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Curt Smith
Society & Culture
September 29, 2016 | 03:12 pm

Curt Smith: Vin Scully ‘the best there ever was’

Smith’s 2009 book, Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story is the only biography written on the iconic broadcaster. “He’s a very humble man, and I think he feels his work speaks for itself,” Smith says. “Nobody says a bad word about him. Nobody.”

topics: Curt Smith, Department of English, featured-post,
child peering over bed
Society & Culture
September 22, 2016 | 03:05 pm

Grant funds STRONGER to help trauma victims

The new project of the Mt. Hope Family Center will provide treatment services for 800 children and adults exposed to a wide array of stress and trauma, and will promote policies for trauma care.

topics: Mt. Hope Family Center, research funding,
Society & Culture
September 9, 2016 | 11:56 am

Hey, hey: Covach says Monkees stand the test of time

In 1967, the Monkees outsold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones combined, and remain the only band with four No. 1 albums in a 12-month period. “Their music stands up,” says John Covach, director of the University’s Institute for Popular Music.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, featured-post, humanities, Institute for Popular Music, John Covach, School of Arts and Sciences,
No alcohol sign
Society & Culture
September 8, 2016 | 03:31 pm

Q&A: Understanding fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Prenatal alcohol exposure is the largest preventable cause of developmental disabilities in the United States. Christie Petrenko discusses her research and clinical interventions with children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and their families.

topics: child development, Christie Petrenko, Mt. Hope Family Center,
historic image of May Bragdon with handwriting from diary
Society & Culture
September 1, 2016 | 03:08 pm

May Bragdon Diaries offer online window into Rochester’s past

May Bragdon didn’t have access to Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat, but the diaries she wrote from 1893 to 1914 include many of the same compelling visual elements. After a five-year digitization and transcription project, this resource is now available online through River Campus Libraries.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, River Campus Libraries,
stressed woman holding her hands to her face
Society & Culture
August 25, 2016 | 12:16 pm

Why does stress in relationships affect parenting?

Mt. Hope Family Center researchers Melissa Sturge-Apple and Patrick Davies have been awarded a $2.9 million grant to research how conflicts and stress between parents spill over to influence interactions between parent and child.

topics: Department of Psychology, Melissa Sturge-Apple, Mt. Hope Family Center, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Two women and a man stand with their bicycles in the year 1897
Society & Culture
August 1, 2016 | 11:01 am

19th-century cyclist captures views of Rochester

Bike culture in Victorian Rochester has been beautifully captured in the May Bragdon Diaries Project, an online resource curated and hosted by River Campus Libraries.

topics: events, featured-post, River Campus Libraries,
Society & Culture
July 22, 2016 | 04:36 pm

New book brings shadow into the light

A new book, edited by Kenneth Gross and compiled from lectures by the late John Hollander, traces shadow’s literary history from ancient to modern times.

topics: announcements, book authors, Department of English, humanities, Kenneth Gross, School of Arts and Sciences,
tray of historical political buttons
Society & Culture
July 22, 2016 | 04:13 pm

Political junkies can feast on Democratic Party campaign mementos

Buttons, bumper stickers, photographs, and video footage ranging from the era of Franklin Delano Roosevelt through John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton, housed in the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, bring historical political campaigns to life.

topics: announcements, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, elections, featured-post, politics, rush rhees library,