Society & Culture

At the University for more than 25 years, she was among the first scholars of her generation to see Native Americans as major, rather than secondary characters, in the American story.

In a study documenting the evolution of the labor market from mid-March through November 2020, Rochester economics professor Lisa Kahn says controlling COVID is essential to restoring the economy.

In medieval and Renaissance Europe and in the Arab world, it was widely believed that "when Saturn and Jupiter are found in the same area of the zodiac—in other words when they are in conjunction—there are profound effects on Earth," says historian Laura Ackerman Smoller.  

Toss out your usual list of New Year’s resolutions and do things that make the world a better place, says a Rochester expert on motivation and well-being.

Those worst off will likely have to borrow money and then decide which obligations to pay right away and which to delay, says a Rochester economist.

A shift starting in the late 1960s has targeted poor families with unnecessary investigations and child removals at the expense of services, argues Rochester health policy historian and physician Mical Raz.

A Rochester Museum & Science Center exhibit includes nine women with connections to the University.

A new Bright Line Watch survey finds that fewer than a third of Republican voters have confidence in the national vote count.

Analysis by University of Rochester researchers shows that psychological flexibility can shape how individuals interact with the people closest to them.

The communist state’s approach to industrial pig farming foreshadowed its demise, a Rochester historian argues in his new book.

Thirty-two US presidents have held office since the University’s founding in 1850. While many have passed through Rochester, only seven future or former presidents actually visited the campuses. Presumptive President-Elect Joe Biden would make eight.

The latest Bright Line Watch surveys find experts concerned about multiple risks to the legitimacy of the election, while many Americans believe in the prevalence of voter fraud.