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An array of plastics and microplastics, from utensils to cigarette butts, against a white background.

Science & Technology

Time to throw away the plastics in your kitchen?

Rochester researchers on the growing concern of plastics exposure on human health.

Close-up of fingers covered in tiny shards of microplastics.

Science & Technology

Research hub aims to unravel health effects of microplastic pollution

The Rochester-based center will let researchers to investigate the interactions between plastic pollution, the Great Lakes environment, and human health.

Man in hard hat directs a group of students in hard hats touring the City of Rochester's graffiti-lined abandoned aqueduct underground subway.

Health, justice, and an abandoned aqueduct

The University of Rochester students in PHLT 238: Environmental Health and Justice in the Rochester Community recently explored something hidden from most people in Rochester—the abandoned aqueduct and subway tunnel located under the Broad Street Bridge in the heart of downtown. The tour, led by ROC the Riverway Program Manager Kamal Crues (pictured), gave the 11 undergraduates a chance to consider multiple—and occasionally conflicting—interests and values central to the city’s “Aqueduct Reimagined” project. Read more.

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An adapted classroom: Students and faculty find new ways to engage in teaching and learning

September 18, 2020

Students and faculty members adapt to new—and safety-conscious—ways of interacting as teachers, scholars, and researchers.

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Public health joins dance to put arts into action

January 10, 2019

In an effort to understand how to initiate change in a community, students in an Arts and Activism course, and their counterparts in an Environmental Health and Justice course, met up in Rochester dance studio to create some new moves.

Summer Sustainability Fellows asked Rochester resident to complete a climate change survey.

Hot town, Summer Sustainability Fellows in the city

How will climate change affect the health and well-being of City of Rochester residents? This summer, students in a new sustainability fellowship program worked with city officials to help answer the question.