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a large wooden wheel holds multiple book shelves and rotates on a series of gears.
Society & Culture
February 18, 2019 | 03:49 pm

Turning the gears of an early modern search engine

A collaboration between librarians and engineering students, the book wheel in Rossell Hope Robbins Library is a recreation of a 16th-century design, solving the problem of needing access to multiple books at the same time.

topics: Anna Siebach-Larsen, Department of English, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, Gregory Heyworth, Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Koller-Collins Center for English Studies, Middle Ages, River Campus Libraries, Rossell Hope Robbins Library, School of Arts and Sciences,
A protester holding a sign that reads I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
Quadcast
February 7, 2019 | 04:11 pm

What’s the problem with civility?

Three Rochester professors discuss the nature of America’s political and social divide and offer ideas on how higher education might help bridge the widening gap.

topics: David Primo, Department of Art and Art History, featured-post-side, Humanities Center, Joan Saab, Kevin Meuwissen, School of Arts and Sciences, Warner School of Education,
close-up of Superman action figure
Society & Culture
February 1, 2019 | 02:05 pm

Superman at 80

The iconic superhero, who turned 80 in 2018, has come in and out of fashion. Historian and Rochester alumnus Ian Gordon ’93 (PhD) explores why.

topics: Rochester Review,
pen-and-ink illustration in the margin of a handwritten letter shows a woman looking sadly out a window
Society & Culture
January 28, 2019 | 11:41 am

‘Drifting open eyed into insanity’

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation has acquired a remarkable collection of 52 personal letters from author and early feminist reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who minces no words when it comes to motherhood, marriage, and depression.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post, River Campus Libraries, women's rights,
a test showing four close-ups of four sets of eyes, each one labeled with four choices of emotion. The first is labelled: joking, insisting, amused, or relaxed. The second is labeled: irritated, thoughtful, encouraging, or sympathetic. The third is labeled:jealous, insisting, amused, or relaxed. The fourth is labeled: sarcastic, stern, suspicious, dispirited.
Society & Culture
January 24, 2019 | 01:47 pm

Common test of mental state understanding is biased

A new Rochester study has shown that a widely accepted test for assessing a patient’s ability to understand the mental state of another is biased against the less educated and against racial and ethnic minorities.

topics: David Dodell-Feder, Department of Psychology, diversity, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
the Apple logo on a large sign on the side of a building, as a man walks past with an iphone to his ear
Society & Culture
January 9, 2019 | 11:51 am

Has Apple lost its sweet spot?

For the first time in more than 15 years, Apple issued a reduction in its quarterly revenue forecast this December. Simon Business School professor Abraham Seidmann believes the market has overreacted.

topics: Abraham Seidmann, Simon Business School,