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actors in black, some in whiteface with white parasols

The play opens in Todd Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 4, and is based on the true story of Saartijie Baartman, a South African woman taken from her home in 1810 and brought to London where she becomes an overnight sensation on the freak-show circuit.

topics: announcements, Department of English, humanities, International Theatre Program, Nigel Maister, School of Arts and Sciences,

“The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is currently conducting a review on grants issued by the agency for some 60 merit-reviewed projects, including one from the University of Rochester. Scientific research awarded through peer-review process should not be subject to political or ideological interference.”

topics: announcements, research funding, Robert Clark,
video game controller
Society & Culture
November 10, 2014

Playing action video games can boost learning

A new study shows for the first time that playing action video games improves not just the skills taught in the game, but learning capabilities more generally.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, video games,
Portrait of Mark Constable
Campus & Community
November 10, 2014

Salute to University’s veterans

Financial economics major Mark Constable ’16 is one of more than 80 military veterans currently enrolled as students at the University. This Veterans Day, we recognize and honor the commitment of our students, faculty, and staff who serve or have served in our nation’s armed services, and share just a few of their stories.

topics: admissions, Department of Economics, Department of Political Science, Institute of Optics, Veteran and Military Family Services Office, veterans,
Cathy Minehan posing for a picture with two scholarship winners
Campus & Community
November 7, 2014

Trustee commits additional $1 million to scholarship

Trustee Cathy Minehan and her husband, Jerry Corrigan, have committed an additional $1 million to support the scholarship they established in 2004. The scholarship provides assistance for students in the School of Arts & Sciences with significant financial need, and preference is given to underrepresented minorities, athletes in good academic standing, and those pursuing research in the social sciences.

topics: announcements, board of trustees, School of Arts and Sciences,
three students in military fatigues, one holding an American flag, standing in front of Rush Rhees Library
Campus & Community
November 6, 2014

Veteran and Military Family Services Office opens

There has been a 50% increase in the number of veteran students enrolled at the University since 2010. To better serve those students, and the family members of veterans, the University will celebrate the opening of the new Veteran and Military Family Services Office this Veterans Day.

topics: admissions, announcements, Office of Government and Community Relations, Veteran and Military Family Services Office, veterans,
illustration of planet earth against a black sky

How long can a technological civilization last? Will human-caused climate change or species extinctions threaten its collapse or can industrial development continue without restrictions? In a new paper, two astrophysicists argue that these questions may soon be resolvable scientifically.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, planets, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, sustainability,
still from a movie with a man and woman dancing

This year’s Polish Film Festival celebrates Eastern Europe’s move toward freedom, and the 20th anniversary of the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies, which organizes the annual festival.

topics: anniversary, events, global engagement, Polish Film Festival, School of Arts and Sciences, Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies,
Illustrated building map of College Town. Building 3 is on Celebration Drive, behind Building 1.

Seven University departments and offices — including some offices within Human Resources and University IT — will transition from their current spaces into the new second and third-story office space in Building 3 of College Town, located on Celebration Drive, beginning in November.

topics: announcements, College Town, Human Resources,