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In a study spanning the first 18 months of the Donald Trump presidency, the non-partisan Bright Line Watch research group found large areas of agreement as to what constitutes critical democratic principles, but little agreement over which have been violated.

Bright Line Watch survey found Trump supporters and opponents increasingly divided on whether the most important institutions of democracy are under threat.

Gail Norris, who has served as vice president and general counsel for the University since 2012 and senior counsel since 2005, has announced she plans to retire at the conclusion of the 2018-19 academic year.

Maddy Wary is a mathematics and brain and cognitive sciences dual major from Hawaii. But during Spring Break this week, she makes her onscreen debut in Triple Frontier, a Netflix action thriller.

Maddy Wary is a math and brain and cognitive sciences major from Hawaii, and this week she makes her onscreen debut in the Netflix thriller Triple Frontier.

The Rochester Women series continues with the story of Sylvy Kornberg ’38, ’40M (MS), a biochemist most often cited as the wife and the mother of Nobel Prize-winning scientists, but who played a critical role in the discovery of DNA replication.

Sylvy Kornberg ’38, ’40M (MS) is often cited as the wife and the mother of Nobel Prize-winning scientists, but the biochemist played a key role in the DNA research that led to her husband’s 1959 Nobel.

Vera Micheles Dean served as the founding director of the University’s Non-Western Civilizations program, one of the first such interdisciplinary programs for undergraduates in the country.

In the first installment of a Newscenter series, we highlight the work of Vera Micheles Dean, founding director of the University's Non-Western Civilizations program

For the first time, researchers at Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) have found a way to turn a liquid metal into a plasma and to observe the temperature where a liquid under high-density conditions crosses over to a plasma state.

In a recent study, participants who watched awe-inducing nature videos or virtual reality simulations consistently reported greater interest in science and greater awareness of gaps in their knowledge.

People who watched awe-inducing videos or virtual reality reported greater interest in science and greater awareness of gaps in their knowledge.

Scholar, political activist, and author Angela Davis, center, arrives at Schlegel Hall to meet with students before her talk, “The University’s Role in Educating Students to be Engaged Citizens,” part of the series Difficult Conversations as a Catalyst for Change. (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)

Donna Strickland ’89 (PhD), pioneer in the field of pulsed lasers and a 2018 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, will deliver the 169th College commencement address on Sunday, May 19.

Donna Strickland ’89 (PhD), pioneer in pulsed lasers and a 2018 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, will deliver the College commencement address.

Political science major Jin Seokjin Kim ’20 (T5) has been selected for the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship program at the University of California, Berkeley.

Political science major Jin Seokjin Kim ’20 (T5) has been selected as a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow at the University of California.