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As we prepare to confer their degrees this week, we’re celebrating this year’s graduates by highlighting members of the class and their accomplishments.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.