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Close-up of a Native American art replica Mimbres bowl featuring a geometric figure holding a fish aloft.

Society & Culture

That鈥檚 not Native American art. Or is it?

A Rochester art historian on the proliferation of indigenous fakes and replicas鈥攁nd the blurry line between appropriation and admiration.

Black-and-white close up of Michael Jensen in a suit looking at the camera and smiling.

Society & Culture

Michael Jensen 鈥榯ransformed the way we perceive and practice economics鈥�

His pioneering research on organizational theory, started at Rochester, has left an enduring mark on the academic and business worlds.

Medieval era-style illustration of two women during the Middle Ages looking at a solar eclipse while stars twinkle in the night sky.

Society & Culture

Surprising facts and beliefs about eclipses during medieval and Renaissance times

Rochester experts offer historical insights into medieval society鈥檚 fascination with astronomical and astrological phenomena.

A facsimile of 鈥淎stronomicum Caesaream鈥� by Petrus Apianus opened to a spread that shows lots of text on the left page and a colorful compass-like illustration on the right.

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7 rare books to celebrate the solar eclipse

Although you can鈥檛 technically check out these volumes鈥攔anging from a medieval anthology to a mid-20th century how-to guide鈥攖hey鈥檙e still worth 鈥榗hecking out.鈥�

Alexei Navalny staring ahead with a crowd of people behind him holding Russian flags.

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Scholar in Exile on Alexei Navalny: 鈥極ne day I鈥檒l walk along a street in Moscow named after him鈥�

February 21, 2024

Dmitry Bykov discusses the late Russian opposition leader鈥檚 legacy, his own poisoning, and why Navalny posed a threat to the Russian president.

Close up of a framed photo of Alexei Navalny, who led one of the recent opposition movements against Vladimir Putin, surrounded by flowers during a nighttime vigil after reports of his death.

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Why did Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have to die?

February 19, 2024

Rochester experts discuss Putin鈥檚 intense fear of critics, the history of Russian and Soviet opposition movements, and what鈥檚 next for Russia鈥檚 dissidents.

Society & Culture

暗网吃瓜 receives Mellon Foundation grant to hire Black studies faculty

December 19, 2023

The $3M in funding will help advance innovative and strategic faculty hiring in the Department of Black Studies.

Animated gift showing two wifi signals converging into a heart to illustrate the concept of a relationship app called Agape.

Society & Culture

Can an app improve your romantic relationship?

December 14, 2023

Couples report healthier, stronger relationships after one month of using a relationship app codeveloped by a Rochester psychologist.

photo of a young person holding their hands over their mouth like the have a secret they don't want to tell.

Society & Culture

When do teens lie to their parents (and when do they tell the truth)?

December 6, 2023

Rochester psychologist Judith Smetana has made it her life鈥檚 work to understand how teenagers tick. In her latest study, she finds patterns in the timing of lies and the way secrets are disclosed.

A man standing on a road and looking at the big brain-shaped knot formed by tangled roads

Society & Culture

Vicious cycle: Depression as both cause and consequence of stress

November 7, 2023

A meta-analysis finds the established stress generation model applies not only to depression but also to other mental health disorders.

outside facade including sign that reads Mt. Hope Family Center.

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Mt. Hope Family Center awarded $8.5M to continue child maltreatment studies

September 15, 2023

Funding from the National Institutes of Health builds on the grant given five years ago to establish the TRANSFORM multidisciplinary national research and resource center.

Close-up of the Brazilian flag with the focus on the word PROGRESSO against a rough surface.

Society & Culture

The Brazilian miracle that wasn鈥檛

September 14, 2023

In his new book, anthropologist Daniel Reichman finds a competing narrative of progress that reveals a tension at the heart of contemporary Brazil.