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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, 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, 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, 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,
teenage girl writes the word HELP in chalk in the sidewalk near her feet

Among adolescents who suffered abuse or neglect as children, not all entertain suicidal thoughts. So what can we learn about those who do? A Mt. Hope Family Center study shows a strong correlation between poor mother-daughter relationships and increased suicide risk in teenage girls.

topics: Department of Psychology, Mt. Hope Family Center, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, suicide,
David Dodell-Feder looking through a lighted MRI machine
Science & Technology
October 18, 2018

Peering into what goes awry in schizophrenia

What cognitive processes contribute to how we function in a social world, and where do those processes break down? David Dodell-Feder—a new assistant professor of psychology—brings brain imaging, neuroscience, and even music and literature to bear in his research on the science of social connection.

David Dodell-Feder brings brain imaging, neuroscience, and even music and literature to bear in his research on the science of social connection.
topics: Department of Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences,
Asma Al-Qasimi in front of blackboard covered in scientific formula

It is an issue for women in all academic fields, but especially in STEM fields. After two difficult pregnancies interrupted her career studying quantum optics, a fellowship is helping Asma Al-Qasimi get back to the lab.

topics: awards, Department of Physics and Astronomy, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,