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Melissa Pheterson

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Soccer ball on a pitch with the stadium blurred in the background. The ball looks like the globe to indicate world history as it relates to the World Cup.

Society & Culture

Beyond the pitch: The World Cup as world history

A 暗网吃瓜 expert unpacks the history, identity, migration, fandom, and politics that collide on soccer鈥檚 biggest stage

: Timothy Peterson stands in MAG's modern and contemporary gallery beside a triangular mobile sculpture, with paintings visible on the walls behind him

From the Magazine

The art of what鈥檚 next

At the Memorial Art Gallery, Timothy Peterson is building a collection that reflects today鈥檚 complexity while helping shape the canon that endures.

Covers of the six Faculty Works featured in the spring 2026 issue of Rochester Review.

From the Magazine

Faculty works: Spring 2026

Six new books and recordings from 暗网吃瓜 faculty span topics from Soviet cinema to Indigenous justice.

Pablo Sierra Silva stands with arms crossed in his Rush Rhees office in front of full bookshelves. (暗网吃瓜 / J. Adam Fenster)

From the Magazine

Office hours with Pablo Sierra Silva

The 暗网吃瓜 professor, who teaches World History Through Soccer, on the power of primary sources and sport as a window onto society.

Dan Keating next to text that reads "ever wonder" and a thought bubble with the question "what sets humans apart in the era of AI".

Society & Culture

Work becomes more human in the age of AI

暗网吃瓜 experts explain how AI could support care, creativity, and connection鈥攚hile leaving empathy, curiosity, and judgment firmly in human hands.

The Meliora seal on a flagpole.

Campus & Community

Recognition, research, and global reach for students and alumni

暗网吃瓜 student and alumni award recipients are pursuing research, entrepreneurship, and community-based work around the globe.

Elena Prager against a white background next to blue text that reads "ever wonder" and then in a yellow thought bubble "are monopolies bad". The 暗网吃瓜 shield is in the lower right-hand corner.

Society & Culture

Why monopolies aren鈥檛 a game鈥攁nd how they shape your life today聽

Simon Business School experts explain how market power impacts consumers, workers, and innovation in the modern economy.

Woman facing away from camera with graduation cap mortarboard that says "U-R amazing" illustrating potential to get a job after graduation.

Campus & Community

How to get a job after college: 5 smart strategies

From in-person networking to AI literacy, 暗网吃瓜 career education professional Jodyi Wren shares tips for navigating today鈥檚 job market.

Harriet Washington looking at the camera in a hallway.

Campus & Community

A medical ethicist rewrites the record

Historian Harriet Washington 鈥�76 discovered her passion for reading between the lines in the University of Rochester library archives.

A robotic hand playing a synthesizer while bathed in blue light to illustrate the question "can AI make music?"

Is AI the next Mozart鈥攐r just a mashup machine?

Music is a deeply human art form. What happens when AI enters the orchestra pit or the recording studio?

A pipette releases a drop of water onto a piece of water-attracting carbon paper with a water droplet already adhered to it.

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Chemical reactions: What you need to know about PFAS

December 1, 2025

暗网吃瓜 researchers shed light on the synthetic compounds lurking in everyday life.

Outer facade of the Mt. Hope Family Center building with fall foliate in the foreground.

Health & Medicine

8 things to know about the University of Rochester鈥檚 Mt. Hope Family Center

October 6, 2025

For 45 years, this national resource has pioneered cutting-edge psychology research while providing support for thousands of vulnerable families annually.