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The CDC’s vulnerability to political interference is rooted in its role working in health risk assessment, write University of Rochester health policy historian Mical Raz and her coauthor in a Washington Post op-ed.

History professor Brianna Theobald earns two awards for her book "Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century"

Rochester political scientists say concerns about this year’s electoral process are challenging some fundamental ideas about the nation.

New grants recognize the center’s success in addressing complex challenges among vulnerable children and their families.

The University of Rochester’s Susan B. Anthony Center is instrumental in starting an academic journal for best practices and scientific research on combating gender-based violence in South Asia.

Lack of positive feedback on social media can decrease adolescents’ feelings of self-worth, multi-institutional team of psychologists finds.

Researchers find that having a “sexy mindset” makes people perceive potential partners as way more attractive.

The history of eugenics in the United States leaves today’s migrant women vulnerable, argues University of Rochester history professor Brianna Theobald in a Washington Post “Made by History” op-ed.

“[T]he National Football League’s newfound appreciation for its players’ civil rights gestures is likely to be tested by the election season and by fans’ spending power,” says political scientist Bethany Lacina.

Political scientists explore how the November election will be viewed if there’s a split between the popular vote and the Electoral College count.

Latest Bright Line Watch analysis finds erosion “across the board” on measures of democratic principles and how well the US is abiding by them.

While voting by mail would allow tens of millions of people to participate safely in this fall's election, it carries its own risk to the integrity of the voting, say the authors of a forthcoming book on secret balloting.