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Migrant worker digging on construction site.

By enabling undocumented workers to travel freely between the US and their home countries, it may actually enable them to return home, writes Daniel Reichman.

By enabling undocumented workers to travel freely between the US and their home countries, it may actually enable them to return home.

topics: Daniel Reichman, Department of Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences,
Himalayas climate change environmental history

Work to preserve testimonies of a people and their culture is recognized as an “outstanding model of applied environmental history scholarship.”

University of Rochester faculty earn national recognition for project to document Himalayas climate change and environmental history.

topics: Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences, Stewart Weaver, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies, tanya bakhmetyeva,
campaign finance reform flag primo

Proposed campaign finance legislation is “riddled with claims that do not hold up when subjected to scientific scrutiny,” argues Rochester political scientist David Primo.

University of Rochester political scientist David Primo argues that proposed campaign finance reform legislation does not hold up to scrutiny.

topics: David Primo, Department of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences,
one tied rope among cut ropes

The latest Bright Line Watch survey finds that voters support COVID-19 relief spending, but partisan divides remain over the election and impeachment.

The latest Bright Line Watch survey finds that voters support COVID-19 relief spending, but partisan divides remain over the election and impeachment.

topics: Bright Line Watch, COVID-19, Department of Political Science, Gretchen Helmke, School of Arts and Sciences,
laptop showing three people having a discussion onscreen

The antiracist activist and author spoke on several current issues at the University’s annual MLK Commemorative Address.

Antiracist activist and author Ibram X. Kendi spoke on several current issues at the University of Rochester's annual MLK Commemorative Address.

topics: diversity, events, featured-post-side, MLK Commemorative Address,
Fulbright top producer logo

Nine Rochester students and two alumni were offered grants in the national competition that draws thousands of applicants each year.

Nine Rochester students and two alumni were offered grants in the national competition that draws thousands of applicants each year.

topics: Fulbright scholars,
cross-section image of an organoid

A multidisciplinary collaboration will create a new light-sheet microscope on campus, allowing 3D imaging of complex cellular structures.

A multidisciplinary collaboration will create a new light-sheet microscope on campus, allowing 3D imaging of complex cellular structures.

topics: Anne S. Meyer, Department of Biology, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, grant, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, James McGrath, Michael Welte, research funding, Richard Waugh, School of Arts and Sciences,
archival photo of Mary Young, seating as desk in front of a blackboard, speaking.

At the University for more than 25 years, she was among the first scholars of her generation to see Native Americans as major, rather than secondary characters, in the American story.

At the University for more than 25 years, Young was among the first scholars to see Native Americans as major, rather than secondary characters, in the American story.

topics: Department of History, obituaries, School of Arts and Sciences,
hands kneading ball of bread dough after baker's yeast has caused dough to rise

Rochester biologist Justin Fay studies the complex ancestry of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as baker’s or brewer’s yeast.

Rochester biologist Justin Fay studies the complex ancestry of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as baker’s or brewer’s yeast.

topics: Department of Biology, Justin Fay, School of Arts and Sciences,