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University students, faculty, and staff will celebrate Day of the Arts 2015: Silence,which includes five events centered on the question “What is Silence?” This two-day series starting on Wednesday, April 8, explores movement, dance, art, and music.

topics: dance, Department of Art and Art History, events, International Theatre Program, Program of Dance and Movement,
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This journal was kept by William Carey Morey, a University of Rochester graduate who would later become a beloved professor and namesake of Morey Hall and who fought in the Battle of the Wilderness. River Campus Libraries is marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with a series of events commemorating the experiences of Rochester’s soldiers and citizens.

topics: anniversary, civil war, events, River Campus Libraries,
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Therapeutic anti-bacterial agents intended to reduce dental plaque and prevent tooth decay are often removed by saliva and the act of swallowing before they can take effect. But a team of researchers has developed a way to keep the drugs from being washed away.

topics: Danielle Benoit, Department of Biomedical Engineering, drug treatments, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Materials Science Program, nanoparticles, research finding, URnano,
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March 31, 2015

Too cool for school? Not at Rochester

UR students remain unfazed by “character-building” polar invasion, spearhead petition to close down useless tunnel system. While some schools—notably in the Boston area—canceled classes this year on account of a…

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Science & Technology
March 30, 2015

Wearable technology can help with public speaking

Speaking in public is the top fear for many people. Now, students and faculty from the Human-Computer Interaction Group have developed an intelligent user interface for “smart glasses” that gives real-time feedback to the speaker on volume modulation and speaking rate, and have made the tool freely available for downloading.

topics: Department of Computer Science, Ehsan Hoque, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding,
group of men with sign reading $1,206,508,910

On the way to $1.2 billion, the University has met—and is currently exceeding—its campaign goals for faculty ($350 million) and the Annual Fund ($130 million). Campaign support to date has established 93 new endowed professorships throughout the University, which has exceeded the original goal of 80.

topics: announcements, board of trustees, Joel Seligman,
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The National Science Foundation has granted its most prestigious award in support of junior faculty, the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, to three University researchers: Antonio Badolato, Danielle Benoit, and Michael Neidig.

topics: awards, Danielle Benoit, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Science Foundation,
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Combat GIs dominate the history of Americans abroad during World War II. But these soldiers constituted only a small fraction of the unprecedented millions of Americans who mobilized for war. Brooke Blower, a Boston University historian, explores the backstories of a diverse group of noncombatants and their paths into global war.

topics: Department of History, events, School of Arts and Sciences, World War II,