Recent News
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Recent awards recognize faculty achievements
As part of an ongoing series, we’re spotlighting accolades for URochester faculty.
Can AI want something? URochester awarded Templeton Foundation grant to find out
The funding launches a new institute to investigate one of science’s biggest mysteries: the difference between life and machines.
The biggest misconception about vision? That you see reality
Human vision isn’t a direct recording of the world. That’s why virtual and augmented reality still struggle to replicate it.
Noted photographer and art educator Carl Chiarenza remembered
The former URochester faculty member lectured and taught workshops at more than 100 institutions in 33 states.
Beyond the pitch: The World Cup as world history
A URochester expert unpacks the history, identity, migration, fandom, and politics that collide on soccer’s biggest stage
Bacteria-based bioplastics reduce ocean waste
A team of scientists, including biology professor Anne S. Meyer, is developing plastic materials that degrade in oceans.
Awards spotlight accomplishments of URochester faculty
An NSF CAREER Award, young scholar recognition, and a hall of fame induction are among recent faculty achievements.