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Virtual model of Rush Rhees Library built in Minecraft bricks.

A team of Rochester undergraduates is creating a virtual version of campus to go along with the virtual learning that’s under way through online courses.

A team of Rochester undergraduates is creating a virtual version of campus to go along with the virtual learning that's under way through online courses.

topics: COVID-19, featured-post, rush rhees library,
Rubber ducks and a ruler illustrating the social distancing concept of staying six feet apart.

While social distancing is key to slowing the spread of coronavirus, people can combat the isolation with technology, say two Rochester psychologists.

While social distancing is key to slowing the spread of coronavirus, people can combat the isolation with technology, say two Rochester psychologists.

topics: COVID-19, Department of Psychology, Harry Reis, Ronald Rogge, School of Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences,
photo illustration of globe surrounded by viruses

How a Rochester graduate oversaw a global effort to eliminate smallpox, an infectious disease that had plagued the world’s population for 4,000 years.

How a Rochester graduate oversaw a global effort to eliminate smallpox, an infectious disease that had plagued the world's population for 4,000 years.

topics: School of Medicine and Dentistry,
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Science & Technology
March 12, 2020

How do you slow a pandemic like coronavirus?

A University health policy expert says the United States is “lagging miserably” behind other countries in its response to the coronavirus. “The major concern is that we will see a large number of critically ill people at the same time, overwhelming our medical system response,” she says.

A University of Rochester health policy expert says the United States is “lagging miserably” behind other countries in its response to the coronavirus.

topics: COVID-19, Department of History, Mical Raz, School of Arts and Sciences,
Ella Salome Wilcoxen

Ella Salome Wilcoxen, Class of 1901, was in her mid-30s when she applied, and a special faculty committee had to be formed to approve her request. She went on to become a teacher.

Ella Salome Wilcoxen, Class of 1901, was in her mid-30s when she applied, and a special faculty committee had to be formed to approve her request.

topics: diversity-inclusion,
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University News
March 4, 2020

Ten appointed to named professorships

Rochester faculty have been appointed to named professorships in recognition of their leadership as reseearchers and teachers.

Rochester faculty have been appointed to named professorships in recognition of their leadership as reseearchers and teachers.

University seal

The Board of Trustees has approved tuition and financial aid rates for the 2020-21 academic year at the University of Rochester.

The Board of Trustees has approved tuition and financial aid rates for the 2020-21 academic year at the University of Rochester.

topics: announcements, Eastman School of Music, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Simon Business School, Warner School of Education,

The University of Rochester community is invited to share comments about the Department of Public Safety as part of a site visit by an accreditation team.

The University of Rochester community is invited to share comments about the Department of Public Safety as part of a site visit by an accreditation team.

topics: Department of Public Safety,
Olivia Hooker

By the time of her death at age 103, Olivia Hooker ’62 (PhD) was an early witness to devastating acts of racist violence, the first African-American woman to serve in the Coast Guard, and a prominent psychology professor.

By the time of her death at age 103, she had been the first African-American woman to serve in the Coast Guard and became a prominent psychology professor.

topics: Black History Month, featured-post-side, obituaries, Rochester Review,
image of a small globe, showing details of a view of Africa.

Rochester professor Gregory Heyworth and his Lazarus Project colleagues have created a 3-D model of one of the treasures of the New York Public Library, the Hunt-Lenox Globe, one of the first globes to show the New World — and to warn “Here be dragons.”

Professor Gregory Heyworth has created a 3-D model of one of the treasures of the New York Public Library, one of the first globes to show the New World.

topics: Department of English, digital humanities, Digital Scholarship Lab, featured-post, Gregory Heyworth, humanities, Lazarus Project, School of Arts and Sciences,