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Teenager in a high school hallway leaning against a wall and looking at misinformation on his smartphone with other students in the background.

Society & Culture

How educators can help students navigate misinformation

When misinformation often travels faster than facts, teaching young people to discern credible sources has never been more urgent.

A dog wearing a tin foil hat stares at an open laptop screen. Behind him is a "ripped from the headlines" collage of conspiracy theories a dog might believe.

Society & Culture

Who’s immune to conspiracy theories?

Rochester faculty on how political conspiracy theories start and spread—and why people believe them.

An array of plastics and microplastics, from utensils to cigarette butts, against a white background.

Health & Medicine

Time to throw away the plastics in your kitchen?

Rochester researchers on the growing concern of plastics exposure on human health.

Close up of fiber optics cables lit up with a woman out of focusing behind them looking at the cables.

Science & Technology

The surprising way that fiber optics connects us

An optics expert explains how thin strands of glass that transmit light make modern telecommunications possible.

Mark Buckley holds papers and gestures at a chalkboard full of equations during a biomechanics class.

Campus & Community

Mark Buckley: Biomedical engineering as a passion worth sharing

January 27, 2025

The innovative professor prioritizes inclusiveness in his biomedical engineering classes.