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The Arts
November 22, 2017

Octavia opens at Todd Theater

The International Theatre Program closes its fall semester with the production of the rarely staged play Octavia, directed by Obie Award-winning guest director Ken Rus Schmoll.

International Theatre Program closes its fall semester with the rarely staged play Octavia, directed by Obie Award-winning director Ken Rus Schmoll

topics: featured-post, Institute for the Performing Arts, International Theatre Program, School of Arts and Sciences,
man sitting along on a red couch, drinking tea

In a series of experiments, Rochester psychologists found that people who sat alone without devices for 15 minutes and chose what to think about experienced the positive effects of solitude: feeling calmer and less anxious, without feeling lonely or sad.

Psychologists found that people who sat alone for 15 minutes experienced the positive effects of solitude: calmer and less anxious, without feeling lonely.

topics: Department of Psychology, Edward Deci, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
a mountainside plateau filled with dozens of giant water tanks.

Scientists at the HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory have ruled out two pulsars as the source of an unexpectedly large presence of positrons in our corner of the galaxy. Could they come from something more complex and exotic: dark matter?

Scientists have ruled out two pulsars as a source of unexpectedly large presence of positrons in our corner of the galaxy. Could they come from dark matter?

topics: dark matter, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Segev BenZvi,
aerial view of Rochester neighborhood houses

As of fall 2017, approximately 430 employees have closed on homes as the program continues to help first-time home-buyers purchase homes in Rochester’s historic neighborhoods.

As of fall 2017, nearly 430 employees have closed on homes as the program continues helping home-buyers purchase homes in Rochester's historic neighborhoods

topics: community,
large group of students walking across campus
University News
November 15, 2017

University’s global connections keep growing

The University rose to number 73 in the annual Open Doors report on international student enrollment, and Forbes ranks Rochester number 27 in its list of “50 Best U.S. Colleges for International Students 2017.”

topics: featured-post, global engagement, rankings,

University and Simon Business school teams will compete this Saturday for a place in the Hult Prize competition, the largest social entrepreneurship competition in the world.

University and Simon School teams will compete for a place in the Hult Prize competition, the largest social entrepreneurship competition in the world.

topics: Ain Center for Entrepreneurship, Hult Prize, Simon Business School,
two women in a community kitchen, talking about the recipe they are making
In Photos
November 15, 2017

One language, one recipe

Aylin Tunay-Ustunkok, right, associate director in Event and Classroom Management, and Turkish lecturer Abby Comstock-Gay prepare Nasıl Yapılır, a traditional Turkish lentil soup, during the Language Center’s “One Language, One Recipe” event in the Community Kitchen in the Frederick Douglass Building.  (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)

Aylin Tunay-Ustunkok and Abby Comstock-Gay prepare Nasıl Yapılır, a Turkish lentil soup, during the Language Center's “One Language, One Recipe” event.