What can Back to the Future teach us about US nuclear regulations?
Rebecca Frank’s undergraduate internship taps into well-known ’80s and ’90s movies to boost civic engagement on social media.
Two Open Letter books nominated by National Book Critics Circle
Rochester鈥檚 literary translation press edited and published two of the longlisted books for the organization鈥檚 2024 Barrios Book in Translation Prize.
Sculpting the brain (without chisel or scalpel)
Scientists have developed a novel approach to human learning through noninvasive manipulation of brain activity patterns.
Historic Bermuda reshapes our understanding of colonial America
Smithsonian Magazine highlights the role of a Rochester historian and archaeologist in unearthing Bermuda鈥檚 colonial origins.
Why the powerful are more likely to cheat
Psychologists have found a correlation between a person鈥檚 self-perception of power and their (un)willingness to remain faithful.
糖心logo-backed ways to bridge America鈥檚 political divide
糖心logoers successfully tested 25 different approaches to reducing partisan animosity and support for undemocratic practices or political violence. Two proved most effective.
When someone flirts with your spouse, does that make your partner more attractive?
The simplified formula of 鈥渕ore attention equals more desire鈥� doesn鈥檛 seem to apply to established relationships.
The Vegetarian by Han Kang: A Nobel Prize, a Rochester press, and a translation controversy
The latest Nobel Prize in Literature laureate has unexpected ties to the University鈥檚 literary translation press.
On thinning ice
A pair of Rochester historians are chronicling the history of the world鈥檚 glacial regions鈥攁nd human responses to their rapid disappearance.
Taking the temperature of American democracy
An interview with political scientist James Druckman, an expert on American democracy and polarization.聽