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Sandra Knispel

Sandra Knispel

Sandra Knispel

Communications Specialist

sknispel@ur.rochester.edu

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New research shows that teens heed warnings more when parents model their values and show understanding.

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Daniel Beaumont, an expert on Arabian medieval literature and language, remembered

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From medieval Arabic texts to Delta blues, Beaumont left students with lessons that shaped both intellect and identity.

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Stephen Dewhurst: A door, left open

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Pioneering physicist and optical scientist Joseph Eberly remembered

His serendipitous original foray into optics research would help advance the fields of quantum optics and optical physics.

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Science & Technology

How artificial general intelligence could learn like a human

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William Hauser, professor emeritus of history, remembered

Hauser was devoted to teaching Japanese and East Asian history over a career of nearly four decades.

Open Letter wins Republic of Consciousness Prize for English translation of Melvill

Rochester鈥檚 literary translation press published Rodrigo Fres谩n鈥檚 invented biography of Herman Melville, translated by alumnus Will Vanderhyden.

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