President Barack Obama's response to the death of Trayvon Martin represents "a new direction for his often strained approach to racial matters," says Stephanie Li, assistant professor of English at the University of Rochester and author of Signifying Without Specifying: Racial Discourse in the Age of Obama .
University of Rochester bullying expert Katy Allen offers her views on New York State's "Dignity for All Students Act," which takes effect this summer, and how schools and parents can help combat issues of social conflict, aggression, and drama—not just with The Dignity Act but in general—before they escalate and become serious bullying violations.
The latest video created by the University of Rochester's Admissions Office gives prospective students facts and figures about the University with a hip hop twist.
Online dating has not only shed its stigma, it has surpassed all forms of matchmaking in the United States other than meeting through friends, according to a new analysis of research on the burgeoning relationship industry.
Controversy and scandal marred Michael Jackson's reputation as the most influential entertainer of all time, however a new book about the King of Pop is designed to change that.
A team of astrophysicists from the University of Rochester and Europe has discovered a ring system in the constellation Centaurus that invites comparisons to Saturn. This is the first system of discrete, thin, dust rings detected around a very low-mass object outside of our solar system.
The human brain is bombarded with a cacophony of information from the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and skin. Now a team of scientists at the University of Rochester, Washington University in St. Louis, and Baylor College of Medicine has unraveled how the brain manages to process those complex, rapidly changing, and often conflicting sensory signals to make sense of our world.
As the 2011-2012 admissions cycle gets under way, the University of Rochester now offers two website innovations designed to provide high school students with more information about the University and the admissions decision-making process.
In stride with President Obama’s higher education reform efforts to make college education more accessible and affordable and to help more students succeed once they get there, several University of Rochester researchers and practitioners, who are also doing their part to improve the landscape of higher education, are available for comment and interviews on issues from college access to college retention.
The world's largest collection of AIDS posters is now online, providing a visual history of the first three decades of the HIV/AIDS crisis from 1981 to the present. Launched in October during the 30th anniversary year of the identification of the disease, the University of Rochester exhibit consists of more than 6,200 posters from 100 plus countries in 60 languages.
Parents under long-term stress often find it challenging to tap into the patience, responsiveness, and energy required for effective child rearing. Now research from a University of Rochester team helps to explain why chronic stress and parenting are such a toxic mix. The study finds that ongoing strains, like poverty or depression, disrupt the body’s natural stress response, making mothers more likely to engage in a host of problematic parenting behaviors.
Giving your heart to a supportive spouse turns out to be an excellent way to stay alive, according to new research from the University of Rochester. Happily wedded people who undergo coronary bypass surgery are more than three times as likely to be alive 15 years later as their unmarried counterparts, reports a study published online August 22 in Health Psychology, a publication of the American Psychological Association.
Is your kid a “dove” – cautious and submissive when confronting new environments, or perhaps you have a “hawk” – bold and assertive in unfamiliar settings? These basic temperamental patterns are linked to opposite hormonal responses to stress – differences that may provide children with advantages for navigating threatening environments, researchers report in Development and Psychopathology.
Scientists have figured out the brain mechanism that makes an optical illusion first reported by Aristotle work. The illusion, known as Motion Aftereffect in scientific circles, causes us to see movement where none exists.
Coming out as lesbian, gay, or bisexual increases emotional well-being even more than earlier research has indicated. But the psychological benefits of revealing one’s sexual identity -- less anger, less depression, and higher self-esteem – are limited to supportive settings, shows a study published June 20 in Social Psychology and Personality Science. The findings underscore the importance of creating workplaces and other social settings that are accepting of all people, but especially gay, lesbian or bisexual individuals.
When humans see red, their reactions become both faster and more forceful. And people are unaware of the color’s intensifying effect, finds a study in the latest issue of the journal Emotion.
A study conducted at the University of Rochester’s Baby Lab shows that toddlers actually use their parents’ stumbles and hesitations (technically referred to as disfluencies) to help them learn language more efficiently.
University of Rochester optics professor Jannick Rolland has developed an optical technology that provides unprecedented images under the skin’s surface. The aim of the technology is to detect and examine skin lesions to determine whether they are benign or cancerous without having to cut the suspected tumor out of the skin and analyze it in the lab.
Although military takeovers have a nefarious tradition of installing brutal dictators, tying international aid to free elections can help to promote democracy in Egypt and other countries emerging from a military coup, says Hein Goemans, coauthor of the forthcoming book, Leaders and International Conflict.
Th. Emil Homerin, professor of religion and an expert on Islam, is available for comment on the evolving protests in Egypt.
Why in the United States are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? A new study shows that our larger cities are responsible for up to one-third of the growth in the wage gap. And it’s the soaring salaries of many urban dwellers that is causing the mega income gap in megacities.
Greg Carlson, professor of linguistics and coauthor of Sold on Language: How Advertisers Talk to You and What This Says about You, is available to discuss the linguistic tricks used by Super Bowl advertisers.
Researchers have found the brain region responsible for allowing our brains to ignore background motion in favor of the motions of objects in the foreground. Interestingly, the elderly and people with schizophrenia and depression don't prioritize in this way.
Cognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have discovered that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster. The researchers found that video game players develop a heightened sensitivity to what is going on around them, and this benefit doesn’t just make them better at playing video games, but improves a wide variety of general skills that can help with everyday activities like multitasking, driving, reading small print, keeping track of friends in a crowd, and navigating around town.
