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100 years after the Selective Service Act established conscription, we look back on the University faculty and administrators who helped end it.

100 years after the Selective Service Act established conscription, we look back on the Rochester faculty and administrators who helped end it.

topics: Department of Economics, featured-post-side, QuadCast, Simon Business School,
child with fetal alcohol syndrome looking at multiple reflections of himself in mirrors

Even in children with an average IQ, researchers found that emotional understanding lags by two to five years behind typically developing peers.

Children with FASD, inlcuding those with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND) and alcohol-related birth defects (ARBD) lag in emotional understanding.

topics: children, Christie Petrenko, fetal alcohol syndrome, Mt. Hope Family Center, research finding,
graphic with dandelions inside a book says NEW READS

The hostess of a popular Parisian salon, the role of presidential power, and bullying and aggression among teenage girls are among the topics examined in new books by Rochester faculty. Here’s a selection of recent work.

topics: book authors, Department of Anthropology, Department of Mathematics, Department of Political Science, Department of Psychology, Edward Deci, School of Arts and Sciences, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies,
four test tubes filled with wasps
Science & Technology
June 22, 2017

Wasp venom holds clues on how genes get new jobs

University researchers studying the venom of parasitic wasps believe a relatively understudied mechanism for creating new gene functions may be widespread in other species as well.

Researchers looking at venom in wasp stings think a relatively understudied mechanism for creating new gene functions may be widespread in other species.

topics: Department of Biology, genetics, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
picture of the number five
Campus & Community
June 21, 2017

14 students selected for Take Five Program

Fourteen undergraduate students were selected as new Take Five Scholars, a unique Rochester program that allows students to take a tuition-free fifth year of study in a field outside their major.

topics: Take Five Scholars Program,
pink lockers
Society & Culture
June 16, 2017

Unmasking female-centered bullying in schools

An anthropology professor chronicles her multi-year foray into a suburban high school to study female-specific bullying, competition, and aggression, concluding that actions assumed to be benign should be reclassified as violence.

topics: Department of Anthropology, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences, teenagers, violence,

Public Safety leadership requested a review of current policy to consider an amendment allowing supervisors to use their judgement to respond to any campus area when a rapid response is required for life preservation.

topics: announcements, Department of Public Safety, River Campus Libraries,