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Society & Culture
April 7, 2017 | 12:58 pm

Feeling blue? Grab your friends and have fun, say researchers

For those suffering from dysphoria­—general unhappiness or elevated depressive symptoms—a Rochester study has found that experiencing or even just anticipating uplifting events in daily life was related to feeling less depressed that same day.

topics: Department of Psychology, depression, Lisa Starr, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
historic image of soldiers lined up to drill
Society & Culture
April 5, 2017 | 10:20 am

Why did the US enter World War I?

On April 6, 1917, Congress voted to declare war on Germany, joining the bloody battle—then optimistically called the “Great War.” Rochester political scientist Hein Goemans explains why Germany was willing to risk American entry into the war.

topics: Department of Political Science, Hein Goemans, School of Arts and Sciences, World War I,
child with hand in cookie jar
Society & Culture
April 4, 2017 | 12:40 pm

Kids in stressful environments may adapt cognitive skills

A new study shows that early experiences of environmental harshness, in combination with personal temperament, can shape the child’s problem-solving abilities later in life.

topics: child development, Melissa Sturge-Apple, Mt. Hope Family Center, research finding,
librarian with a large table covered in letters
Society & Culture
March 29, 2017 | 02:00 pm

Library acquires unknown Susan B. Anthony letters found in old barn

Forgotten for over a century, a recently discovered trove of more than a hundred letters fills in the political details of how the suffrage movement was run and the women activists who ran it.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, Friends of the University Libraries, River Campus Libraries, Susan B. Anthony, women's rights, women's suffrage,
woman stands next to 12-foot high panel signed with many names
Society & Culture
February 17, 2017 | 03:56 pm

AIDS Remembrance Quilt resurfaces after 23 years

“I knew I had it,” says Linda Dudman of the University Health Service. “I knew it was a very important item to keep, but I never quite knew what to do with it.” Now the 12-foot square panel will be on display through February and finds a new home in River Campus Libraries.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, events, featured-post-side, HIV and AIDS, rush rhees library, University Health Service,