Category: News
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Rochester Beacon: Awaiting green light as national hub
The Rochester and Finger Lakes region is nearing a decision that could bring up to $160 million in federal funding over the next decade, positioning it as a national hub for optics, photonics, imaging and laser innovation. A coalition led…
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Empire State Development Announces Startups Selected For Round Nine Of Luminate NY Accelerator
Strategic Support and Investment Fast-Tracks Industry-First Solutions within New York’s Expanding, World-Class Photonics Hub Luminate NY is Supported by “Finger Lakes Forward” – The Region’s Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities and Grow the Economy Empire State Development (ESD) today announced…
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NSF explores Rochester as a potential national hub for laser research and development
The URochester-led STELLAR project is a finalist in the NSF’s Regional Innovation Engines competition. A coalition led by the University of Rochester that aims to make the Rochester, New York, and Finger Lakes region a national hub for laser science and development…
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GRE, New York Photonics partner to advance Rochester’s OPIL leadership
Greater Rochester Enterprise (GRE) and New York Photonics have formed a strategic alliance designed to strengthen business attraction, expansion and innovation across the Greater Rochester region’s globally recognized optics, photonics, imaging and laser (OPIL) sector. Matt Hurlbutt GRE is the lead economic development organization for the nine-county Greater…
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GRE Why ROC: Evolvoptic and Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Leading the Laser Revolution The Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) is working on the NSF OPAL project, which will advance the frontier of ultra-high intensity laser-matter interactions. EvolvOptic is collaborating with LLE and developing fast, cost-effective solutions by leveraging Rochester’s…
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STELLAR’s own Tom Brown on GRE Make Your Mark Podcast
Greater Rochester Enterprise · STELLAR – Tom Brown airs 9-25-25 Check out this Greater Rochester Enterprise Make Your Mark podcast to hear from Tom Brown, Professor and Director of the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester and lead…
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Rochester laser project named finalist in nationwide competition
A Rochester and Finger Lakes regional coalition has advanced to the final stage of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines program, a nationwide competition to fund transformative innovation ecosystems. The STELLAR project — short for Science, Technology and Engineering of Laser and Laser Applications…
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RIT, partners named finalist for funding to bolster region’s laser expertise
The team’s STELLAR program advances in the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines competition A Rochester and Finger Lakes region coalition that includes researchers from RIT has been named a finalist for the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines)…
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University of Rochester’s laser program among finalists in national competition
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A program at the University of Rochester has been named a finalist in a national innovation competition. STELLAR, which stands for “Science, Technology, and Engineering of Laser and Laser Applications Research,” aims to accelerate laser discovery,…
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University-led STELLAR project named a finalist in national ‘innovation engines’ competition
The National Science Foundation recognizes the Rochester/Finger Lakes region as a potential hub for laser science and development. The National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program announced that a Rochester and Finger Lakes region coalition led by the University of Rochester advanced…