bioprinting technology that efficiently replicates useful chemicals found in plants, including those endangered by our changing climate. #EverBetter #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/4iZo2Xr

NEW QUANTUM NETWORK FOR ROCHESTER: Researchers here and at @rittigers.bsky.social have connected our campuses with an experimental communications network, 11 miles of dual fiber-optic lines using single photons to transmit information uofr.us/3ESeqzQ #URochesterResearch

A new tile floor helped make the Sri Vidya Temple easier to clean during COVID but left the local Hindu community with a new problem: the bouncing sound went from meditative to chaotic. Audio and music engineering students at the @urengineering.bsky.social had a solution. #DesignDay

Beep boop beep 💫 May the 4th be with you, Yellowjackets! #StarWarsDay

Welcome to all our newest Yellowjackets, choosing Rochester this fall—we'll see you soon! 🐝 #RochesterBound

GIVE TODAY. SHAPE TOMORROW. On May 1st we come together to make a difference for innovative researchers, ambitious students, compassionate healers & visionary artists who inspire us. Join us by supporting the areas that matter most to you. #URGiving | uofr.us/4m0t9cO