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group of students in the foreground making gestures and movements with hands and arms as another group of students stands in a semicircle behind them
Campus & Community
January 10, 2019

Public health joins dance to put arts into action

In an effort to understand how to initiate change in a community, students in an Arts and Activism course, and their counterparts in an Environmental Health and Justice course, met up in Rochester dance studio to create some new moves.

In an effort to understand how to initiate change in a community, students met up in Rochester dance studio to create some new moves.
topics: community, Department of Environmental Medicine, Katrina Korfmacher, Program of Dance and Movement, School of Arts and Sciences,
exterior of tall, glass building with the Amazon logo on the side representing Amazon HQ2 finalists

Research from the Simon Business School suggests that start-up and entrepreneurial activity increased in the 20 cities considered as locations for Amazon’s second headquarters.

Research from the Simon Business School suggests that start-up activity increased in the 20 cities considered as Amazon HQ2 finalist second headquarters locations.
topics: entrepreneurship, research finding, Simon Business School,
the Apple logo on a large sign on the side of a building, as a man walks past with an iphone to his ear
Society & Culture
January 9, 2019

Has Apple lost its sweet spot?

For the first time in more than 15 years, Apple issued a reduction in its quarterly revenue forecast this December. Simon Business School professor Abraham Seidmann believes the market has overreacted.

For the first time in more than 15 years, Apple issued a reduction in its revenue forecast. Then the market overreacted, says Simon School professor Abraham Seidmann.
topics: Simon Business School,
pianist and singer on stage

The rare song, scored for voice and piano, probably hasn’t been performed in more than a hundred years, with only two known copies of the sheet music in the world. The only known copy in America now resides at the University of Rochester.

There are only two known copies of the sheet music in the world. The only known copy in America now resides at the University of Rochester.
topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, Frederick Douglass, River Campus Libraries,
close-up of woman whispering into a man's ear, as if flirting or initiating sex in a relationship.

Sexual desire can encourage behaviors that bring potential romantic partners closer, according to research.

A budding relationship or just a one-night stand? Sexual desire can encourage behaviors that bring potential romantic partners closer.
topics: Department of Psychology, Harry Reis, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
two voting booths, with curtains drawn, one red and one blue, with a blue and red balloon over each to illustrate the concent of a democrat vs republican voter.

Democrat vs Republican: What matters most to voters? URochester researchers find that party loyalty can outweigh policy positions and democratic principles. 

Democrat vs Republican: What matters most to voters? URochester researchers find that party loyalty can outweigh policy positions and democratic principles. 
topics: alumni, Department of Political Science, Gretchen Helmke, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
man writing equations on a transparent writing board

The MBA program at the Simon Business School, the only program in the US to offer a STEM designation in every area of specialization, has been named the “Program of the Year” for 2018 by Poets & Quants, a leading online news source covering the graduate business education market.

The MBA program at the Simon Business School has been named the “Program of the Year” for 2018 by Poets & Quants.
topics: announcements, rankings, Simon Business School,
collage of candy conversation hearts, one of them says SWIPE RIGHT
Voices & Opinion
January 3, 2019

Love in the time of Tinder

More than one-third of the sample in a recent survey by associate professor of psychology Ronald Rogge used dating apps. Rogge joined professor Harry Reis on WXXI to discuss this and other changes in dating culture.

More than one-third of the sample in a recent survey by associate professor of psychology Ronald Rogge used dating apps.
topics: Department of Psychology, Harry Reis, relationships, Ronald Rogge,
a black and white dog and a black and white cat stare out at the camera, illustrating two things that look alike but are different
Science & Technology
January 2, 2019

What makes a species different?

New Rochester research points to the presence of “selfish genes,” whose flow among species may dictate whether two species converge or diverge.

New Rochester research points to the presence of “selfish genes,” whose flow among species may dictate whether two species converge or diverge.
topics: Department of Biology, genetics, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,