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Brain with the color, texture, and stitching of a football against a blue background with a repeating pattern of a quarterback outlined in lighter blue.
Voices & Opinion
September 13, 2022 | 03:25 pm

Brain’s cognitive bias dominates in fantasy sports

In fantasy sports, “your brain can twist and interpret fantasy results in ways that are suboptimal, lazy, and illogical,” explains brain and cognitive scientist Renee Miller.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, featured-post-side, Renee Miller, School of Arts and Sciences,
Jericho Brown seated in a red chair in a field of flowers.
The Arts
August 31, 2022 | 12:45 pm

Plutzik Reading Series opens 60th anniversary season with Jericho Brown

The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet will give a reading as part of the University of Rochester’s 202–23 Hyam Plutzik Memorial Reading Series—one of the nation’s oldest literary reading series.

topics: Department of English, featured-post-side, Hyam Plutzik, literature, Meliora Weekend, Plutzik Reading Series, School of Arts and Sciences,
Three people moving into residence halls with luggage atop dollies.
Campus Life
August 24, 2022 | 03:00 pm

Movers and shakers: Welcoming the Class of 2026 to campus

In a return to move-in-day tradition, more than 1,600 students at the College and the Eastman School of Music embarked on their Rochester experience this week.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, Class of 2026, Eastman School of Music, featured-post-side,
Rending of the Laser Lab expansion.
University News
August 17, 2022 | 01:14 pm

Construction begins on new Laser Lab expansion

The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics has broken ground on a new $42 million, 66,000-square-foot expansion to house office and lab space.

topics: construction, featured-post-side, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Office of Government and Community Relations,
Hand holds up page of medieval manuscript from the Richard Kaeuper Collection as light filters through.
Society & Culture
August 8, 2022 | 01:28 pm

Wormholes and stains add to backstory of medieval manuscript’s acquisition

The 700-year-old manuscript is the first in a new University of Rochester library collection that honors historian Richard Kaeuper.

topics: alumni, Department of History, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, Richard Kaeuper, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Aerial view of large community solar farm.
University News
August 3, 2022 | 12:00 pm

University embraces community solar through Amp Energy

The University will receive financial credits as a result of the clean, renewable energy generated by six solar farms in nearby areas. Amp Energy is also providing a $100,000 endowed scholarship for undergraduates in the College.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, Facilities and Services, featured-post-side, sustainability,
Sydney Greaves teaching arts integration lesson sitting on floor with children.
The Arts
August 2, 2022 | 10:12 am

Can arts integration deepen students’ understanding?

A partnership between City of Rochester schools and the Memorial Art Gallery leads to innovation in arts education and furthers the museum’s mission to serve the Greater Rochester community.

topics: community engagement, Department of Art and Art History, diversity, featured-post-side, Memorial Art Gallery, School of Arts and Sciences, Warner School of Education,
an illustration of a cross-section of the Earth, showing the inner and outer cores.
Science & Technology
July 25, 2022 | 08:12 am

How did Earth avoid a Mars-like fate? Ancient rocks hold clues

New paleomagnetic research suggests Earth’s solid inner core formed 550 million years ago and restored our planet’s magnetic field.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, featured-post-side, John Tarduno, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,