
Some Stress Can Be Your Friend
Rethink the way we view our shaky hands, pounding heart, and sweaty palms can help people perform better both mentally and physically.
Steven Landsburg Issues Statement On Controversial Remarks
Steven Landsburg has issued a statement about comments he made in a recent blog post, which were reported widely in media outlets.

Charles and Dale Phelps Endow Professorship
Theodore (Ted) Brown, professor of history, public health sciences, and medical humanities at the University, is the first to hold the honor.

EVENT: Concert Celebrates Polish Composer Krzysztof Penderecki
A concert featuring Eastman School of Music trio Strings & Hammers will honor the 80th birthday of composer Krzysztof Penderecki, one of today’s foremost contemporary composers.

Rare Book Donated to the University
As an exemplar of 1890s fine printing, The House Beautiful also is linked to the department’s holdings in printing, publishing, the graphic arts, and illustrated books.

EVENT: Research Challenges in Civil War Historical Fiction Discussed
Anthony Giardina, an author and playwright, presents the Neilly Lecture, “The Novelist and the Historical Imagination.”

Men Are from Mars Earth, Women Are from Venus Earth
A new study shows that it’s time for the Mars/Venus theories about the sexes to come back to Earth – no matter how strange and inscrutable your partner may seem, gender is probably only a small part of the problem.

Anthropologist Awarded Frederick Douglass Medal
Yolanda T. Moses is a leading scholar on the origins of social inequality, former president of the City College of New York, and one of the driving forces behind the creation of the traveling exhibition “RACE: Are We So Different?”

Rare Books Directorship Endowed
This $1 million endowment will expand the University’s efforts to preserve, digitize, and share historic collections once only available to a select few.

Your Brain on Big Bird
Using brain scans of children and adults watching Sesame Street, cognitive scientists are learning how children’s brains change as they develop intellectual abilities like reading and math.