Can an app improve your romantic relationship?
Couples report healthier, stronger relationships after one month of using a relationship app codeveloped by a Rochester psychologist.
When do teens lie to their parents (and when do they tell the truth)?
Rochester psychologist Judith Smetana has made it her life’s work to understand how teenagers tick. In her latest study, she finds patterns in the timing of lies and the way secrets are disclosed.
Vicious cycle: Depression as both cause and consequence of stress
A meta-analysis finds the established stress generation model applies not only to depression but also to other mental health disorders.
How Nobel Prize–winning author Jon Fosse was found in translation
Open Letter’s Chad Post on discovering the Norwegian author for English audiences—and the importance of foreign translation presses today.
The interpretation of information will determine Ukraine war
In an op-ed for The Economist, political scientist Hein Goemans and his coauthor argue that the war in Ukraine won’t end until Russian and Ukrainian expectations intersect.
Mt. Hope Family Center awarded $8.5M to continue child maltreatment studies
Funding from the National Institutes of Health builds on the grant given five years ago to establish the TRANSFORM multidisciplinary national research and resource center.
Thriving while living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are a pressing public health problem—and the University is home to one of only two specialty diagnostic clinics in New York state.
Mind the revenue gap
Rochester political scientists have found that the large disparity in state revenue collection between Western and non-Western states didn’t happen until the 20th century—much later than commonly thought.
Unearthing the history of Bermuda’s old capital
Each spring, Rochester undergraduates conduct archaeological fieldwork, unearthing and preserving Bermuda’s rich history.
A colonial history: Jamestown, Plymouth and, yes, Bermuda
In a new book, Rochester historian Michael Jarvis argues that Bermuda belongs at the center, not the periphery, of the American colonial story.