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Close up of the bodies and arms of two women in saris wearing bracelets and holding electoral commission identity cards.

Female electoral quota systems are designed to increase the representation of women in politics, but may curtail representation in other respects, Rochester political scientists find.

Female electoral quotas are designed to increase the representation of women but may curtail representation in other respects, Rochester researchers find.

topics: Department of Political Science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
social security card surrounded by money

An analysis by Rochester economist Kegon Tan shows that increases and decreases in payments for the affluent affect what they leave behind, not what they spend.

An analysis shows that increases and decreases in Social Security payments for the affluent affect what they leave behind, not what they spend.

topics: Department of Economics, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Doctor wears a mask in a hospital room with three empty hospital beds.

A health care system that prioritizes volume over routine care is “structurally incapable” of responding to the challenges presented by COVID-19, writes Mical Raz in a Washington Post op-ed.

A health care system that prioritizes volume over routine care is incapable of adequately responding to COVID-19, argues Rochester historian Mical Raz.

topics: COVID-19, Department of History, Mical Raz, School of Arts and Sciences,
a sign posted outside a business reads PLEASE REMEMBER SOCIAL DISTANCING 6 FEET APART THANK YOU

According to a new study by data scientists, social distancing measures like closing schools and restaurants sharply decreased the doubling rate of confirmed cases, but COVID-19 is still spreading.

According to a new study by data scientists, social distancing sharply decreased the doubling rate of confirmed cases, but COVID-19 is still spreading.

topics: COVID-19, data science, Department of Public Health Sciences, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, research finding,
National Science Foundation logo.

Seven Rochester undergraduates, five graduate students, and six alumni will receive funding for graduate degrees in STEM, STEM education, and social science fields.

Seven Rochester undergraduates, five graduate students, and six alumni will receive graduate funding in STEM, STEM education, and social science fields.

topics: announcements, graduate students, National Science Foundation, quality education,
Ehsan Hoque in a suit and tie stands in front of Wegmans Hall on an overcast day.

The director of Rochester’s Human-Computer Interaction Lab is one of ten leaders selected to work with the organization on “sparking transformative change to improve health care for all.”

topics: data science, Department of Computer Science, Ehsan Hoque, faculty, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Bolonek family pictured on their farm in Mumford, New York.

The drive-thru event is the result of a collaboration between the University, the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County, Dairy Farmers of America, and local farmers.

The event is a collaboration between the University, the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County, Dairy Farmers of America, and local farmers.

topics: community engagement, COVID-19,
feather-like display of crystals under a microscope.

A student’s dazzling image of recrystallized urea, viewed under a microscope and shot with an iPhone, takes the top prize in the annual Art of Science competition.

The results of the annual Art and Science competition, cosponsored by the Hajim School and River Campus Libraries, are in.

topics: awards, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Student at desk on laptop gazes at camera.

Not every student can go home. More than 700 Rochester undergraduates have been living on the River Campus, in single rooms, since the University closed residence halls for most of the undergraduate population, in late March.

More than 700 University of Rochester undergraduates are still living on campus, in single rooms, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

topics: COVID-19, global engagement, Residential Life,
Logos of David Projects and DAAD Rise juxtaposed.

It’s a bittersweet spring for the University’s 2020 Davis Projects for Peace and DAAD RISE winners. Fifteen students were selected for the summer programs, which have been canceled.

Fifteen University of Rochester students were selected as winners of the now canceled 2020 Davis Projects for Peace and DAAD RISE summer programs.

topics: awards, DAAD-RISE Scholarships, Davis Projects for Peace, global engagement,