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Society & Culture

When someone flirts with your spouse, does that make your partner more attractive?

October 15, 2024

The simplified formula of 鈥渕ore attention equals more desire鈥� doesn鈥檛 seem to apply to established relationships.

Society & Culture

On thinning ice

September 11, 2024

A pair of Rochester historians are chronicling the history of the world鈥檚 glacial regions鈥攁nd human responses to their rapid disappearance.

Society & Culture

Why the US-China trade war could last another five years

July 31, 2024

A Rochester economist applies lessons from the 1980s to explain the United States鈥� current trade war with the potential superpower.

Society & Culture

Taking the temperature of American democracy

July 10, 2024

An interview with political scientist James Druckman, an expert on American democracy and polarization.聽

Society & Culture

Does it matter how much Democrats and Republicans hate each other? Yes, it does.

June 13, 2024

New research suggests partisan hostility can erode democratic institutions and functioning.

Society & Culture

NATO at 75鈥攑owerful and necessary, or costly and obsolete?

May 8, 2024

Created as a counterweight to the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, the military alliance may be more important now than ever. Political scientist Randall Stones explains why.

Society & Culture

That鈥檚 not Native American art. Or is it?

April 25, 2024

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

Society & Culture

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

April 16, 2024

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

Society & Culture

Surprising facts and beliefs about eclipses during medieval and Renaissance times

April 1, 2024

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

Society & Culture

7 rare books to celebrate the solar eclipse

March 25, 2024

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�

Society & Culture

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.

Society & Culture

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.