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University Signs Exclusive Agreement with SiMPore Inc. to Commercialize Innovative Membrane Technology
The University of Rochester and SiMPore Inc., a new Rochester-based biotechnology company, have signed an exclusive agreement granting SiMPore the rights to commercialize an innovative, ultra-thin membrane invented by University scientists.
The porous membrane is so thin it's in
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NIH Awards Two Chemists $3.3 Million to Study Basics of Life
Two chemists at the University of Rochester have received more than $3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study some of the most basic properties of how key molecules behave in organisms.
"It is indeed a great pleasure to see two outstanding young scientist
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Member of Historic $1.55 Billion Dollar Campaign Team Joins University of Rochester's Advancement Division
Jonathan Schwartz, an accomplished professional who had a central role in one of the most successful fundraising efforts in the history of higher education, has joined the University of Rochester's advancement division in a senior leadership role as associate vice president for advancem
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Two Physics Majors Win National Undergraduate Fellowship Awards
Two University of Rochester undergraduate physics students, junior Daniel Richman, and sophomore Samuel Harrold, have won the U.S. Department of Energy 2007 National Undergraduate Fellowship Program in Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy Sciences. The fellowship provides outstanding undergradu
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University of Rochester Senior Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
University of Rochester graduating senior Ayman Bekdash has been named a 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholar.
Bekdash will spend the academic year, which runs from September 2007 to May 2008, in Jordan pursuing a research project examining the opinions of secondary school students on the democra
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University of Rochester Alumnus Receives National Fraternity Award
University of Rochester alumnus Richard Rasmussen, Class of 1972, has been awarded the 2007 North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) Alumni Award of Distinction.
The award was presented this week by Psi Upsilon Executive Director Mark Williams at the second annual Fraternity and S
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Gollin Film Festival Showcases Student Works
The winning works from the Gollin Film Festival, sponsored by the University of Rochester's Film and Media Studies Program, will be shown at 5 p.m. Friday, May 4, in Hoyt Auditorium on the River Campus. Named in honor of Professor Emeritus of English Richard Gollin, the competition gives Universi
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Three University of Rochester Students Earn National Science Award
University of Rochester senior Robert Penna and doctoral students Ryan Cowley and Brooke Chuzles have been awarded the 2007 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowships are awarded to outstanding college and university students in
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Stage is Set for Unique Final Exam
Kim Kowalke's musical theater workshop hardly resembles a typical class. Instead of writing papers or taking tests, the 19 students enrolled in this course will give a public performance of what they have learned. Their musical revue "City of Strangers," which serves as the students' fina
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Grant Endows Alan and Jane Handler Scholars
The University of Rochester has established a scholarship fund, the beneficiaries of which will be called the Alan and Jane Handler Scholars, with a $500,000 grant from the Handler Charitable Trust. Alan and Jane Handler Scholars will be undergraduates at the University of Rochester who will be s
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