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Society & Culture
February 21, 2020 | 03:44 pm

How can understanding stories help in the American border crisis?

“It’s in our best interest to make sense of the US and Mexico as places that receive and places that send—that goes for both countries,” says associate professor of history Ruben Flores, who will host acclaimed writer Valeria Luiselli in the latest Humanities Center Public Lecture Series.

topics: events, global engagement, humanities, Humanities Center, Mexico, Ruben Flores,
Society & Culture
April 26, 2018 | 02:22 pm

Tracing the slave stories of colonial Mexico

Painstakingly searching through three colonial archives in Puebla, Mexico, assistant professor of history Pablo Miguel Sierra Silva reaches beyond traditional master-slave narratives in his latest study of afro-indigenous interactions in Mexico’s urban centers.

topics: Department of History, featured-post, Mexico, Pablo Miguel Sierra Silva, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
December 13, 2017 | 01:35 pm

The mysterious aftermath of an infamous pirate raid

Just before dawn on May 18, 1683, pirates stormed the port city of Veracruz, capturing around 1,500 people and selling them to the slave markets of Haiti and South Carolina. Pablo Sierra Silva, assistant professor of history, is on a mission to trace what happened to them.

topics: book authors, featured-post-side, Haiti, History of Rock, Mexico, National Endowment for the Humanities, Pablo Miguel Sierra Silva, research finding, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
June 10, 2016 | 12:27 pm

Catching some gamma rays in central Mexico

Physicist Segev BenZvi and scientists at an ambitious observatory are using simple but groundbreaking tools understand the workings of cosmic and gamma rays in the Earth’s atmosphere while also contributing to the search for dark matter.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, global engagement, Mexico, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Segev BenZvi,
Society & Culture
June 2, 2016 | 10:16 am

Documenting a hometown’s history of slavery

History professor Pablo Sierra is working to document the forgotten history of the Africans who passed through the slave market in his hometown and contributed to the diverse culture of modern Mexico.

topics: Department of History, global engagement, Humanities Center, Mexico, Pablo Miguel Sierra Silva, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
March 20, 2015 | 04:32 pm

Rochester researchers on team behind new gamma ray observatory

Some of the most energetic phenomena in the universe produce high-energy gamma rays, and a new observatory in Mexico aims to expand the catalog of known gamma ray sources.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, global engagement, Mexico, School of Arts and Sciences, Segev BenZvi,