The 32nd annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held on Friday, April 7th at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York, and this year’s class of inductees is one of the most musically diverse yet. In this episode of the QuadCast, student host Nick Bruno ’17 sits down in the studio with John Covach, a professor of music theory and the director of the Institute for Popular Music at the URochester, to discuss this year’s inductees, the Rock Hall, and its place in music history. Then, with the help of his guitar, Professor Covach walks us through Yes’s hit song Roundabout and explains what makes it such an important part of rock history.

Unlocking big data

A Newscenter series on how Rochester is using data science to change how we research, how we learn, and how we understand our world.

In this episode of the QuadCast podcast, Nick Bruno ’17 talks with two researchers at the who are using data science to understand the challenges facing K-12 education, both here in Rochester and around the country. is an associate professor and director of the Educational Policy Program in the Warner School’s Educational Leadership Program. Her work focuses on education policy, and her research projects include a social network analysis that visualizes the structural—often geographical—disconnects that can happen between school leaders and central district leaders and the impact these disconnects have.

, is an associate professor and chair for academic programs in the Warner School’s Educational Leadership Program. She brings an economics background to her education work, and her research questions focus on the allocation of resources, both financial and human. Having access to large data sets that show this kind of information at the district, state, and national level helps her identify patterns and trends. She is currently working on a project to analyze survey data from teachers, non-teaching staff, students, and families at Rochester’s East High.

In this episode of the QuadCast podcast, Nick Bruno ’17 interviews Grammy Award-winner Stephen Roessner, a lecturer in Rochester’s audio and music engineering program, and Dan Kannen ’17, one of Roessner’s students. Together they discuss what goes into the selection of the nominees and award winners, how Roessner found out (or didn’t!) that he was nominated for his audio engineering work, and how changes in audio technology and streaming services are changing what people think about award-worthy audio quality.

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It’s time for ghosts, ghouls, and goblins. Halloween is a staple in American culture, but what are the origins of the holiday? , professor of religion, discusses Halloween’s roots in mysticism with student host Nick Bruno in this episode of the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ QuadCast.

John Covach, professor of music theory at the University, sat down with audio and music engineering major Nick Bruno ’17 in the studio to talk about the Monkees, their influence on pop culture, and how their music ended up taking on a life of its own, in the premiere episode of UR QuadCast.

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