Education Eastman Institute for Oral Health Awarded $5.1 Million to Elevate Dental Faculty Training Nationwide By Karen Black Oct. 26, 2026 Building on the success of a pioneering national faculty development initiative, Eastman Institute for Oral Health has received a new $5.1 million federal grant to help strengthen the nation's dental ...
Research The Secret to Funding Success? Tough Love, Mentoring, Powerful Storytelling By Leslie Orr Oct. 8, 2026 Recognized nationally and internationally for groundbreaking research, Wilmot Cancer Institute's Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) research program focuses on cancer symptoms and side effects. In ...
Education University of Rochester to Establish Eastman School of Dentistry, Its First New School in More Than 50 Years By Karen Black Oct. 2, 2026 The University of Rochester will establish the Eastman School of Dentistry (ESD), its first new school in more than 50 years.
People Becoming a Yellowjacket: Turning a Summer Neuroscience Experience into a Degree By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Sep. 18, 2026 For six weeks each summer, students from the Rochester City School District enter neuroscience research labs at the University of Rochester as scientists. Paired with a bench mentor, they are ...
Research Team Science: AI Helps Dentists Practice the Conversations that Matter By Karen Black Sep. 3, 2026 A University of Rochester collaboration is using an AI-powered virtual patient to help dentists strengthen communication, build trust and better respond to patients’ fears and concerns.
Research Researchers Discover Common Culprit in Worst Bone Infections By Barbara Ficarra Sep. 2, 2026 T cell protein could unlock new treatment for the most-feared joint replacement complication.
Research EIOH Awarded $3.1 Million to Advance AI-Powered Oral Disease Detection By Karen Black Aug. 31, 2026 EIOH researchers have received a five-year, $3.1 million grant to develop an artificial intelligence-powered platform designed to transform oral healthcare delivery from a clinic-dependent, ...
Research Clinical and Translational Science Institute Celebrates $29 Million Award and 20 Years of Impact By Jonathan Raab Jul. 29, 2026 The University of Rochester Medicine Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) received grants totaling more than $29 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support ...
Research Honoring a Lifetime of Service: Endowment Established for Dennis and Joyce Leverett By Karen Black Jul. 22, 2026 An endowed fund has been established by former director of Eastman Dental Center Ron Billings, DDS, MSD and Renate Porsche-Billings, BA, MS, NP, in memory of Dennis and Joyce Leverett.
Research New Tool Makes Immune Therapy More Effective in Prostate Cancer By Emily Boynton Jul. 15, 2026 Prostate cancer is often resistant to immunotherapy, which harnesses a person’s immune system to recognize and destroy tumors. But a new technology that targets RNA in cancer cells gave immune ...
