
Partners play pivotal role in pregnant women’s alcohol use, which affects their babies’ development
Rochester psychologists say successful intervention efforts need to include partners of mothers-to-be.

100 years on: The partition of Ireland explained
Stewart Weaver, a professor of history whose teaching interests include Great Britain, Ireland, India, exploration, and the environment, offers an explainer on the partition of Ireland, which took place a century ago.

Finishing doctoral work, nurse practitioner Lynn Cole juggles many roles
A doctor of nursing practice degree is a capstone to a career of helping kids with special needs get better access and care.

Current COVID spike in Bermuda a ‘precedented’ battle against pandemics
Stuck indoors on a tiny island in Bermuda during a COVID lockdown, Rochester historian Michael Jarvis dug into his files to learn more about Bermuda’s previous experiences with imported epidemics.

Oscars seek to increase diversity with newly proposed rules. Will it work?
In an analysis for the Washington Post, Rochester political scientist Bethany Lacina and student Ryan Hecker ’23 offer a spoiler alert.

Is it time for a universal wage for housework?
In an essay in the Washington Post, history PhD student Kevin Sapere argues the pandemic has made it “all the more relevant” to compensate housework.

History project tells a more complete story of Frances Seward
Three women in the history PhD program have completed a video project showing the wife of Lincoln’s secretary of state as more influential than typically depicted.

Rochester Himalayan project receives environmental history award
Work to preserve testimonies of a people and their culture is recognized as an “outstanding model of applied environmental history scholarship.”

Campaign finance reform will not restore trust in democracy, say two social scientists
Proposed campaign finance legislation is “riddled with claims that do not hold up when subjected to scientific scrutiny,” argues Rochester political scientist David Primo.

Republican and Democratic voters agree on one thing—the need for generous COVID-19 relief
The latest Bright Line Watch survey finds that voters support COVID-19 relief spending, but partisan divides remain over the election and impeachment.