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Exterior of Attica Correctional Facility, where prison education courses take place.

Society & Culture

December 15, 2022 | 11:35 am

Rochester’s college-in-prison program becomes western New York’s prison education hub

The Mellon Foundation has renewed its support for the Rochester Education Justice Initiative with an additional three-year, $1 million grant.

topics: Alison Peterman, community, Department of Anthropology, Department of Philosophy, Department of Religion and Classics, education, humanities, Joshua Dubler, Kristin Doughty, prison, Rochester Education Justice Initiative, School of Arts and Sciences,

Hand-drawn cartoon says the word NOTHING in large type but appearing to disappear

Science & Technology

July 24, 2018 | 11:28 am

Ultimate vacuum chamber creates nothing

The concept of nothingness is the subject of everything from children’s books to philosophical debate. In the universe, however, is nothing ever possible? How have scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians thought about the concept of nothing throughout history and up to the present?

topics: Alison Peterman, Department of Mathematics, Department of Philosophy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Materials Science Program, Nicholas Bigelow, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Steve Gonek,

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