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Photo of Rush Rhees library overlaid with 'The Meliora Imperative - a self-study prepared for the Middle State Commission on Higher Education'

MSCHE’s conclusion to reaccredit the University was drawn from a review of an extensive institutional self-study, as well as interviews with Board of Trustees members, University leadership, faculty, staff, and students.

topics: announcements,
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on stage

The Institute for Popular Music (IPM) celebrates the 50th year of the Rolling Stone’s breakthrough hit, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” with a special concert January 24. This musical tribute coincides with the launch of a free online course on “The Music of The Rolling Stones.”

topics: events, Institute for Popular Music, John Covach, School of Arts and Sciences,
colorful chart showing the point at which a neutrino interacts with a nucleus

In what they call a “weird little corner” of the already weird world of neutrinos, physicists have found evidence that these tiny particles might be involved in a surprising reaction. In an experiment conducted with the international MINERvA collaboration at Fermilab, physics professor Kevin McFarland and his students and colleagues provide evidence that neutrinos can sometimes interact with a nucleus but leave it basically untouched, resulting in a new particle being created out of a vacuum.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Kevin McFarland, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Richard Fenno

A lifetime of scholarly work by one of the University’s most preeminent political science professors is now available to researchers across the world. For the first time, the papers of Richard Fenno, Jr., Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science, are easily accessible through a new web portal: www.richardfenno.com.

topics: announcements, Department of Political Science, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, River Campus Libraries,
artist drawing of renovated downtown building
University News
December 16, 2014

HTR announces new downtown incubator

High Tech Rochester (HTR) will expand its operations to the center of Rochester, creating $24 million business incubator facility will be located in the Sibley Building and serve as the cornerstone of the city’s new innovation zone.

topics: announcements, community, entrepreneurship,
close-up of a hand flipping a coin

Rochester scientists say they have an alternative to the standard explanation for why order matters when the human mind processes information. Ting Qian and Richard Aslin explain that our tendency to detect patterns is built into our cognitive processes, even when it’s at the risk of overestimating the importance of such patterns. (photo by Flickr user redwoodphotography made available under CC BY-ND 2.0)

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
row of musicians playing trombones, one is wearing a Santa hat
In Photos
December 12, 2014

Winter blast

The Brass Choir and Gospel Choir join forces for an impromptu holiday concert in Goergen Hall.

topics: events,
collection of four historic postcards from Japan

For the last 15 years, professor Joanne Bernardi has collected more than 1,100 postcards, film prints, brochures and other visual representations of early 20th century Japan. But how can this collection continue to grow while allowing other scholars to register and contribute content? Enter the Digital Humanities Center.

topics: Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, digital humanities, film, global engagement, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,