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A University committee has been appointed to begin a national search for the position of vice president and chief human resources officer—the first University-wide position at this level.

A University of Rochester committee will begin a national search for the position of vice president and chief human resources officer.

topics: appointments, Human Resources,
Example of an optical chip sensor.

Researchers in Rochester are developing a “completely new diagnostic platform” that could prove to be a valuable clinical tool for detecting exposure to multiple viruses from a single drop of blood.

Rochester researchers are developing an optical chip on a disposable card that can detect exposure to multiple viruses within a minute.

topics: Benjamin Miller, COVID-19, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Dermatology, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research funding,
Image of planet against black.

If trends continue, “the search for intelligence in the universe may finally escape the giggle-factor,” writes University of Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank in a Washington Post op-ed.

If trends continue, "the search for intelligence in the universe may finally escape the giggle-factor," writes University of Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank in a Washington Post op-ed.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences,
Saturn and Jupiter in alignment

In medieval and Renaissance Europe and in the Arab world, it was widely believed that “when Saturn and Jupiter are found in the same area of the zodiac—in other words when they are in conjunction—there are profound effects on Earth,” says historian Laura Ackerman Smoller.  

In the distant past, it was widely believed in Europe and the Arab world that the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction had profound impacts on Earth.

topics: Department of History, Laura Ackerman Smoller, School of Arts and Sciences,
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Society & Culture
December 18, 2020

How to be happier in the new year

Toss out your usual list of New Year’s resolutions and do things that make the world a better place, says a Rochester expert on motivation and well-being.

Toss out your usual list of New Year’s resolutions and do things that make the world a better place, says a University of Rochester expert on motivation.

topics: COVID-19, Department of Psychology, Edward Deci, School of Arts and Sciences,
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Those worst off will likely have to borrow money and then decide which obligations to pay right away and which to delay, says a Rochester economist.

Those worst off will likely have to borrow money and then decide which obligations to pay right away and which to delay, says a Rochester economist.

topics: COVID-19, Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences,
portrait of Ibram X Kendi

Kendi, a best-selling author, professor, antiracist activist, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in America, will give a virtual speech as the event celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Kendi, a historian of race and discriminatory policy in America, will give a virtual speech as the event celebrates its 20th anniversary.

topics: diversity, events, featured-post-side, MLK Commemorative Address,
nurse gives health care worker a shot

Researchers and volunteers in Rochester have been involved in the testing of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine since May. The vaccine study can trace its roots back to decades of research conducted at Rochester.

Researchers and volunteers in Rochester have been involved in the testing of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine since May.

topics: COVID-19, vaccines,
Illustration of coronavirus protein binding to receptor on human cell.

RNA research at the University of Rochester provides an important foundation for developing antiviral drugs, vaccines, and other therapeutics to disrupt the global spread of coronavirus.

RNA research at the University of Rochester provides a foundation for developing antiviral drugs, vaccines, and other therapeutics to disrupt coronavirus.

topics: COVID-19, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Dragony Fu, featured-post, Lynne Maquat, School of Arts and Sciences,
Black child in pink dress looks out a brightly lit window.

A shift starting in the late 1960s has targeted poor families with unnecessary investigations and child removals at the expense of services, argues Rochester health policy historian and physician Mical Raz.

topics: book authors, children, Department of History, featured-post-side, Mical Raz, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,