Skip to content

Posts Tagged featured-post

Posts Loop

Chinese dragon in Rush Rhees Library
Campus Life
January 26, 2017 | 04:18 pm

Far from home, welcoming a new year

This year, the Lunar New Year begins on January 28. The holiday can be bittersweet for some Chinese students away from home. Joy Bian ’17 shares memories of her family’s traditions.

topics: Chinese Students Association, diversity, featured-post, global engagement,
animated illustration of circular waves collapsing into a needle-thin beam
Science & Technology
January 24, 2017 | 11:03 am

New ‘needle pulse’ beam pattern packs a punch

An “analytically beautiful mathematical solution” could bring unprecedented sharpness to ultrasound and radar images, burn precise holes in manufactured materials at a nano scale—even etch new properties onto their surfaces.

topics: featured-post, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Kevin Parker, Miguel Alonso, research finding,
two basketball players leap into the air
University News
December 21, 2016 | 09:12 am

2016: The year in pictures

As another calendar year comes to a close, we’re looking back at 2016 through the lens of University photographer J. Adam Fenster. He’s selected his top shots from the past year and offers his insights on what makes Rochester such a special place to photograph.

topics: featured-post,
woman cuddling with child
Society & Culture
November 18, 2016 | 10:48 am

How thinking about behavior differently can lead to happier FASD families

Caregivers of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders who attribute their child’s misbehavior to neurodevelopmental disabilities rather than willful disobedience tend to use more effective parenting strategies, according to a new Mt. Hope Family Center study.

topics: Christie Petrenko, featured-post, Mt. Hope Family Center, parenting, research finding,
Bryan Yates.
University News
November 10, 2016 | 09:41 am

A salute to University veterans

Bryan Yates ’13 was working on his undergraduate degree at the College when he received news that a high school friend was killed while serving in Afghanistan. Yates is just one of the many University students and staff who have served in the armed forces, and on Veterans Day we honor and thank them for their service.

topics: featured-post, Veterans Alliance,
man sitting outdoors typing
Campus Life
November 4, 2016 | 03:34 pm

’There really is a story for everyone‘

As a PhD candidate in biophysics, Karl Smith studies glass filters 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. But his “hidden passion” is crafting stories on demand on his 1926 Underwood typewriter for 10 cents each.

topics: featured-post, Memorial Art Gallery,
MELIORA carved into a jackolantern
Society & Culture
October 28, 2016 | 11:09 am

QuadCast: What are the origins of Halloween?

Halloween is a staple in American culture, but what are the origins of the holiday? Emil Homerin, professor of religion, discusses Halloween’s roots in mysticism with student host Nick Bruno in this episode of QuadCast, the University’s official podcast.

topics: Department of Religion and Classics, Emil Homerin, featured-post, QuadCast, School of Arts and Sciences,
Japanese American family with luggage
Society & Culture
October 19, 2016 | 03:29 pm

‘Looking like the enemy’ examines WWII internment, current debates

An upcoming Humanities Project event reviews the experiences of the more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who were forcibly removed from their homes and placed in remote relocation camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

topics: Department of English, Department of History, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, events, featured-post, featured-post-side, Film and Media Studies Program, Hartnett Gallery, humanities, Humanties Project, Joanne Bernardi, politics, racism, River Campus Libraries Digital Humanities Center, School of Arts and Sciences,