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David Holloway wears a black jacket and black-and-white scarf as he looks directly into the camera.

University News

Professor of Japanese remembered as a prolific and creative scholar

David Holloway was a promising assistant professor in Japanese studies and director of the East Asian studies undergraduate program.

graphic illustration of inflation targets showing a bulls-eye with different percent figures labeled on each ring. The arrow is hitting the ring labeled 5%.

Society & Culture

Why the pandemic economy’s higher inflation rate is ‘a short-term blip’

Rochester economist Narayana Kocherlakota says a return to 1970s levels of inflation is unlikely—but offers a cautionary note.

High school student in a head scarf, face mask, and lab gear practices soldering to repair lab equipment while a lab tech looks on.

Pipeline program lets East High students experience life in the lab

Lulu Abdullahi (right), a junior at East High School in the Rochester City School District, practices soldering to repair an experiment component with Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, an assistant professor in the University’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. For six weeks, Abdullahi and a classmate visited campus as part of NEUROEAST, a new Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience program.

Headshots of Thomas Brown and Sina Ghaemmaghami.

University News

Outstanding educators continued to shine during pandemic

Thomas Brown and Sina Ghaemmaghami are the latest recipients of the University’s Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professorships.

Society & Culture

Radicalized and believing in conspiracies: Can the cycle be broken?

Rochester political scientist Scott Tyson says the growing belief in conspiracist narratives has led to the increased radicalization of average Americans.

illustration of group of people separated from the scales of justice

Voices & Opinion

There’s hope for objective moral standards—but how can we better live up to them?

Rochester ethicist William FitzPatrick considers whether “’the better angels of our nature’ are robust enough to create and sustain a better world.”

Portrait of a couple holding pregnant belly

Society & Culture

Partners play pivotal role in pregnant women’s alcohol use, which affects their babies’ development

Rochester psychologists say successful intervention efforts need to include partners of mothers-to-be.

close-up detail of dozens of optical fibers in a grid.

Science & Technology

DESI’s quest to map the expanding universe begins

Rochester researchers are key members of an international collaboration to create a 3D map of the universe, which will help unravel the mysteries of dark energy.

An assistant paints part of a mural by artist Dragon76 that reads "Stop Asian Hate" in Manhattan's Chinatown.

Society & Culture

To drill down on anti-Asian hate crimes, Rochester researchers harness social media

Information gleaned from thousands of Twitter users lets the researchers gauge public opinion toward #StopAsianHate and #StopAAPIHate.

Campus & Community

Three undergraduates receive Goldwater Scholarships for science achievement

The highly competitive honor supports college students planning research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.