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Scott Tyson, a new assistant professor of political science, applies game theory to the study of authoritarian politics

A new assistant professor of political science, Tyson has been studying political accountability in nondemocratic environments where government officials are sanctioned by nonelectoral institutions.

Scott Tyson, a new assistant professor of political science, applies game theory to the study of authoritarian politics.

topics: Department of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences,
Joe Testani of the Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections

Testani’s initial projects will focus on the coordination of career outcomes, corporate engagement relationships, alumni career data analysis, and development of dashboards and other visualization tools.

Joe Testani will lead efforts to coordinate career education initiatives for schools and units across the University.

topics: Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections, Joe Testani,
Harkness Hall

With a STEM-classified degree, economics students who are in the US on F-1 visas are eligible to work three years in the US and gain valuable experience in the workplace.

With a STEM-classified degree, international economics students who are in the US on F-1 visas are eligible to work three years in the US.

topics: Department of Economics, global engagement,
hand rising out of the grave - a trope in horror films
Society & Culture
October 24, 2018

Horror films offer a psychological thrill ride

Jason Middleton, director of the Film and Media Studies Program and a student of horror films, talks about the paradox of horror—why people seek to be scared as entertainment.

Jason Middleton, an expert on horror films, talks about the paradox of horror and why people seek to be scared as entertainment.

topics: Department of English, featured-post-side, film, Film and Media Studies Program, humanities, Jason Middleton, School of Arts and Sciences,
portrait of D'jean Vasciannie standing between two tall windows in Hochstein School of Music

Traditionally, arts and cultural institutions don’t have funding for student internships, which leaves interested students having to choose between paying jobs and exploring career options.

A five-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation matches students to paid humanities internships with local nonprofit organizations.

topics: Department of English, Eastman School of Music, featured-post, grant, Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections, humanities, Humanities Center, Memorial Art Gallery, School of Arts and Sciences,
rendering of new building annex to Hutchison Hall
Science & Technology
October 23, 2018

CEE receives $1 million grant for campus solar project

The solar and energy storage system, to be built on the roof of the Goergen Athletic Center, will offset energy needs of a new office building south of Hutchison Hall.

The solar energy system on the roof of the Goergen Athletic Center will offset energy needs of a new office building south of Hutchison Hall.

topics: announcements, climate change, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, energy, featured-post-side, grant, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences,
Missy Pfohl Smith relaxing in a dance studio

Newly appointed as director of the Institute for the Performing Arts, Missy Pfohl Smith talks about ideas and aspirations for the institute and discusses the status of the Sloan Performing Arts Center, slated to be operational by Fall 2020.

Missy Pfohl Smith talks about ideas and aspirations for the Institute of Performing Arts and the Sloan Performing Arts Center.

topics: Institute for the Performing Arts, Missy Pfohl Smith, Program of Dance and Movement, Sloan Performing Arts Center,
a painting of the Thames River by Claude Monet, part of the focus Monet exhibition at Memorial Art Gallery

The Memorial Art Gallery’s focus exhibit “Monet’s Waterloo Bridge: Vision and Process” includes eight versions of the same scene, in which Claude Monet captures London’s foggy Thames River landscape. The exhibition includes one Monet painting owned by MAG and seven others on loan from North American sister institutions.

Memorial Art Gallery's Monet exhibition includes eight versions of Monet's depiction of London's foggy Thames River landscape.

topics: events, Memorial Art Gallery,
business and science colleagues around a table with the Rochester Data Science Consortium at the Incubator at Sibley Square

Since its inception in 2017, the consortium has expanded the number of member companies and created a pool of skilled data science students to assist companies on short notice.

The consortium has expanded the number of member companies and created a pool of skilled data science students to assist members on short notice.

topics: data science, economic development, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence,
Aaron Bauer at a workbench looking at a design on his laptop

With a second five years of funding from the National Science Foundation, the Center for Freeform Optics is a collaboration working to develop devices that are lighter, more compact, and more effective than ever before.

With a second five years of funding, the Center for Freeform Optics is working to develop devices that are lighter, more compact, more effective.

topics: Center for Freeform Optics, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Materials Science Program, URnano,