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The 2020 recipients of the Edward Peck Curtis Awards for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student were recognized for their work in teaching and mentoring undergraduates.

The University of Rochester recognized graduate students with the 2020 Edward Peck Curtis Awards for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student.
topics: graduate students, Melissa Sturge-Apple,
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An online tool to screen for COVID-19 symptoms before employees report to work is being phased in University-wide in an effort to prevent new exposures to the illness from occurring on campus.

An online tool to screen for COVID-19 symptoms before employees report to work is being phased in University-wide in an effort to prevent new exposures to the illness from occurring on campus.
topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, COVID-19, Eastman School of Music, Rochester Restart,
In black and white, scene from Andy Griffith Show in which Opie courts older girl who is playing hard to get.

A University of Rochester study finds that playing hard to get can work as a potential mating strategy—but there’s a catch.

A University of Rochester study finds that playing hard to get can work as a potential mating strategy—but there's a catch.
topics: Department of Psychology, Harry Reis, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Close-up of a health professional's gloved hand holding a syringe while an unrecognizable person has their palm out to reject the vaccination.

In a New York Times op-ed, Adnan Hirad ’20M (MD/PhD) writes that the deliberate spreading of misleading information about COVID-19 “has metastasized among Somalis in the United States and abroad.”

In a New York Times op-ed, a Rochester alumnus writes that misleading information about COVID-19 “has metastasized among Somalis" in the US and abroad.
topics: alumni, COVID-19, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
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When the World Health Organization was founded, the United States saw it as an extension of US foreign policy, says a University of Rochester historian.

When the World Health Organization was founded, the United States saw it as an extension of US foreign policy, says a University of Rochester historian.
topics: Department of History,

Cofounders of the Global Partnership for Women and Girls. Social entrepreneurs dedicated to the education and economic advancement of Muslim women and girls in local communities around the world. As…

Biographies of Sarwat and Nadia Malik, cofounders of the Global Partnership for Women and Girls and social activists for the Muslim community.
Celebration 2020
June 2, 2020

Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)

Susan B. Anthony voted only once in her decades-long struggle for women’s suffrage, and she did so illegally.

Biography of Susan B. Anthony, key activist in the movement for women's suffrage and advocate for women students at the University of Rochester.
Celebration 2020
June 2, 2020

Beatrice Amaza Howard (1909–1996)

University of Rochester alumnus. Teacher. First African American woman to graduate from the University. In 1879, the University of Rochester unveiled a striking marble bust of abolitionist, activist, and local…

Biography of Beatrice Amaza Howard, a notable educator and the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Rochester.
Celebration 2020
June 2, 2020

Amy Leenhouts Tait (b. 1958)

Successful real estate executive and community leader Amy Tait clearly benefited from a stellar education, including an MBA from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester. But, she also learned a lot from one of her lifelong mentors—her father Norman Leenhouts.

Biography of Amy Leenhouts Tait, University of Rochester Simon Business School alumnus, and founder and chairman of Broadstone Net Lease.
Celebration 2020
June 2, 2020

Ruth Watanabe (1916–2005)

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan.

Biography of Ruth Watanabe, University of Rochester alumnus and librarian at the Eastman School of Music who built the collection at the Sibley Music Library.