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an oil painting of Vincent van Gogh
The Arts
November 1, 2018 | 04:23 pm

Drama and history mark the 2018 Polish Film Festival

Now in its 21st year, the Polish Film Festival features nine films that tackle universal themes of human struggle, triumph, and love.

topics: events, featured-post-side, Polish Film Festival, Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies,
hand rising out of the grave - a trope in horror films
Society & Culture
October 24, 2018 | 03:42 pm

Horror films offer a psychological thrill ride

Jason Middleton, director of the Film and Media Studies Program and a student of horror films, talks about the paradox of horror—why people seek to be scared as entertainment.

topics: Department of English, featured-post-side, film, Film and Media Studies Program, humanities, Jason Middleton, School of Arts and Sciences,
rendering of new building annex to Hutchison Hall
Science & Technology
October 23, 2018 | 09:25 am

CEE receives $1 million grant for campus solar project

The solar and energy storage system, to be built on the roof of the Goergen Athletic Center, will offset energy needs of a new office building south of Hutchison Hall.

topics: announcements, climate change, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, energy, featured-post-side, grant, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences,
teenage girl writes the word HELP in chalk in the sidewalk near her feet
Society & Culture
October 18, 2018 | 10:19 am

Suicide risk in abused teen girls linked to mother-daughter conflict

Among adolescents who suffered abuse or neglect as children, not all entertain suicidal thoughts. So what can we learn about those who do? A Mt. Hope Family Center study shows a strong correlation between poor mother-daughter relationships and increased suicide risk in teenage girls.

topics: Department of Psychology, featured-post-side, Mt. Hope Family Center, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, suicide,
Margaret Becket and Lauren Davis working on computers to transcribe Seward papers
Society & Culture
October 11, 2018 | 12:19 pm

Seward Family Digital Archive project tops $1 million in grant money

The project brings together students in the humanities and computer science and retired volunteers to help transcribe the thousands of Seward family letters written in Victorian-era cursive handwriting.

topics: Department of History, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, Digital Scholarship Lab, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences, Seward Family Archive, Social Sciences,
illustration of Paul Romer
Society & Culture
October 8, 2018 | 09:19 am

Former economics professor Paul Romer receives Nobel Prize

The former assistant professor of economics at the University of Rochester is currently a professor at New York University, and was recognized by the Nobel Committee for his work on the economics of technological change.

topics: awards, Department of Economics, featured-post-side, Nobel Prize, School of Arts and Sciences,
photo of a Star Wars figure/toy of Rose Tico character, standing on the keyboard of a laptop, with a sad expression on her face and a stream of tweets on the laptop screen
Society & Culture
September 27, 2018 | 03:17 pm

Fan hate takes aim at Star Wars diversity

In an analysis of thousands of tweets from Star Wars fans, associate professor of political science Bethany Lacina found that offensive language doubled and hate speech jumped by 60 percent when those tweets were directed at actress Kelly Marie Tran or her character Rose Tico, the first nonwhite female lead character in the franchise.

topics: Bethany Lacina, data science, Department of Political Science, diversity, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
large groups of actors, standing on a tall scaffold on a stage
The Arts
September 25, 2018 | 02:54 pm

Gone Missing a ‘quirky, documentary musical’

Keys, phone, pets,… your mind?—when’s the last time you lost something? It’s the theme of the new theatrical production Gone Missing, produced by the International Theatre Program and set to open during Meliora Weekend.

topics: events, featured-post-side, International Theatre Program, Meliora Weekend, School of Arts and Sciences,