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looking at the Constitution with the words WE THE PEOPLE through a magnifying glass
Society & Culture
April 11, 2018 | 04:44 pm

Political scientists monitor threats to US democratic institutions

“One of the greatest threats to democracy is the idea that it is unassailable.” That’s the tagline of Bright Line Watch, which neatly sums up the group’s motivation. Made up of four political scientists including University of Rochester professor Gretchen Helmke, the non-partisan initiative has set out to monitor democratic institutions in the United States and potential threats to those practices.

topics: Department of Political Science, featured-post-side, Gretchen Helmke, School of Arts and Sciences,
gun places on the keyboard of a laptop
Society & Culture
April 6, 2018 | 08:25 am

Scholars call for more research into gun violence

More than a dozen researchers—from Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and other major institutions around the country—presented at the two-day symposium, aimed at addressing dearth of research data on gun violence.

topics: Department of Anthropology, events, Kathryn Mariner, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
child hiding under sofa cusions
Society & Culture
April 4, 2018 | 10:21 am

Can you erase fear from a scary memory?

The Humanities Center’s year-long look at memory and forgetting continues with a public lecture from neuroscientist Daniela Schiller, whose work on the malleability of memory has promise for people with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, addiction, and phobias.

topics: events, featured-post-side, Humanities Center,
Martin Luther King memorial at dusk
Society & Culture
April 3, 2018 | 03:54 pm

Honoring Martin Luther King

On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., the University will join others across the nation who will ring their bells in tribute.

topics: black students union, diversity, douglass leadership house, featured-post-side, Hopeman Memorial Carillon, Martin Luther King, Office of Minority Student Affairs,
Society & Culture
March 29, 2018 | 02:38 pm

The myth—and memorabilia—of Seward’s Folly

Several generations after the purchase of Alaska on March 30, 1867, the William Henry Seward Papers at the University of Rochester show the supposed folly to be a shrewd bargain.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, history, River Campus Libraries,
wall display in a gun store shows lots of guns
Society & Culture
March 26, 2018 | 01:01 pm

Symposium on gun violence research attracts leading scholars

“The Social Life of Guns” symposium brings researchers from Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Duke, and other universities and institutions to the University of Rochester for two days to spur more research on guns and gun violence.

topics: Department of Anthropology, Humanities Center, Kathryn Mariner, School of Arts and Sciences,
man carrying a box of grapes over his head
Society & Culture
March 23, 2018 | 12:38 pm

Series looks at ‘integral’ role of migrants in America

The Humanities Center is hosting a series of events titled “Planting a Seed: Migrant Workers in the American Landscape,” examining the long, complex, and storied history of migration from the Mexican border to the United States.

topics: events, Humanities Center, immigration,
portrait of Michelangelo
Society & Culture
March 20, 2018 | 11:12 am

Michelangelo lived large—and ‘loved to laugh’

Renowned Michelangelo expert and this year’s Ferrari Humanities Symposia keynote speaker William Wallace has spent his career helping readers to find the familiar in the extraordinary artist’s day-to-day life.

topics: events, featured-post, Ferrari Humanities Symposia,
man walking in fron to building with the sign WORLD BANK
Society & Culture
March 14, 2018 | 04:50 pm

Multinationals pull strings at World Bank

In this episode of the Quadcast, University of Rochester professor of political science Randy Stone talks about his findings that indicate undue corporate influence at the World Bank. 

topics: Department of Political Science, featured-post-side, global engagement, Randall Stone, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
woman with a computer reads papers at a coffee shop
Society & Culture
March 8, 2018 | 04:56 pm

Simon ranked as a top 15 MBA for women

The Simon Business School is ranked number 13 in the United States and number 21 in the world by the Financial Times in its first-ever ranking of the top 50 MBA programs for women.

topics: rankings, Simon Business School,