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Catherine Cerulli
Society & Culture
June 12, 2020 | 04:29 pm

Susan B. Anthony Center director selected for national fellowship

Psychiatry professor Catherine (Kate) Cerulli will work with national health and health policy leaders as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow.

topics: Department of Psychiatry, Kate Cerulli, Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization, Susan B. Anthony Center,
professor teaching prison inmates
Society & Culture
June 12, 2020 | 12:00 pm

University prison education initiative awarded major grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The University’s cornerstone prison education initiative receives a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to expand and further develop its programming.

topics: community service, Department of Religion and Classics, Eitan Freedenberg, featured-post-side, Joshua Dubler, Precious Bedell, prison, Rochester Education Justice Initiative, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
June 9, 2020 | 03:03 pm

Graduating students: Lean on University community

University of Rochester students graduating in a recession need to cast a wide net and lean on the University community during the search process, says Greene Center executive director Joe Testani.

topics: COVID-19, Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections, Joe Testani, recovery, restart,
In black and white, scene from Andy Griffith Show in which Opie courts older girl.
Society & Culture
June 8, 2020 | 10:09 am

Why ‘playing hard to get’ may actually work

“Playing hard to get makes it seem as if you are more in demand—we call that having higher mate value,” says Harry Reis, a University of Rochester psychologist who collaborated on a new study that examined the mating strategy.

topics: Department of Psychology, Harry Reis, relationships, School of Arts and Sciences,
Ghostly photo of icebergs in fog at night.
Society & Culture
May 27, 2020 | 10:37 am

A ‘different kind of wonder’

The European Renaissance’s engagement with the Arctic is a little-known chapter of history but a relevant one today, when the region once again has become a site of anxious attention.

topics: Christopher Heuer, Department of Art and Art History, featured-post-side, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, Renaissance, School of Arts and Sciences,
color guard at Veteran Memorial Grove.
Society & Culture
May 21, 2020 | 11:34 am

‘For some of us, every day is Memorial Day’

Members of the University of Rochester community have served in the United States military—and lost their lives in that service—almost since the University was founded in 1850.

topics: featured-post, Memorial Day, NROTC, veterans,
Four lollipops with cartoon eyes and facial expressions on pink background.
Society & Culture
May 19, 2020 | 11:21 am

Reading your partner’s emotions correctly when it matters

A new study shows that couples who accurately perceive appeasement emotions, such as embarrassment, have better relationships than those who feel anger or contempt.

topics: Bonnie Le, Department of Psychology, relationships, School of Arts and Sciences,
Close up of the bodies and arms of two women in saris wearing bracelets and holding electoral commission identity cards.
Society & Culture
May 12, 2020 | 01:27 pm

Women quotas in politics lead to unintended consequences

Female electoral quota systems are designed to increase the representation of women in politics, but may curtail representation in other respects, Rochester political scientists find.

topics: Alexander Lee, Department of Political Science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,