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Matthew BaileyShea teaches his Theory I class.

“Teaching students how to teach music theory is especially fun,” says Matthew BaileyShea, an associate professor at the University’s Eastman School of Music and in the College’s Department of Music.

Associate Professor of Music Matthew BaileyShea is one of the recipients of the 2019 Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, Arts Sciences and Engineering, awards, Eastman School of Music, Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, School of Arts and Sciences,
Ambulances parked in front of the U.S. Capitol Building.

Conservatives have scared Americans into supporting higher health care costs, while shying away from expanding access, writes associate professor of history Michal Raz in a Washington Post op-ed.

Such threats deter people from supporting policies that would expand access to health care or control costs, writes Michal Raz in a Washington Post op-ed.
topics: Department of History, Mical Raz, School of Arts and Sciences,
Jessica Goodman and Alec Salminen each present at University research competitions.

Jessica Goodman and Alec Salminen each took first place at two recent University of Rochester research competitions that limited contestants to brief presentations geared toward general audiences.

Jessica Goodman and Alec Salminen's brief presentations geared toward general audiences each took first place at two University research competitions.
topics: awards, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Psychiatry, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Purple sign on the Hajim Quad with purple flags behind it.

This past February, students from the University of Rochester and 33 other colleges and universities participated in the survey, which was organized by the Association of American Universities.

Students from the University of Rochester and other institutions participated in a survey organized by the Association of American Universities.
topics: announcements, title ix,
Masha Gessen speaks into a megaphone during the LGBT Pride March.

Journalist and activist Masha Gessen will discuss marginalization during this year’s Humanities Center Public Lecture Series. But the subject is also central to the work of several Rochester scholars.

The subject of marginalization is central to journalist and activist Masha Gessen, the second speaker in this year's Humanities Center Public Lecture Series.
topics: events, humanities, Humanities Center, School of Arts and Sciences, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies, tanya bakhmetyeva,

The renewed NNSA agreement brings record funding to the Laboratory for Laser Energetics—$409.9 million for fiscal years 2019–23—and demonstrates the agency’s long-term support of LLE’s mission.

The renewed NNSA agreement brings record funding to the Laboratory for Laser Energetics and demonstrates the agency’s long-term support of LLE's mission.
topics: high-energy-density physics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, New York congressional delegation, research funding,
Most of the 2019 recipients of the O'Brien Book Award pose for a group photo.

The annual award recognizes undergraduate students who excelled academically and in leadership roles during their first year at the College.

The annual award recognizes those undergraduate students who excelled academically and in leadership roles during their first year at the College.
topics: awards, Phi Beta Kappa,
scientists in clean suits working in a laser array.

Three of eight national research grants recently awarded by the Department of Energy were given to researchers at the University of Rochester, which is home to the largest university-based DOE research program in the nation.

Three of eight national research grants recently awarded by the Department of Energy were given to researchers at the University of Rochester.
topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, high-energy-density physics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, planets, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
view of the ocean from space.
Science & Technology
October 10, 2019

Using machine learning to understand climate change

In a vast ocean where direct observational data is scarce, Rochester researchers are using data science to understand how shallow coastal waters and deep oceans contribute to the methane found in the atmosphere.

Rochester researchers are using data science to understand how shallow coastal waters and deep oceans contribute to the methane found in the atmosphere.
topics: climate change, data science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,

Kate Eminger—a director and filmmaker based in New York—is visiting guest director of the International Theatre Program’s production of The Grown-Up, a play that, as she says, “captures this idea that there’s magic in everyday life.”

Kate Eminger—a director and filmmaker based in New York—is visiting guest director of the International Theatre Program's production of "The Grown-Up."
topics: humanities, Institute for the Performing Arts, International Theatre Program, School of Arts and Sciences,