Skip to content

Archive

1131–1140 of 3933 posts

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, Mical Raz, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
overhead image of the skyline of Marseille.

The grant supports collaboration between US and French institutions at a time when international education and study abroad have been severely impacted by COVID-19.

The grant supports collaboration between US and French institutions at a time when international education and study abroad have been impacted by COVID-19.

topics: Center for Education Abroad, COVID-19, global engagement, Institute of Optics, photonics,
Logo for Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop University of Dayton.

An adjunct instructor in the University of Rochester’s English department, Melissa Balmain is the Humor Writer of the Month this December.

Melissa Balmain, an adjunct instructor in the University of Rochester’s English department, is the Humor Writer of the Month this December.

topics: awards, Department of English, School of Arts and Sciences,
person takes a cellphone photo of a cat dressed up in a pink sweater and glasses
Science & Technology
December 9, 2020

Can social networks help us be more creative?

Our interactions on social media could encourage new ways of thinking and different perspectives, if creativity was considered part of the network’s algorithms, say Rochester researchers.

Social networks could boost our creativity, if the algorithms steer us to people with ideas and interests different from our own, say Rochester researchers.

topics: Department of Computer Science, Ehsan Hoque, Gourab Ghoshal, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding,
Flagpole with "Meliora" inscription on the Eastman Quad with Ruh Rhees Library in the background.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the University’s October 19 lawsuit, deciding that interim rules from the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor restricting H-1B visas must both be set aside.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the University’s lawsuit, deciding that interim rules restricting H-1B visas must both be set aside.

topics: announcements, global engagement,
Jannick Rolland in her lab surrounded by lenses and other optical equipment.

The director of the Center for Freeform Optics holds more than 50 patents and is considered a pioneer in optical applications in augmented and virtual reality.

The director of the Center for Freeform Optics holds more than 50 patents and is considered a pioneer in optical applications in augmented and virtual reality.

topics: announcements, awards, Center for Freeform Optics, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland,
illustration of winds whipping around the sun

Researchers have used magnetism to determine, for the first time, when asteroids that are rich in water and amino acids first arrived in the inner solar system.

New clues lead to a better understanding of the evolution of the solar system and the origin of Earth as a habitable planet.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, John Tarduno, planets, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, space,
museum display
Society & Culture
December 2, 2020

New exhibit highlights women who changed the world

A Rochester Museum & Science Center exhibit includes nine women with connections to the University.

The Rochester Museum & Science Center exhibit includes nine women with connections to the University of Rochester.

topics: Susan B. Anthony,
protestors carrying flags and signs walk in a line

A new Bright Line Watch survey finds that fewer than a third of Republican voters have confidence in the national vote count.

New Bright Line Watch survey finds that fewer than a third of Republican voters have confidence in the national vote count.

topics: Bright Line Watch, Department of Political Science, elections, Gretchen Helmke, School of Arts and Sciences,