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Adam Frank
Voices & Opinion
June 7, 2016 | 01:20 pm

What makes America (and civilization) great

Astronomy professor Adam Frank traces the “line from [Ellis] Chesbrough’s audacious plan to make Chicago a clean, functioning city 150 years ago and the invisible infrastructures hiding behind your cell phone” today. / NPR.org

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences,
Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio
University News
June 3, 2016 | 11:24 am

Rochester Italianist receives honorary professorship

This spring, the University of the Pacific in Lima, Peru, conferred an honorary professorship on Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio, associate professor of Italian in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, in recognition of her scholarly contributions to the field of Dante studies.

topics: Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio, global engagement, Humanities Project, Peru, School of Arts and Sciences,
Caitlyn Jenner
Voices & Opinion
May 31, 2016 | 02:50 pm

Did Caitlyn Jenner help or hinder the trans revolution?

Reflecting on the year since her first appearance on the cover of Vanity Fair, John Cullen and Nick Kapser from the University’s Susan B. Anthony Center reflect on the very public transition of Caitlyn Jenner. / Newsweek

topics: John Cullen, LGBTQI, Nick Kasper, Susan B. Anthony Center,
Kevin Fiscella
Voices & Opinion
May 30, 2016 | 11:07 am

Restrictive housing for juveniles: punitive, not rehabilitative

Restrictive housing—popularly referred to as “solitary confinement”—is widely employed in U.S. prisons and jails. Kevin Fiscella of the Department of Family Medicine examines the risks of restrictive housing, especially for juvenile offenders. / CorrectCare

topics: children, Department of Family Medicine, Kevin Fiscella, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
students and teacher in a prison classroom
Society & Culture
May 10, 2016 | 10:28 am

Rochester’s prison education program aims to transform lives of inmates, undergraduates

Rochester will join forces with the Cornell Prison Education Program next year, as assistant professor of religion Joshua Dubler and his students bring the value of a higher education to an often invisible population while addressing the epidemic of mass incarceration.

topics: Department of Religion and Classics, Joshua Dubler, prison, School of Arts and Sciences,
daguerreotype image of Frederick Douglass
Science & Technology
December 8, 2015 | 12:33 pm

Early Douglass daguerreotype on display

One of the earliest images of the 19th-century abolitionist is on loan at the River Campus Libraries through February. While here, the 1848 portrait will feature in a larger exhibition about the University’s work on researching and preserving daguerreotypes.

topics: announcements, daguerreotype, Frederick Douglass, River Campus Libraries, Susan B. Anthony, URnano,
color guard at Veteran Memorial Grove.
Campus Life
November 10, 2015 | 02:20 pm

Supporting veterans at Rochester

Many veteran students and their families face unique challenges when navigating both the educational and governmental systems. The University’s Veterans Alliance and Veteran and Military Family Services Office work to provide the support that veteran students, staff, faculty, and families need.

topics: Veteran and Military Family Services Office, Veterans Alliance,
parking sign with a graphic of a DeLorean and the words RESERVED FOR DELOREAN PARKING ONLY.
Science & Technology
October 21, 2015 | 06:45 am

Great Scott! It’s Back to the Future Day

In the movie Back to the Future Part II, “Doc” Emmett Brown convinces Marty McFly to travel 30 years into the future from 1985, arriving on October 21, 2015. We take a look at some of the movie’s technological and cultural predictions for 2015 and see how they stack up with the present day, and find out what the University is doing to help make the future a reality.

topics: film,
Uncategorized
March 31, 2015 | 12:44 pm

Too cool for school? Not at Rochester

UR students remain unfazed by “character-building” polar invasion, spearhead petition to close down useless tunnel system. While some schools—notably in the Boston area—canceled classes this year on account of a…