Can appearing less educated help right-leaning candidates win votes from the poor?
Right-wing candidates in Brazil rely successfully on “descriptive representation” to win elections, according to Rochester political scientists.
K–12 leadership churn linked with decreased sharing of research across school districts
The greatest negative impact occurs in lower-performing schools working to improve outcomes for youth, according to Warner School professor Kara Finnigan and her coauthor.
Jason Middleton: Looking at film with a critical eye
The associate professor of English and visual and cultural studies lived all over the globe growing up, and developed a love of film at an early age.
Legacy of racism in housing policies continues to impact maternal health
Rochester economist Elaine Hill traces how redlining from decades ago in Rochester, New York, is associated with worse outcomes in pregnancy and childbirth experienced by Black women today.
Digital history project will create virtual visits to an African slave fort
Funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, “Black Past Lives Matter: Digital Kormantin” builds on history professor Michael Jarvis’s work as part of the Ghana summer field school.
Stress response doesn’t have to be bad. Here’s how to reframe it.
Rochester psychologists find that college students who reinterpret their stress response as performance-enhancing are less anxious and generally healthier.
Yearlong research project explores social and political nuances of migration in the Americas
Rochester scholars in the humanities and social sciences will study human migration as part of a “temporary research center” supported by a Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar grant.
How does the pandemic affect families who were already struggling?
River Campus psychologists and the Mt. Hope Family Center are awarded a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant to study the pandemic’s long-term effects on family cohesion and child well-being.
National Science Foundation award supports justice-centered science teaching
Warner School educators are working with science teachers to confront the devastation and mistrust for science experienced by communities, especially those of color, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zenon Snylyk ’55 captained US men’s soccer team at ’56 Olympics
As the Toyko Games begin, we remember an alumnus who rose from post-World War II chaos in Europe to the world’s sports stage.