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October 6, 2017 | 10:51 am

Wilson Day is rite of autumn for first-year students

Wilson Day enables first-year students to learn about the Rochester community during orientation, as they help out at nearly 100 local agencies, including schools, churches, nursing homes, museums, and more.

topics: community, Rochester Center for Community Leadership, Wilson Day,
mom and toddler hugging
Society & Culture
October 4, 2017 | 03:33 pm

At-risk families find research-driven services at Mt. Hope Family Center

The Mt. Hope Family Center sits on a two-way street. Its researchers and clinicians have provided evidence-based services to at-risk families, while training the next generation of clinicians and research scientists.

topics: community, Department of Psychology, Mt. Hope Family Center, School of Arts and Sciences,
Rochester skyline
Society & Culture
October 2, 2017 | 01:31 pm

Engaging the Rochester community in research

When we think of research, many of us picture test tubes in a laboratory or manuscripts in a library. But some research projects—especially in the fields of health, education, and the social sciences—involve people as they go about their daily lives. How, then, can the University conduct community-engaged projects that are effective, evidence-based, and sustainable? Rochester students, researchers, and community members explored this question as part of the fifth annual Community Engagement Symposium.

topics: community, Department of Public Health Sciences, featured-post-side, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, public health,
a confederate monument in the background with a person holding a sign that reads TAKE IT DOWN
Society & Culture
September 25, 2017 | 07:59 am

Whose heritage do we honor when building—and destroying—monuments?

What’s the function of a monument? Who should be honored with one—and who gets to decide? Richard Leventhal, a professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, will explore these questions in the second annual James Conlon Memorial Lecture.

topics: Department of Religion and Classics, events, School of Arts and Sciences,
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Society & Culture
September 22, 2017 | 12:28 pm

Romanian professors hone entrepreneurial skills at Ain Center

Over the next three years, 18 professors from the eastern European nation will have had the chance to take classes, meet business leaders, and return home to incorporate what they’ve learned into their own programs.

topics: Ain Center for Entrepreneurship, global engagement,
turntable needle on a vinyl record
Society & Culture
September 11, 2017 | 03:00 pm

What’s vinyl got to do with it?

As new technologies take form, they often change habits and practices in ways few could have predicted at the time. At this week’s Light and Sound Interactive conference, Darren Mueller will examine vinyl’s impact on creating and consuming music.

topics: announcements, Eastman School of Music, Light and Sound Interactive,
Japanese American family with luggage
Society & Culture
August 31, 2017 | 03:35 pm

75 years ago, courts upheld detention of Japanese Americans


“Greater awareness of the Japanese-American internment can help the nation avoid repeating the conditions that led to violating the rights of so many innocent people,” says Joanne Bernardi, a University expert on Japanese culture.

topics: Film and Media Studies Program, global engagement, School of Arts and Sciences,
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Society & Culture
August 31, 2017 | 01:41 pm

Is it reasonable to ‘agree to disagree’?

When people disagree, and all involved in the discussion believe that theirs is the reasonable position, what’s to be done? That’s a question that underlies a lecture series in September by philosopher Richard Feldman.

topics: Department of Philosophy, events, Richard Feldman, School of Arts and Sciences,
child looking confused
Society & Culture
August 22, 2017 | 10:21 am

Does guilt make for good parenting?

There isn’t much Judith Smetana doesn’t know about parenting teenagers. Her latest study in a nearly 40-year career as a professor of psychology, looks at the effect of using guilt as a parenting tool.

topics: Department of Psychology, featured-post-side, QuadCast, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,