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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.
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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, obituaries, Rochester Review,
image of the small Hunt-Lenox Globe, showing details of a view of Africa.

Dating to about 1510, the Hunt-Lenox Globe is one of the oldest globes to depict the Americas. Rochester researchers created a 3D model to reveal its hidden details.

Gregory Heyworth has created a 3D 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, Gregory Heyworth, School of Arts and Sciences,
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This spring, the University of Rochester’s International Theatre Program dives into the work of Everybody, and it is certainly not your typical theatrical production, with student actors playing a different role each night.

The University’s International Theatre Program dives into the work of Everybody, and it is certainly not your typical theatrical production.
topics: events, International Theatre Program, School of Arts and Sciences,

“It’s in our best interest to make sense of the US and Mexico as places that receive and places that send—that goes for both countries,” says associate professor of history Ruben Flores, who will host acclaimed writer Valeria Luiselli in the latest Humanities Center Public Lecture Series.

topics: events, global engagement, humanities, Humanities Center, Mexico,