Wearing the color red or being bordered by the rosy hue makes a man more attractive and sexually desirable to women, finds a multicultural study published Aug. 2 in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. And women are unaware of this arousing effect.
A new membrane developed at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics blocks gas from flowing through it when one color of light is shined on its surface, and permits gas to flow through when another color of light is used. It is the first time that scientists have developed a membrane that can be controlled in this way by light.
Contrary to Leo Tolstoy's famous observation that "happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," a new psychology study confirms that unhappy families, in fact, are unhappy in two distinct ways. And these dual patterns of unhealthy family relationships lead to a host of specific difficulties for children during their early school years.
It has been a basic principle of evolution for more than a century that plants and animals can adapt genetically in ways that help them better survive and reproduce. Now, in a paper to be published in the journal Science, University of Rochester biologist John Jaenike and colleagues document a clear example of a new mechanism for evolution.
Being outside in nature makes people feel more alive, finds a series of studies published in the June 2010 issue of the Journal of Environmental Psychology. And that sense of increased vitality exists above and beyond the energizing effects of physical activity and social interaction that are often associated with our forays into the natural world, the studies show.
A new interdisciplinary curriculum in environmental sustainability, developed by University of Rochester faculty and students, will help two independent schools in the U.S. and Africa to develop cross-cultural understanding and support for one another around sustainability issues.
Vigorous two-party competition provides the best guarantee for meaningful, broad-based governance and modest salaries for lawmakers add a second protection against narrow-interest legislation, finds a national study spanning 120 years of state lawmaking.
Nancy Ares, an associate professor in teaching and curriculum at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education, has co-authored and edited a book that examines the resources and practices that youth of color and those living in poverty develop through their everyday lives and bring to classroom learning.
People experience better moods, greater vitality, and fewer aches and pains from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, concludes the first study of daily mood variation in employed adults. And that ‘weekend effect’ is largely associated with the freedom to choose one’s activities and the opportunity to spend time with loved ones.
The civil rights leader is to present the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address.
The “Educate to Innovate” campaign, launched by President Obama in November, seeks to boost the participation and performance of students, especially those in middle and high school, in science and math. Rather than focusing primarily on the middle and high school years, Joyce Duckles, who studies family science practices, believes the initiative should also target young children and families.
President Obama launched the “Educate to Innovate” campaign, a nationwide effort to motivate U.S. kids to excel in math and science. Jeffrey Choppin, Ph.D., believes that this initiative is a great way to engage students in mathematics outside the classroom. He suggests that the initiative should help students grapple with problems that are authentic and mathematically intriguing, with an underlying goal of connecting the ways students experience the world with formal mathematical concepts.
Lucia French, Ph.D., a developmental psychologist who studies language and cognitive development in young children, says nothing contributes more to a young child’s early development than actual parent-child interaction. She believes that while the Baby Einstein videos are not harmful, they do not contribute to helping children learn a language.
Want to be a better person? Commune with nature. Paying attention to the natural world not only makes you feel better, it makes you behave better, finds a new study to be published October 1 in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Alzheimer's Disease, which affects 5.1 million people age 65 and older, is the most common cause of dementia in late life. Kathryn Douthit, Ph.D., is available to talk about counselors’ roles in reducing the number of future Alzheimer’s dementia cases and share helpful counseling intervention techniques that successfully postpone, if not prevent, these symptoms.
With the economy in the throes of a recession, nearly a third of Americans are postponing or reducing the amount of vacation they plan to take this year. But scrimping on leisure could backfire.
University of Rochester Music Historian John Covach describes Michael Jackson as "one of the world's great entertainers and a pivotal figure in the history of American music."
If you think having loads of money, fetching looks, or the admiration of many will improve your life "” think again. A new study by University of Rochester researchers demonstrates that progress on these fronts can actually make a person less happy.
Louise Slaughter, one of the top Democratic leaders in Congress, will address May 17 commencement for Arts, Sciences and Engineering at the University of Rochester.
Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a novel optical technique that permits rapid analysis of single human immune cells using only light. Because of this, cellular researchers may soon be able to observe the responses of individual cells to various stimuli, rather than relying on aggregate data from large cell populations.
The creation of long platinum nanowires at the University of Rochester could soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells by providing significant increases in both the longevity and efficiency. Nanowire enhanced fuel cells could power many types of vehicles, helping reduce the use of petroleum fuels for transportation.
The same night and at the same hour that Abraham Lincoln was shot, his Secretary of State William Seward also was targeted for assassination. On Feb. 12, in honor of Lincoln's 200th birthday, the University of Rochester will post online digital facsimiles of Fanny Seward's harrowing eyewitness account of that failed attempt on her father's life.
A study by two University of Rochester psychologists demonstrates that the color red makes men feel more amorous toward women. And men are unaware of the role the color plays in their attraction.
Beginning Jan. 22, representatives from 25 of the nation's premier music institutions will come to the Eastman School of Music for a workshop sponsored by the School's groundbreaking Institute for Music Leadership on embedding entrepreneurship in their curriculums.
The nation's first precise scientific working replica of Europe's best-preserved late Baroque organ will be inaugurated October 16 at a public concert followed by a four-day Festival in Rochester, New York.
Researchers at the University of Rochester have digitally reproduced music in a file nearly 1,000 times smaller than a regular MP3 file. The music, a 20-second clarinet solo, is encoded in less than a single kilobyte, and is made possible by two innovations: recreating in a computer both the real-world physics of a clarinet and the physics of a clarinet player.
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