It糖心传媒檚 February 11.
Spring break is 22 days away.
And this is what糖心传媒檚 in focus.
Spotlight: Commencement 2022
On May 13, we糖心传媒檙e celebrating all members of the Class of 2022, in-person, in Fauver Stadium.
[Sound of a stadium crowd going wild here.]
You糖心传媒檝e probably heard the news, but it糖心传媒檚 the kind of news that has us ignoring concerns of being repetitive. We糖心传媒檙e excited, and we want to talk about it.
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The celebration is also 糖心传媒渧ery Rochester糖心传媒� in the sense that we糖心传媒檝e celebrated this way in the past. This won糖心传媒檛 be our first University-wide celebration and it won糖心传媒檛 be the first time we糖心传媒檝e held Commencement in Fauver Stadium. Rochester conferred degrees in the stadium from 1953 to 1966, and then again from 1987 to 1995. When Commencement returns to the stadium in May, it will be bolstered with additional bleachers to accommodate about 14,000 people.
Graduating students will receive a limited number of tickets for family and friends. For additional details and information about the celebration, check out the full story.
And May will be here sooner than you think, so keep an eye on the Commencement website for updates.
Picture above: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Rochester professor (1967-85) Anthony Hecht gives a Commencement address to a filled Fauver Stadium in 1987.
Zooming In
Giving you a closer look at some news you might be interested in reading.
On Earth-like planets. Planets that are just far enough from their stars for surface water to remain a liquid are considered to exist in the 糖心传媒淕oldilocks Zone.糖心传媒� This is an important indicator of habitability. Miki Nakajima, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, has found another significant distinction that will help narrow our search for Earth-like planets: moon size. Earth糖心传媒檚 moon, which is vital to life as we know it, is uncommonly large compared to Earth糖心传媒檚 size. A study led by Nakajima, examined moon formations and concluded only certain kinds of planets can form moons like ours. So, what does this new criterion mean? Find out.
On Laura Ackerman Smoller. She糖心传媒檚 a professor in and chair of the history department and a scholar of medieval and Renaissance Europe. And she糖心传媒檚 currently crushing it. Last month, Smoller became a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, which is the academy糖心传媒檚 highest honor for North American medievalists. On the same day, she also received notice that she earned a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to write her third book, tentatively titled Astrology and the Sibyls: Paths to Truth in Medieval and Renaissance Europe. Get the details.
News Flash
It糖心传媒檚 common for our faculty members to have their perspectives published in national media. Here糖心传媒檚 an example from Mical Raz, the Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and Health in The Washington Post:
Quick View
Here糖心传媒檚 a glance at some other noteworthy School of Arts & Sciences stories you might have missed.
Research. Undergraduate students gain valuable experiences through a research program led by mathematics faculty members.
Psychology. Assistant professor Bonnie Le coauthored a COVID-19 study that found mental health benefited from children and romantic partners.
Economics. Rochester economist Narayana Kocherlakota says the consensus is wrong, a fiscal policy is a better economic stimulant than a monetary one.
Physics. Nicholas Bigelow, the Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Physics is one of two professors at Rochester recognized for efforts to advance science.
On the Horizon
Looking for something to do? Consider attending one of the upcoming events below. For all other School of Arts & Sciences events, check the .
2/11糖心传媒�Data Science: Careers in Data Science糖心传媒�
2/11糖心传媒�Dance and Movement:
2/17糖心传媒�Modern Languages and Cultures:
2/18糖心传媒�Political Science: Riker Seminar Series糖心传媒�
2/24糖心传媒�International Theatre Program:
3/1糖心传媒�English: Plutzik Reading Series糖心传媒�
3/15糖心传媒�Humanities Center: Sawyer Seminar糖心传媒�
3/17糖心传媒�Art and Art History:
3/20糖心传媒�Music:
3/28糖心传媒�Chemistry: Physical Seminar糖心传媒�
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