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With an outbreak of coronavirus making for an unusual travel season, Rochester faculty describe the traditions—and logistical challenges—as more than 1.3 billion Chinese go on vacation at the same time to mark the new year.

With an outbreak of coronavirus making for an unusual travel season, Rochester faculty describe the traditions—and challenges—as more than 1.3 billion Chinese go on vacation at the same time.

This tiny book was acquired by the Smithsonian in 1925. It’s made up of 147 folios of parchment, or treated animal hide, stitched together. The “over text”—the visible text—is of an Armenian prayer book, suspected to date from the 15th century. But there is also an “under text”—a work that was erased to recycle the parchment for the over text. The Smithsonian has turned to University of Rochester professor Gregory Heyworth and his Lazarus Project to help solve the mystery of what that long-ago effaced text might be.

The Smithsonian has turned to University of Rochester professor Gregory Heyworth to help solve the mystery of the text beneath the text.

Professor John Tarduno has analyzed zircon crystals collected from sites in Australia—the oldest known terrestrial materials—to construct a timeline of Earth’s magnetic field, finding that the field was stronger than previously believed.

Professor John Tarduno has analyzed zircon crystals—the oldest known terrestrial materials—to construct a timeline of Earth's magnetic field.

With a fast-paced plot and more conservative themes, The Rise of Skywalker avoided the online trolling that greeted its predecessor, argues associate professor of political science Bethany Lacina in the Washington Post.

With a fast-paced plot and more conservative themes, The Rise of Skywalker avoided online trolling, writes associate professor Bethany Lacina in the WaPo.

Members of the University of Rochester community lend their voices to the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., reflecting the power of his message more than fifty years after his death.

Members of the University community lend their voices to the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., reflecting the power of his message.

Alexander is vice president for enrollment and communications at Millsaps College, a nationally ranked private liberal arts institution in Jackson, Mississippi. He will begin at the University on June 1.

Alexander is vice president for enrollment and communications at Millsaps College. He will begin at the University on June 1.

Thirty percent of the 20 tenure-track faculty members in the University’s Department of Mathematics are now AMS Fellows.  

The University’s Department of Public Safety is joining a nationwide community policing effort by installing “cruise lights” on their fleet of vehicles, adding to officers’ visibility as they provide service to the University community.

Amid growing alarm over the plastic that pollutes our environment, biomedical and optics researchers are devising ways to quickly detect microplastics in drinking water to better understand their potential impacts on human health.

Amid alarm over the plastic that pollutes our environment, biomedical and optics researchers are devising ways to detect microplastics in drinking water.

Teenagers in the US don’t get enough shut eye, and the consequences of this epidemic of sleep deprivation are extensive. But researchers at the University of Rochester have found that a simple solution yields solid results: setting a bedtime and sticking to it.

Researchers at the University of Rochester have found that a simple solution yields solid results for teens and sleep: setting a bedtime and sticking to it.