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two instructors stand in front of a class with a screen showing a poster for the Chuck NOrris movie INVASION USA
University News
October 22, 2017 | 06:15 pm

Chronicle of Higher Education names Dahpon Ho teaching innovator

The assistant professor of history is known for having students reenact battle scenes, conduct “rocket” tests, and write propaganda campaigns to try to bring the era of the Korean War to life.

topics: awards, Daphon Ho, Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences,
hand holding a small flag
Society & Culture
October 17, 2017 | 12:08 pm

Political experts say U.S. democracy healthier than public thinks

The third Bright Line Watch survey, co-authored by Rochester political scientist Gretchen Helmke, focuses on the health of U.S. democratic institutions and compares the results from thousands of political professionals with the general public.

topics: Department of Political Science, elections, Gretchen Helmke, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
University News
October 11, 2017 | 05:27 pm

University alumnus wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’

Historian Derek Peterson ’93 has been awarded one of this year’s John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowships—commonly known as the “genius grant”—for his work in reshaping the understanding of African colonialism and nationalism.

topics: awards, Department of History, Department of Political Science, Derek Peterson, featured-post-side, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship, School of Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences,
boy reclining in a dental chair looking up at a dentist
Society & Culture
October 11, 2017 | 03:12 pm

URMC’s SMILEmobile serves students at East High

The SMILEmobile—a self-contained traveling dental clinic—is wheelchair-accessible and designed to reach underserved or hard-to-reach populations.

topics: community, East High School, Eastman Institute for Oral Health,
photo of Joanne Larson in crowded school hallway
Society & Culture
October 11, 2017 | 11:44 am

East High: Education professor sees an environment in transition

Joanne Larson takes academic-scientific knowledge of best practices directly to East High’s classrooms, support staff, administrators, and teachers. She says the school feels “180 degrees different.”

topics: Center for Urban Education Success, community, East High School, Joanne Larson,
Mary Ann Mavrinac
University News
October 5, 2017 | 09:33 am

Mary Ann Mavrinac new president of the Association of Research Libraries

The University’s vice provost and Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of University Libraries has started her term as the new president national association representing 125 leading research libraries in the United States and Canada.

topics: announcements, Mary Ann Mavrinac, University of Rochester Libraries,
mom and toddler hugging
Society & Culture
October 4, 2017 | 03:33 pm

At-risk families find research-driven services at Mt. Hope Family Center

The Mt. Hope Family Center sits on a two-way street. Its researchers and clinicians have provided evidence-based services to at-risk families, while training the next generation of clinicians and research scientists.

topics: community, Department of Psychology, Mt. Hope Family Center, School of Arts and Sciences,
Man with therapeutic glasses stares at an image of an eye on a computer monitor
Science & Technology
September 14, 2017 | 02:17 pm

Quadcast: Rebooting the brain for better vision after a stroke

Krystel Huxlin has developed rigorous visual training that can restore some of the basic vision lost to traumatic brain injury, stroke, or a tumor. Here Huxlin discusses how this therapy teaches undamaged parts of the brain to take over.

topics: featured-post-side, Flaum Eye Institute, Krystel Huxlin, Light and Sound Interactive, research finding, School of Medicine and Dentistry, stroke, vision,
child looking confused
Society & Culture
August 22, 2017 | 10:21 am

Does guilt make for good parenting?

There isn’t much Judith Smetana doesn’t know about parenting teenagers. Her latest study in a nearly 40-year career as a professor of psychology, looks at the effect of using guilt as a parenting tool.

topics: Department of Psychology, featured-post-side, Judith Smetana, QuadCast, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,