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Two aphids (the left one wingless, the right one winged) face each other atop a leaf.
Science & Technology
June 14, 2019 | 09:47 am

Virus genes help determine if pea aphids get their wings

The findings shed light on the important role that microbial genes, like those from viruses, can play in insect and animal evolution.

topics: Department of Biology, featured-post, genetics, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
The Arts
May 30, 2019 | 10:29 am

‘The great democratic voice’

May 31 is the 200th anniversary of poet Walt Whitman’s birth, and Rochester has a few ties of its own to the poet who contained multitudes.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post, River Campus Libraries,
University News
April 3, 2019 | 06:07 pm

‘Difference teaches you humility’

Donald Hall was formally installed as the Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Dean of the Faculty of the Arts, Sciences & Engineering during an investiture ceremony Wednesday, in which is spoke about how his past experiences inspire him to address the needs of students and faculty who are facing challenges.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, Donald Hall, featured-post,
illustration of a silica bead trapped in the beams of an optical tweezer
Science & Technology
April 2, 2019 | 11:04 am

‘Optical tweezer’ takes Nobel concept in a new direction

Rochester researchers are trapping nanoparticle-sized silica beads in an “optical tweezer” in a series of experiments that could shed new light on the fundamental properties of lasers.

topics: featured-post, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Materials Science Program, Nick Vamivakas, research finding, URnano,
portrait of Mary Calderone
Society & Culture
March 25, 2019 | 10:46 am

‘Your sexuality is yourself, as the total person you are’

The latest Rochester Women profile looks at the life of Mary Calderone ’39M (MD), a pioneering advocate for sex education who was both celebrated and vilified for her work during a time a great cultural division over sexuality and feminism.

topics: alumni, diversity, featured-post, Rochester Women, School of Medicine,
a child and his father sit on opposite ends of a couch, turning away and not speaking to each other.
Society & Culture
February 19, 2019 | 11:34 am

When parenting teens, keep calm and don’t carry on

In a new study, Rochester psychologists found that mothers and fathers who were less capable of dampening down their anger are more likely to resort to harsh discipline aimed at their teens, and that fathers in particular were not as good at considering alternative explanations for their teens’ behavior.

topics: Department of Psychology, featured-post, Melissa Sturge-Apple, Mt. Hope Family Center, parenting, Patrick Davies, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, teenagers,
student looks up from her work
Campus Life
February 5, 2019 | 01:41 pm

First in the family

“I grew up feeling I would go to college no matter what,” says Hajim Scholar and computer science major Maisha Idris ’19. Idris’s story is striking, but not unusual at Rochester, where about 20 percent of undergraduates are first-generation, or “first-gen” students.

topics: featured-post, First Gen Society, Rochester Review, scholarships, University Advancement,
three students -- son, mother, and father -- sitting around a table. The son is using a laptop and is in a wheelchair. Father reads a book while mother and son talk and laugh
Campus Life
January 29, 2019 | 02:54 pm

One family, two generations, three degrees

A car accident during his first winter break had left Giuliano Agostinho de Castro ’20 paralyzed from the chest down. Now he’s back on campus, and his parents are his classmates.

topics: Barry Florescue Undergraduate Business Program, Department of Economics, Department of History, featured-post, International Services Office, Office of Disability Resources, School of Arts and Sciences, Warner School of Education,
pen-and-ink illustration in the margin of a handwritten letter shows a woman looking sadly out a window
Society & Culture
January 28, 2019 | 11:41 am

‘Drifting open eyed into insanity’

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation has acquired a remarkable collection of 52 personal letters from author and early feminist reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who minces no words when it comes to motherhood, marriage, and depression.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post, River Campus Libraries, women's rights,