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Thomas Jefferson and a birthday cake
Society & Culture
April 13, 2017 | 04:47 pm

Birthday bash fit for a president. The third, actually.

To mark Jefferson’s birthday, Thomas Slaughter’s class is in for a rare treat: a historically accurate lunch, culled from the actual Monticello cuisine and prepared according to recipes taken directly from Thomas Jefferson’s Cookbook and Dining at Monticello.

topics: Arts and Humanities, Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences, Thomas Slaughter,
mom and toddler hugging
Society & Culture
April 13, 2017 | 04:02 pm

Treated mothers pass along benefits of therapy

Study shows children also benefit when mothers receive therapy for depression. Part of the improvement is a result of shifting the mother’s vantage point with time-limited therapy that focuses on resolving symptoms and interpersonal issues.

topics: depression, Elizabeth Handley, Mt. Hope Family Center, parenting, research finding,
online game screenshot showing misogynistic themes
Society & Culture
April 11, 2017 | 04:50 pm

Rainbow Lecture to explore harassment in online gameworlds

In his lecture “Locker Room Talk: Pussies, Guns, and Video Gaymers,” William Cheng, assistant professor of music at Dartmouth College, will explore some of the challenges of conducting field research in online arenas such as multiplayer games and Internet threads.

topics: Environmental Humanities Program, LGBTQI, Rainbow Lecture, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies, video games,
people dancing with arms upraised under a tent
Society & Culture
April 10, 2017 | 03:17 pm

Gandhi Institute aims to heal hate with new youth program

This initiative will provide grants of up to $1,000 for 12 local youth teams. “This project is intended to address the root causes of hate and incivility,” says Kit Miller, director of the institute.

topics: Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, teenagers, violence,
two people skydiving while making faces and flashing a thumbs up
Society & Culture
April 7, 2017 | 12:58 pm

Feeling blue? Grab your friends and have fun, say researchers

For those suffering from dysphoria­—general unhappiness or elevated depressive symptoms—a Rochester study has found that experiencing or even just anticipating uplifting events in daily life was related to feeling less depressed that same day.

topics: Department of Psychology, depression, Lisa Starr, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
historic image of soldiers lined up to drill
Society & Culture
April 5, 2017 | 10:20 am

Why did the US enter World War I?

On April 6, 1917, Congress voted to declare war on Germany, joining the bloody battle—then optimistically called the “Great War.” Rochester political scientist Hein Goemans explains why Germany was willing to risk American entry into the war.

topics: Department of Political Science, Hein Goemans, School of Arts and Sciences, World War I,
child with hand in cookie jar
Society & Culture
April 4, 2017 | 12:40 pm

Kids in stressful environments may adapt cognitive skills

A new study shows that early experiences of environmental harshness, in combination with personal temperament, can shape the child’s problem-solving abilities later in life.

topics: child development, Melissa Sturge-Apple, Mt. Hope Family Center, research finding,
man and woman smile in front of bookshelves and baseballs
Society & Culture
March 31, 2017 | 03:41 pm

Seeing America, one ballpark at a time

For more than two decades, Warner School professor Dan Linnenberg has toured the country, watching minor-league baseball games in 173 ballparks. They’ve seen LumberKings, JetHawks, Muckdogs, Sand Gnats, and Lugnuts. And they’ve witnessed the good, the bad, and the ugly in America.

topics: Dan Linnenberg, Warner School of Education,
librarian with a large table covered in letters
Society & Culture
March 29, 2017 | 02:00 pm

Library acquires unknown Susan B. Anthony letters found in old barn

Forgotten for over a century, a recently discovered trove of more than a hundred letters fills in the political details of how the suffrage movement was run and the women activists who ran it.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, Friends of the University Libraries, River Campus Libraries, Susan B. Anthony, women's rights, women's suffrage,
Tommy Evans
Society & Culture
March 22, 2017 | 04:36 pm

‘This is a golden era’ for TV news

Tommy Evans ’99 has combined his eye for photography and his interest in politics into a journalism career that has led him to the post of London bureau chief at CNN International.

topics: alumni, Department of Art and Art History, Department of Political Science, Rochester Review, School of Arts and Sciences,