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Society & Culture
September 12, 2018

Creating a ‘citizen economist’

In this episode of the Quadcast podcast, two University professors offer their thoughts on how a fundamental understanding of economics helps us make better decisions.

topics: David Primo, Department of Political Science, featured-post, QuadCast, Simon Business School,
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In Photos
September 11, 2018

Never forget

NROTC midshipmen Vanessa Carollo ’21, and Rochester Institute of Technology students Julie Nguyen and Daniel Sause take the first shift in a vigil on Eastman Quadrangle to honor members of local university communities who were killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)

topics: NROTC,
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University News
September 10, 2018

Remembering September 11

Among the nearly 3,000 people who died during the attacks were six alumni—three who had just settled in to their offices in the World Trade Center; two who were flying aboard United Flight 93 when it crashed in rural Pennsylvania; and one who rushed to help survivors escaping the crumbling towers.

topics: alumni,
group of students in a school gym posing under a sign that reads Soñar Despierto, Annual El Dia del Nino, Children's Day
Campus & Community
September 7, 2018

Competition supports student community outreach

Now in its third year, the Community Engagement Challenge encourages student organizations to propose a charitable outreach program that benefits the greater Rochester community.

The Community Engagement Challenge encourages student organizations to propose a charitable outreach program that benefits the greater Rochester community.

topics: community, Rochester Center for Community Leadership,
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University News
September 7, 2018

Rochester implements restorative practices

In this episode of the Quadcast podcast, experts and scholars in the field of restorative practices talk about their work and what they hope to accomplish through an ongoing initiative at the University of Rochester.

In this episode of the Quadcast podcast, experts and scholars in the field of restorative practices talk about their work and what they hope to accomplish through an ongoing initiative at the University of Rochester.

topics: Culture of Respect, QuadCast,
portrait of people in lab exploring wave particle duality

For 90 years physicists have known that incompatibly opposite properties are inherent in all elementary particles. Now Rochester researchers say they’ve resolved this weird and inescapable wave-particle duality.

University of Rochester researchers say they’ve resolved the weird and inescapable wave-particle duality while addressing entanglement and complementarity.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Nick Vamivakas, quantum science, research finding, URnano,