Recent News
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What crime and prison reveal about incarceration—and about us
URochester researchers on how childhood trauma, parental incarceration, and even discipline in schools shape criminal justice outcomes.
The cookbook that taught generations of Jews how to become American
A new book reveals how The Settlement Cook Book became an unlikely guide to immigration, assimilation, memory, and belonging.
Recent awards recognize faculty achievements
As part of an ongoing series, we’re spotlighting accolades for URochester faculty.
Can AI want something? URochester awarded Templeton Foundation grant to find out
The funding launches a new institute to investigate one of science’s biggest mysteries: the difference between life and machines.
The biggest misconception about vision? That you see reality
Human vision isn’t a direct recording of the world. That’s why virtual and augmented reality still struggle to replicate it.
Noted photographer and art educator Carl Chiarenza remembered
The former URochester faculty member lectured and taught workshops at more than 100 institutions in 33 states.
Beyond the pitch: The World Cup as world history
A URochester expert unpacks the history, identity, migration, fandom, and politics that collide on soccer’s biggest stage