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a sign posted outside a business reads PLEASE REMEMBER SOCIAL DISTANCING 6 FEET APART THANK YOU
Society & Culture
May 11, 2020 | 03:59 pm

Social distancing has stabilized, but failed to reverse, the spread of COVID-19

According to a new study by data scientists, social distancing measures like closing schools and restaurants sharply decreased the doubling rate of confirmed cases, but COVID-19 is still spreading.

topics: COVID-19, data science, Department of Public Health Sciences, Elaine Hill, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Medical Center, research finding,
Society & Culture
May 1, 2020 | 05:07 pm

Teaching a large lab class—virtually

Biology professors Dragony Fu and Alexis Stein have creatively adapted a 250-plus-student class—with a lab—to a virtual environment.

topics: Alexis Stein, Department of Biology, Dragony Fu, School of Arts and Sciences,
A detail from the Federal Reserve building in Washington, with the name Federal Reserve etched in stone.
Society & Culture
April 27, 2020 | 11:54 am

Narayana Kocherlakota to Fed: Stop banks from paying dividends

In advance of this week’s Fed meeting, Kocherlakota calls on the Fed to prohibit banks from paying dividends to shareholders. “Banks should be keeping as much capital as they can,” he says.

topics: Department of Economics, economy, federal open market committee, federal reserve, FOMC, Narayana Kocherlakota, School of Arts and Sciences,
Planet earth with a medical mask. World epidemic concept.
Society & Culture
April 23, 2020 | 04:30 pm

Ethicists: COVID-19 pandemic a ‘wake-up call’

Philosophy faculty explore moral dilemmas presented by the crisis and how they intersect with larger structural questions.

topics: COVID-19, Department of Philosophy, Randall Curren, Rosa Terlazzo, School of Arts and Sciences, William FitzPatrick,
illustration of American flag being torn in two
Society & Culture
April 23, 2020 | 12:14 pm

Perception of US democracy tanks after Trump impeachment

The nonpartisan Bright Line Watch research group finds that perceptions of the health of US democracy clearly declined after the president’s impeachment.

topics: Department of Political Science, government, Gretchen Helmke, research finding,
Financial line chart showing economic downturn because of COVID-19.
Society & Culture
April 11, 2020 | 10:05 am

Rochester economist: Without stronger leadership, ‘disaster’ lies ahead

Without a coordinated system of testing, tracing, and quarantining for COVID-19, economic activity cannot resume—and the downturn will be steeper and longer than any since before World War II, says Rochester economist Narayana Kocherlakota.

topics: COVID-19, Department of Economics, Narayana Kocherlakota, recession, School of Arts and Sciences,