Society & Culture

Students from any of Rochester's four humanities Ph.D. programs—English, history, philosophy, and visual and cultural studies—are invited to apply for admission to the fellowship.

The study tested the effectiveness of interpersonal psychotherapy, a short-term depression treatment that has worked with more advantaged populations. The comparison was clear: home-based, interpersonal psychotherapy lifted depression much more effectively than standard care.

Johanna Skibsrud's debut novel, The Sentimentalists, won Canada's most prestigious literary award in 2010.

Aaron Hughes will give his first lecture as the Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religion and Classics.

The Brass Choir will present its fifth annual Halloween-themed concert, "Spooktacular V: Dead Man's Party."

Why this shift towards reality? According to critics, Polish film directors have started reading newspapers.

University of Rochester experimental psychologists Edward Deci and Richard Ryan will deliver the opening talks on Thursday.

The conference will serve as a discussion forum for topics like re-entry, funding challenges, and the justice system.

Hundreds of psychologists from 38 countries will gather in Rochester to share the latest scientific insights into the mysteries of human motivation during the Conference on Self-Determination Theory

A new study shows that individuals who deliberately shun another person are equally distressed by the experience.

When President Barack Obama nominated Steven Chu ’70 to become secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy in January 2009, the appointment of the 1997 Nobel laureate signaled a commitment…

Americans have always had an uneasy relationship to their Civil War, all the more in evidence as we commemorate its sesquicentennial. On the one hand, the war still rivets the…