Posts categorized Society & Culture

Scientific evidence alone isn’t enough to reach some students in conservative rural regions. Rochester researchers share what else teachers can do to counter climate change resistance.

To men and women incarcerated in western New York, a University-affiliated program offers higher education and a bridge to the outside world.

Brian Daboll’s coaching career has spanned various college and NFL teams over the past 24 years, including a role as the Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator. Now the Rochester alumnus has been named the football coach of the New York Giants.

A study led by researchers at the University of Toronto and coauthored by Rochester’s Bonne Le, showed that people who lived with family during COVID-19 had better mental health outcomes than people living alone.

The Rochester historian also wins a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to write her third book.

Rochester economist Narayana Kocherlakota explains the difference between the two—and why fiscal policy in the form of stimulus checks for all adults comes out ahead.

In their latest survey, Rochester political scientists in the Bright Line Watch watchdog group find divisions along partisan lines have notably deepened, and voters’ confidence in next year’s midterm elections has already been affected.

A Rochester team of political scientists introduces the idea of ‘democracy by deterrence’—and shows why it might be weakening in the United States.

A manuscript letter from Rose O’Neal Greenhow is the latest addition to the William Henry Seward Papers, the University’s largest and most cited archival collection.

On the contrary, a historical state-level analysis links party competition to increased public investment and greater social well-being.