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Close-up of a health professional's gloved hand holding a syringe while an unrecognizable person has their palm out to reject the vaccination.
Voices & Opinion
June 5, 2020 | 01:03 pm

Time to combat coronavirus disinformation in ethnic communities

In a New York Times op-ed, Adnan Hirad ’20M (MD/PhD) writes that the deliberate spreading of misleading information about COVID-19 “has metastasized among Somalis in the United States and abroad.”

topics: alumni, COVID-19, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Faded American flag on medical mask.
Voices & Opinion
April 1, 2020 | 03:14 pm

Will COVID-19 finally spur a revamp of US health care?

The coronavirus pandemic “has exposed the limits of such an individualistic approach” to health care, writes University health policy historian Mical Raz in the Washington Post.

topics: COVID-19, Department of History, health care, Mical Raz, public health, School of Arts and Sciences,
large airplane passing very closely behind Rush Rhees Library tower.
In Photos
December 19, 2019 | 12:41 pm

2019: The year in pictures

As 2019 winds down, we asked University photographer J. Adam Fenster to share some of his top selections from among the many thousands of pictures he captured this year, and his thoughts about what makes each one special.

topics: featured-post,
child looks at marble bust of Abraham Lincoln in a museum.
Voices & Opinion
April 12, 2019 | 09:27 am

What historical artifacts like the ‘Lincoln bullet’ mean

Associate Professor of History Larry Hudson, a specialist in 19th-century African-American history whose scholarly interests include the Civil War, answers questions about the significance and meaning of the bullet that killed President Abraham Lincoln.

topics: Department of History, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
student in a GO GREEN t-shirt poses next to containers for different types of recycling -- recycle, compost, trash
Campus Life
January 17, 2019 | 12:29 pm

Rochester wins national GameDay Recycling Challenge for 2018

The University of Rochester is the national champion in the diversion category of the most recent National GameDay Recycling Challenge, the nation’s premier collegiate football waste reduction competition.

topics: athletics, awards, Dining Services, Facilities and Services, sustainability,
Summer Sustainability Fellows asked Rochester resident to complete a climate change survey.
Campus Life
July 18, 2018 | 01:10 pm

Hot town, Summer Sustainability Fellows in the city

How will climate change affect the health and well-being of City of Rochester residents? This summer, students in a new sustainability fellowship program worked with city officials to help answer the question.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, climate change, community, Department of Environmental Medicine, Katrina Korfmacher, public health, sustainability,
Campus Life
May 11, 2018 | 01:13 pm

A local polyglot prepares to globe-trot

Rochester native Cherish Blackman has always had a knack for languages. “I wanted to study languages that weren’t very close to English,” she recalls. The double major in Russian and East Asian studies is heading to China next year, but is bringing her Spanish books with her.

topics: Class of 2018, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, East Asian Studies, Russian Studies, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
March 29, 2018 | 02:38 pm

The myth—and memorabilia—of Seward’s Folly

Several generations after the purchase of Alaska on March 30, 1867, the William Henry Seward Papers at the University of Rochester show the supposed folly to be a shrewd bargain.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, history, River Campus Libraries,