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still from a video shows a doctor sitting in an office setting
Science & Technology
February 13, 2018 | 01:13 pm

Virtual reality app offers personalized psychotherapy

A multidisciplinary team of University doctors, engineers, and musicians is working together to create an immersive, customized experience that brings cognitive-behavioral therapy to a patient’s smartphone.

topics: augmented reality, data science, Department of Psychiatry, Eastman School of Music, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, interdisciplinary, Jiebo Luo, Matthew Brown, mental health, Michael Hasselberg, mobile app, virtual reality,
woman wearing virtual reality goggles in front of a computer screen showing an image of a brain
Science & Technology
February 13, 2018 | 12:40 pm

Training brains—young and old, sick and healthy—with virtual reality

Rochester researchers are using virtual reality-based brain training to better understand the brain’s plasticity in athletes who have experienced concussions and older adults with mild cognitive impairments. The goal? Improved therapeutic treatments patients can do at home.

topics: augmented reality, brain injury, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Emergency Medicine, Duje Tadin, featured-post-side, Feng (Vankee) Lin, interdisciplinary, Jeffrey Bazarian, reality, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing, video games, virtual reality,
groundhog eating flowers
Campus Life
February 1, 2018 | 02:49 pm

Happy Marmota monax Day

Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, have entrenched themselves in the environment and culture of the University. To mark Groundhog Day this year, here are three things you might not know about our furry cohabitants at Rochester.

topics: University Horticulture & Grounds,
detail from a letter from Susan B. Anthony
Society & Culture
January 22, 2018 | 11:58 am

Can you read my handwriting?

We dug into our special collections to highlight a sampling of hand lettering, from ancient hieroglyphs to modern conscripts.

topics: Department of English, Department of Linguistics, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, Memorial Art Gallery, School of Arts and Sciences,
Rochester skyline
Society & Culture
October 2, 2017 | 01:31 pm

Engaging the Rochester community in research

When we think of research, many of us picture test tubes in a laboratory or manuscripts in a library. But some research projects—especially in the fields of health, education, and the social sciences—involve people as they go about their daily lives. How, then, can the University conduct community-engaged projects that are effective, evidence-based, and sustainable? Rochester students, researchers, and community members explored this question as part of the fifth annual Community Engagement Symposium.

topics: Andrew Aligne, community, Department of Public Health Sciences, featured-post-side, Hoekelman Center, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, public health,
Three female Simon Business School graduates
Voices & Opinion
August 26, 2017 | 08:14 am

How business schools can help women attain leadership roles

Women’s Equality Day annually marks the adoption of the 19th Amendment. But nearly one hundred years later, “women are far from equally represented in corporate leadership ranks,” writes Rebekah Lewin, assistant dean of admissions and financial aid at the Simon Business School.

topics: Rebekah Lewin, Simon Business School, women's rights,
people looking at large wall of colorful computer displays
Uncategorized
August 22, 2017 | 04:39 pm

Making Rochester an epicenter of light and sound innovation

Rochester has the unique potential to become an international hub for light and sound innovation, according to Joel Seligman and David Munson, presidents of the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology, respectively.

topics: augmented reality, Joel Seligman, Light and Sound Interactive, virtual reality,
students stands in front of wall mural painted with the words ROCHESTER, NY
In Photos
August 3, 2017 | 12:51 pm

Creating communal spaces through public art

As part of the Take Five Scholars Program, Madison Carter ’18 is researching how public art—such as murals, sculptures, even performance art—influences social interactions in the city of Rochester.

This summer, the English literature and environmental studies major is interning with Richard Margolis, a well-known area photographer who documents art, architecture, and landmarks, and then compiles them into searchable databases. Carter is contributing to the descriptions of each piece of public art, researching the stories associated with their creation, and contacting the artists themselves for their input. She is also identifying additional works of public art to include in the database. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Department of English, School of Arts and Sciences, summer-of-research-2017, Take Five Scholars Program, undergraduate research,
group of marchers in Pride Parade pose with the Rocky yellowjacket mascot
In Photos
July 17, 2017 | 10:50 am

Happy Pride, Rochester!

Sunshine, cheery faces, and colorful attire were on full display at this weekend’s Pride Parade, with the University represented by the Susan B. Anthony Center and a contingent of students, staff, and friends. The parade was the culmination of the week-long ROC Pridefest, sponsored by Rochester’s Gay Alliance—an organization with roots going back to the creation of the Rochester Gay Liberation Front, founded by two Rochester students in 1970.

topics: community, events, LGBTQI, Susan B. Anthony Center,