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collage of four images of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, two showing each in a positive light and two in a negative light
Society & Culture
February 5, 2015 | 03:45 pm

A picture is worth 1000 words, but how many emotions?‬

During a political campaign voters will often share their views through pictures posted on social media. A human could recognize one as being a positive portrait of the candidate and the other one negative. Professor ‪Jiebo Luo and his collaborators are training computers to make the same assessments.

topics: artificial intelligence, Department of Computer Science, featured-post, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, ‪Jiebo Luo, research finding, social media,
Chinese city lit up at night
Society & Culture
January 28, 2015 | 03:26 pm

Guest scholar to present two public talks on history, technology

Rachel Leow, a lecturer in Modern East Asian History at the University of Cambridge, will present talks on the cultural history of electricity in Shanghai, and on history, technology, and the liberal arts.

topics: China, Department of History, events, global engagement,
Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Society & Culture
January 15, 2015 | 12:59 pm

Author and director of Schomburg Center of Black Culture to deliver MLK Commemorative Address

Khalil Gibran Muhammad will deliver the University’s 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address. Muhammad is author of Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America, in which he explored the roots of the popular conception of black criminality in America.

topics: announcements, diversity, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address,
Richard Fenno
Society & Culture
December 23, 2014 | 04:21 pm

Professor’s 5 decades of research on Congress now available online

A lifetime of scholarly work by one of the University’s most preeminent political science professors is now available to researchers across the world. For the first time, the papers of Richard Fenno, Jr., Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science, are easily accessible through a new web portal: www.richardfenno.com.

topics: announcements, Department of Political Science, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, Richard Fenno, River Campus Libraries,
collection of four historic postcards from Japan
Society & Culture
December 12, 2014 | 11:15 am

Digital Humanities Project turns a lens on prewar Japan

For the last 15 years, professor Joanne Bernardi has collected more than 1,100 postcards, film prints, brochures and other visual representations of early 20th century Japan. But how can this collection continue to grow while allowing other scholars to register and contribute content? Enter the Digital Humanities Center.

topics: Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, digital humanities, Digital Humanities Center, film, global engagement, Japan, Joanne Bernardi, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
collage of AIDS posters with the text World AIDS Day 12 1 14
Society & Culture
November 26, 2014 | 06:57 pm

Marking nearly three decades of AIDS awareness on World AIDS Day

The AIDS Education Collection, housed in the River Campus Libraries’ Rare Books and Special Collections department, is comprised of more than 8,000 posters from 124 countries in 68 languages and dialects. An exhibit from the collection and the World AIDS Day Scientific Symposium hosted at the University’s Center for AIDS Research mark World AIDS Day in Rochester.

topics: Center for AIDS Research, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, HIV and AIDS, LGBTQI,
archival photo of Mike Nichols adjusting his commencement cap before the ceremony
Society & Culture
November 24, 2014 | 03:42 pm

From the archives: Director Mike Nichols speaks to Class of 1972

“I don’t know much about graduations except what I’ve seen in the movies,” joked director Mike Nichols after received an honorary doctor of letters degree from the University in 1972. The award-winning director of The Graduate and many other films and plays died on Wednesday, November 19, at the age of 83. Listen to his 1972 Rochester commencement address.

topics: commencement, University Archives,
video game controller
Society & Culture
November 10, 2014 | 09:21 pm

Playing action video games can boost learning

A new study shows for the first time that playing action video games improves not just the skills taught in the game, but learning capabilities more generally.

topics: Daphne Bavelier, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, video games,
scene of devastation, with crosses marking graves
Society & Culture
November 4, 2014 | 05:46 pm

Haitian filmmaker leads discussion on post-quake reconstruction

The Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies will host Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck for a screening and discussion of his film, Fatal Assistance.

topics: events, Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, global engagement, Haiti, School of Arts and Sciences,