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Alumnus Bill Bolosky Receives USENIX Test of Time Award
May 30, 2023
The 2023 USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST) has conferred its Test of Time award to Dutch Meyer and Bill Bolosky for their paper “A Study of Practical Deduplication,” originally published at FAST in 2011 and updated for ACM Transactions on Storage (TOS) in 2012.
Continue ReadingLeveraging Computing and Cognition to Tackle Climate Change
May 22, 2023
Congratulations 2023 Graduates and Award Recipients!
May 15, 2023
CS Student Wins People's Choice Award in Annual Art of Science Competition
May 8, 2023

CS Student Places 2nd in 2023 Rochester Carillon Competition
April 26, 2023
Sponsored by the Arthur Satz Music Department, the Rochester Carillon Competition Award was created to foster new arrangements or compositions for playing on the Hopeman Carillon. The 2023 award recipients are
Continue ReadingCSUG Recipient of Award for Excellence in Creative Co-Sponsorship
April 18, 2023
Established in 2004, the award recognizes a program that was co-sponsored by a minimum of two organizations or groups. The co-sponsored program should have been a new effort, one that brought together different facets of campus, and which served to build and strengthen the campus community.
Continue ReadingAlumna Corinna Cortes named ACM Fellow and featured in People of ACM
March 29, 2023
Continue ReadingAdira Blumenthal’s mission is to create assistive technologies
March 22, 2023
In addition to learning about assistive technologies, Adira Blumenthal has enjoyed the opportunity to be a lighting designer, set designer, and stage manager, and to serve on the executive board of ROC Players.
Continue Reading2023 Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards
February 28, 2023

The Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards are a 75 year plus tradition honoring exceptional women from the University of Rochester community and their achievements. The Susan B. Anthony Center presents the awards annually to professional women leaders and University of Rochester undergraduate women. This year, two computer science students were amongst the recipients.
Continue ReadingHow will AI chatbots like ChatGPT affect higher education?
February 27, 2023
Lab Experience During Your First Year in College? Yes.
February 17, 2023

Leadership Appreciation
February 9, 2023

Leadership Appreciation is a time to honor and recognize student leaders and student organizations that have enriched the University of Rochester's community through their self-development, programs, publications, activities, and community service.
Continue ReadingGift Supports NSBE
February 6, 2023

A special thanks to chemical engineering alumnus Shawn D. Rochester ’97 for a generous gift to establish the Shawn D. Rochester Endowment Fund to support our National Society of Black Engineers (UR NSBE) student chapter. UR NSBE is an invaluable partner in helping us attract and retain black students in engineering and computer science. For example, each year, it sends members to the national NSBE conference to learn networking skills and connect with companies for internships and job interviews for fulltime positions. Additionally, it allows our students to meet and network with other NSBE members from across the country and be inspired by black professional engineers in leadership positions in various industries and disciplines.
Continue ReadingA Student Club on the Go
February 6, 2023

The Google Developer Student Club had a fantastic fall semester. Club president Samia Afrin ’25 reports a record 137 new members joined, bringing total membership to more than 360. The Core Team is more than 60 percent women.
Continue ReadingCS Students Amongst Outstanding Hajim Student Athletes
January 16, 2023

Several of our Hajim School student athletes were recognized for excellence on the field and in the classroom during the fall semester.
Continue ReadingJiebo Luo selected as fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
January 11, 2023

Jiebo Luo, a leading expert in artificial intelligence, has been selected as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The academy is recognizing Luo and the other inductees for “a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.”
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