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Society & Culture
September 9, 2016 | 11:56 am

Hey, hey: Covach says Monkees stand the test of time

In 1967, the Monkees outsold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones combined, and remain the only band with four No. 1 albums in a 12-month period. “Their music stands up,” says John Covach, director of the University’s Institute for Popular Music.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, featured-post, humanities, Institute for Popular Music, John Covach, School of Arts and Sciences,
a car packed with stuff with the words UofR Bound painted on the rear window
University News
August 19, 2016 | 03:42 pm

New look, new vibe as Move-In Day approaches

When more than 1,300 students from the Class of 2020 move in this week, they’ll see a River Campus that’s undergoing a transformation in more ways than one, with major renovations underway to student spaces.

topics: Class of 2020, construction, featured-post,
illustration of colored areas of the brain showing increased bairn activity
Science & Technology
August 12, 2016 | 12:53 pm

This is your brain on sentences

What does the meaning of a word look like? Researchers have, for the first time, decoded and predicted the brain activity patterns of word meanings within sentences, and successfully predicted what the brain patterns would be for new sentences.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, featured-post, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Two women and a man stand with their bicycles in the year 1897
Society & Culture
August 1, 2016 | 11:01 am

19th-century cyclist captures views of Rochester

Bike culture in Victorian Rochester has been beautifully captured in the May Bragdon Diaries Project, an online resource curated and hosted by River Campus Libraries.

topics: events, featured-post, River Campus Libraries,
tray of historical political buttons
Society & Culture
July 22, 2016 | 04:13 pm

Political junkies can feast on Democratic Party campaign mementos

Buttons, bumper stickers, photographs, and video footage ranging from the era of Franklin Delano Roosevelt through John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton, housed in the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, bring historical political campaigns to life.

topics: announcements, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, elections, featured-post, politics, rush rhees library,
musicians performing outdoors on a hillside, being introduced by a park service ranger
The Arts
June 30, 2016 | 08:35 am

Music in the American Wild

An Eastman School of Music ensemble featuring students and alumni brings newly composed works to majestic locations during the National Park Service’s centennial year celebrations.

topics: Eastman School of Music, featured-post,
construction workers in Frederick Douglass Building
University News
June 15, 2016 | 01:26 pm

Summer season is construction season

The summer of 2016 is one of the most active construction periods of all time on River Campus. Multiple new facilities and improvement projects are currently underway, with many scheduled to be completed by the fall.

topics: construction, featured-post, rush rhees library,
screenshot shows a math problem in WebWork with the green "All the Answers Above Are Correct" notification
Campus Life
June 10, 2016 | 05:10 pm

WeBWorK an award-winning way of learning from homework

Twenty years ago, the idea of students doing homework online and receiving immediate feedback was a game-changer. Today, more than 700 colleges and high schools and using the WeBWorK system developed by Rochester math professors Arnold Pizer and Michael Gage.

topics: Department of Mathematics, featured-post, School of Arts and Sciences,
performers on stage
The Arts
June 9, 2016 | 10:17 am

10 times Rochester rubbed elbows with Tony Awards

Before Sunday’s awards ceremony, learn more about the opportunities Rochester students have had to work with Tony Award winners on stage and behind the scenes, and the Eastman School of Music alumni who have taken home theater’s top honor.

topics: Department of English, Eastman School of Music, featured-post, International Theatre Program, School of Arts and Sciences,
portrait of Rose, Reichman, and Bonnez
Science & Technology
June 7, 2016 | 04:08 pm

10 years ago: Cancer vaccine with Rochester roots approved

Largely unreported in 2006 was the remarkable story of three Rochester virologists whose innovation, dedication, and perseverance resulted in the key breakthrough that lies at the heart of the first vaccine targeting the leading cause of cervical cancer.

topics: cancer, featured-post, School of Medicine and Dentistry, vaccines,