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Narayana Kocherlakota
Society & Culture
October 25, 2017

Interest rates, inflation, and you

In this week’s episode of the Quadcast podcast, former Federal Reserve leader Narayana Kocherlakota offers his insights on monetary policy and the need for diversity in economic models.

Former Federal Reserve leader Narayana Kocherlakota offers his insights on monetary policy and the need for diversity in economic models.
topics: Department of Economics, Narayana Kocherlakota, QuadCast, School of Arts and Sciences,
Donald Batesky holds test tubes in the lab

Back in 1959, early in his career as a Kodak chemist, Donald Batesky was lead author of a paper in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Now the 85-year-old research associate is lead author again, for discovering a technique that had been overlooked for years.

The 85-year-old research associate is lead author in the Journal of Organic Chemistry again, for discovering a technique that had been overlooked for years.
topics: Department of Chemistry, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
three people pose with award certificates

What if researchers could find a way to bypass damaged areas of the brain to maintain the flow of information? That is the problem postdoctoral fellow Kevin Mazurek is working to solve.

What if researchers could bypass damaged areas of the brain to maintain the flow of information? That is the problem Kevin Mazurek is working to solve.
topics: awards, brain injury, Department of Neurology, Meliora Weekend,
Dean Harper

Harper, a member of the Rochester faculty for six decades whose work influenced academic thinking on the sociology of mental illness, is being remembered as a dedicated researcher and thoughtful teacher.

Harper, whose work influenced academic thinking on the sociology of mental illness, is being remembered as a dedicated researcher and thoughtful teacher.
topics: obituaries,
two instructors stand in front of a class with a screen showing a poster for the Chuck NOrris movie INVASION USA

The assistant professor of history is known for having students reenact battle scenes, conduct “rocket” tests, and write propaganda campaigns to try to bring the era of the Korean War to life.

The assistant professor of history is known for having students reenact battles, conduct “rocket” tests, and write propaganda to bring Korean War to life.
topics: awards, Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences,
lighted sign reads STAGE DOOR

A new initiative of the Institute for Performing Arts, supported in part by a fund established by alumni Dan ’82 and Marcia Mantell ’83, makes it possible for more students to experience a professional performance in the city of Rochester.

A new initiative of the Institute for Performing Arts makes it possible for more students to experience a professional performance in the city of Rochester.
topics: Institute for Popular Music,
student lifting a barrel
Campus & Community
October 19, 2017

Student group builds bridges by cleaning Genesee

The Inter-Class Living Community, a special interest housing group that promotes community engagement, turned their sights to the Genesee River this fall, removing more than 300 pounds of waste from the shore

The Inter-Class Living Community, a special interest housing group that promotes community engagement, turned their sights to the Genesee River this fall.
topics: community,
Naoki Toyomura and Seiji Yamashita
Campus & Community
October 19, 2017

Meet the Eastman School of Music’s student leaders

Naoki Toyomura ’17, ’18E (T5) and Seiji Yamashita ’20, ’20E, both dual-degree students at the Eastman School and on River Campus, will serve as president and vice president of the Eastman Students’ Association through 2018.

Naoki Toyomura ’17, ’18E (T5) and Seiji Yamashita ’20, ’20E will serve as president and vice president of the Eastman Students’ Association, through 2018.
topics: Eastman School of Music, Students' Association,