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Close up of an expired parking meter.
Society & Culture
June 21, 2019 | 04:05 pm

Do political term limits work?

Rochester political scientist Lynda Powell, who has studied the effects of legislative term limits since 1995, testified on Capitol Hill about her research findings on the matter.

topics: Department of Political Science, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences,
Young woman in dark building walkway.
Society & Culture
June 12, 2019 | 08:54 am

Trying to stem the tide of rising teen suicide rates

Researchers and clinicians, among them experts at the University of Rochester and the Medical Center, have been working hand in hand to address the increase of children and adolescents experiencing a suicide crisis.

topics: featured-post-side, suicide,
Boston skyline with "d.health aging Americans 2019" and d.health Summit logo above it.
Society & Culture
June 10, 2019 | 12:00 pm

2019 d.health Summit addresses social determinants of health

Now in its fifth year, the d.health Summit will address the non-medical factors the affect health, such as economic security, education, physical environment, employment, social support networks, and access to care.

topics: Aging, events, health care, Simon Business School,
detail from the cover of the book THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: A HISTORY
Society & Culture
May 22, 2019 | 01:09 pm

Has the World Health Organization measured up?

In a new history, Rochester professor emeritus Theodore Brown looks at how well the organization, founded in the aftermath of World War II, has met its lofty mission of ensuring the “highest possible level of health” by all peoples.

topics: book authors, Department of History, Department of Public Health Sciences, public health, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
portrait of the late congresswoman Louise Slaughter
Society & Culture
May 14, 2019 | 12:11 pm

University to receive Louise Slaughter Congressional collection

The family of Louise and Bob Slaughter is donating the late congresswoman’s official papers to the University of Rochester. River Campus Libraries will house, archive, and make available the Louise M. Slaughter Congressional Collection in the coming years.

topics: announcements, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, New York congressional delegation, River Campus Libraries,
Zeynep Soysal.
Society & Culture
May 9, 2019 | 03:30 pm

Where can philosophical thinking help? Everywhere.

Philosopher Zeynep Soysal, who joined Rochester’s faculty this year as an assistant professor of philosophy, works at the place where mathematics and linguistics converge.

topics: Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences,
Jens Kipper poses for a portrait in front of the Romanesque statue of knowledge in Rush Rhees Library.
Society & Culture
April 30, 2019 | 04:54 pm

‘Filtering the patterns that matter to us’

Epistemologist Jens Kipper has joined the University’s Department of Philosophy, bringing with him a focus on the nature of intelligence that spans the fields of philosophy, computer science, and artificial intelligence.

topics: artificial intelligence, Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences,
a sign reads CLASSROOM outside a door, symbolizing the tensions between open freedom of speech in higher education and the safety and inclusivity often embodied in trigger warnings in classroom material.
Society & Culture
April 25, 2019 | 12:50 pm

Free speech and trigger warnings

On college campuses, where safe spaces and free inquiry often coexist, do trigger warnings protect students or hinder free speech? This episode of the University’s Quadcast podcast takes on the growing debate.

topics: David Primo, Department of Political Science, featured-post-side, QuadCast, School of Arts and Sciences,
Paul Romer receiving Nobel Prize
Society & Culture
April 22, 2019 | 11:10 am

Nobel laureate Paul Romer to deliver Gilbert Lecture

Nobel laureate Paul Romer, a former assistant professor of economics, returns to campus to discuss how “economics can offer better answers to the most important questions facing humanity.”

topics: Department of Economics, Nobel Prize, School of Arts and Sciences,