Tibet sediments reveal climate patterns from millions of years ago
The Tibetan Plateau in China experiences some of the most extreme weather patterns on Earth, making it an ideal location for Rochester climate scientists to student the complex web of global climate patterns.
Critical Language Scholarship winners to study Turkish, Mandarin Chinese
Daria Lynch ’18 (T5 ’19), a history major, and Christian Wooddell ’17, an anthropology major, will be heading overseas this summer as part of the U.S. State Department program.
Nursing professor appointed to national alliance to improve HIV care in Africa
LaRon Nelson has been selected to serve as a member of the Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance, an initiative of the Center for Global Health Studies at the National Institutes of Health to overcome implementation challenges related to prevention, screening, and treatment.
Hackathon student makes a difference with data for native Tunisia
Anis Kallel ’17 is already working to improve the education system in his home country.
A tale of two Indias
In the early 1990s, Gurgaon was a small city in northern India. Today, it is a financial hub and modern success story. In her new book Landscapes of Accumulation, anthropology professor Llerena Searle says these cities are more–or less–than meets the eye.
President, Provost, and Medical Center CEO statement on immigration orders
Statement from President Joel Seligman, Provost and Senior Vice President for Research Robert L. Clark, and CEO of the Medical Center and UR Medicine, and Senior Vice President for Health Sciences Mark Taubman.
Message from Jane Gatewood, Vice Provost for Global Engagement, on recent immigration news
The University continues to monitor developments regarding immigration. An information session open to the everyone in the University community will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 3:30 in Interfaith Chapel.
Far from home, welcoming a new year
This year, the Lunar New Year begins on January 28. The holiday can be bittersweet for some Chinese students away from home. Joy Bian ’17 shares memories of her family’s traditions.
Q&A: Catching up with Schwarzman Scholar Jintian Li ’12
University of Rochester graduate Jintian “Jay” Li ’12 was among the first 111 students chosen for the inaugural Schwarzman Scholars program, and is now pursuing a master’s degree in global affairs from Tsinghua University in China.
Global collaboration
University Provost and Senior Vice President for Research Robert Clark and Vice Provost for Global Engagement Jane Gatewood traveled to Taipei to meet with National Taiwan University (NTU) President Pan-Chyr Yang, NTU faculty members and administrators, and several University of Rochester alumni. The University has collaborated with NTU since the mid-1990s, and part of this recent discussion was focused on planning future collaborations between the two institutions, including renewing the formal collaboration agreement and expanding it to student and faculty exchange.