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The University of Rochester is one of the country's top-tier research universities. Our campuses are home to 200 academic majors, more than 2,000 faculty and instructional staff, and some 10,000 students.The University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College, School of Arts and Sciences, and Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are complemented by its Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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Jeffrey McCune, Jr.
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Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr. directs the Frederick Douglass Institute and is an expert on matters of race, gender, and equality.
Black Queer Theologies Performance Studies Masculinity Studies critical race, gender, and sexuality theory Popular Culture and Media Communication Contemporary African-American Literature & Drama Queer Theory
Bethany Lacina
Associate Professor of Political Science
Bethany Lacina is an expert in civil and ethnic conflict.
Migration International Relations Territorial Autonomy Civil Conflict Ethnic Conflict Comparative Politics Ethnic Politics
Nora Rubel
Jane and Alan Batkin Professor of Jewish Studies
Rubel is an expert in Jewish studies, as well as Jewish food and holidays
Jewish Cuisine American Religions, Race and Ethnicity Jewish Holidays Jewish American Immigration Judaism Black Jewish Studies Jewish Culture Jewish food
Vera Gorbunova
Doris Johns Cherry Professor Professor of Biology and Co-Director of the Rochester Aging Research Center
Gorbunova's innovative research on DNA repair and the aging process has been internationally recognized
naked mole rats Cancer Resistance DNA Repair Biology of Aging
Gregory Heyworth
Associate Professor of English and Textual Science; Director, Lazarus Project
Gregory Heyworth is a textual scientist who works on new ways to read ancient manuscripts and maps using spectral imaging technology.
spectral imaging Ancient Maps Ancient Manuscripts Textual science
Adam Frank
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Frank is a leading expert on how stars form and how they die, as well as civilizations before humans
US Space Program Space Travel Science and Religion Evolution of Stars and Planets Physics and Astronomy Theoretical Astrophysics Civilizations and climate change Life on Other Planets
M. Ehsan Hoque
Asaro Biggar Family Fellow in Data Science, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, and Interim Director, Goergen Institute for Data Science
M. Ehsan Hoque is designing and implementing new algorithms to sense subtle human nonverbal behavior
Data Science Human Nonverbal Behavior Interactive Machine Learning Human-Computer Interaction Computer Vision Experimental Psychology Social Skills Training