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David Williams in a classroom.
Science & Technology
August 11, 2015 | 03:26 pm

Vision expert David Williams receives Beckman-Argyros Award

David Williams, widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on human vision, received the $500,000 prize for his transformative breakthroughs in vision research and adaptive optics.

topics: awards, Center for Visual Science, David Williams, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Jennifer Grotz
The Arts
August 4, 2015 | 12:45 pm

Professor Jennifer Grotz receives fellowship for literary translation studies

Grotz, director of the University’s translation studies program, has been awarded a Literary Translation Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts to support the English translation of several poems by the Polish writer Jerzy Ficowski.

topics: announcements, Department of English, grant, literary translation, School of Arts and Sciences, translation,
aerial photo of large group of students hanging out on the quad
Society & Culture
July 23, 2015 | 11:58 am

College social life can predict well-being at midlife

A new 30-year longitudinal study shows that the quantity of social interactions a person has in their 20s—and the quality of the social relationships they have in their 30s—can benefit his or her well-being later in life. The study participants, now in their 50s, took part in the Rochester-Interaction Record (RIR) study as college students in the 1970s and again as 30-year-olds in the 1980s.

topics: Department of Psychology, featured-post, Harry Reis, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
extreme close-up of a cat with a mathematical formula printed on its face
Science & Technology
July 21, 2015 | 02:27 pm

Drawing a line between quantum and classical: Bell’s Inequality fails test as boundary

The best guide to the boundary between our everyday world and the “spooky” features of the quantum world has been a theorem called Bell’s Inequality, but now a new paper shows that we understand the frontiers of that quantum world less well than scientists have thought.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, quantum science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
close-up of a baby
Science & Technology
July 20, 2015 | 04:07 pm

Babies’ expectations may help brain development

A series of studies with infants 5 to 7 months old has shown that the portion of babies’ brains responsible for visual processing responds not just to the presence of visual stimuli, but also to the mere expectation of visual stimuli.

topics: brain, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
pitcher throwing a baseball
Science & Technology
June 22, 2015 | 11:57 am

How understanding GPS can help you hit a curveball

Our brains track moving objects by applying one of the algorithms your phone’s GPS uses, according to researchers at the University of Rochester. This same algorithm also explains why we are fooled by several motion-related optical illusions, including the sudden “break” of baseball’s well known “curveball illusion.”

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Duje Tadin, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, vision,
close-up image of child's face
Society & Culture
June 18, 2015 | 01:04 pm

Stress in low-income families can affect children’s learning

Children living in low-income households who endure family instability and emotionally distant caregivers are at risk of having impaired cognitive abilities according to new research from Rochester’s Mt. Hope Family Center.

topics: children, Department of Psychology, featured-post, Melissa Sturge-Apple, Mt. Hope Family Center, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
students and their former teachers
Campus Life
June 9, 2015 | 10:11 am

Singer Awards recognize those who changed lives of four UR graduates

Each year, seniors in the College are invited to nominate a high school teacher for consideration for the Singer Family Prize. The four award winners receive a plaque and $3,000, as well as $2,500 for their school.

topics: awards, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Singer Family Prize,
Narayana Kocherlakota
University News
June 8, 2015 | 11:31 am

Narayana Kocherlakota named first Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics

Narayana Kocherlakota, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and a leading scholar of monetary and financial economics, has been appointed as the inaugural Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics. His appointment is effective January 1, 2016.

topics: announcements, Department of Economics, Narayana Kocherlakota, scholarships, School of Arts and Sciences,