No Compromises on Diabetes
According to the CDC, 34.2 million Americans’ lives are affected by diabetes, and 88 million have prediabetes. The adults who had been diagnosed were found to also be smokers, overweight, and physically inactive. Though the diagnoses among adults have decreased over the past 10 years or so, the numbers for juvenile diabetes cases are on the rise.
Digitization services
Requests to digitize portions of print materials may be made through our online catalog
Calling out cancer
According to Breastcancer.org, one in eight women living in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their life. This year, 276,480 new cases are expected with more than 40,000 succumbing to the disease.
'Domestic violence is a national crime'
Congresswoman Slaughter used her position and platform to bring awareness to domestic violence and demand Congress take measures that would affect critical social change. For four consecutive years, she went before the House of Representatives to declare October Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Celebrating (Halloween) at the cemetery
Happy Halloween, Louise-ers!
You've done the pumpkin carving. You've probably watched some scary movies. You may even go trick-or-treating. But what about visiting a cemetery that's several centuries old? Let's go back to 2011 when Congresswoman Slaughter was there. (You didn't think we were suggesting actually visiting a cemetery, did you?)
Neilly Author Series: Paul Lauter
Come gather ’round people, wherever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth saving
Then you better start swimmin’ or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’
3 ‘Serious’ Questions with Carl Domingo
What if Eastman Quad had a hedge maze and Wilson Quad had an in-ground pool? Rocky deserves his own statue somewhere, right? Couldn’t the tunnel system be a bit more expansive? These are the types of questions students were asking themselves during a recent hands-on workshop held by Studio X, the University of Rochester’s hub for immersive technologies.
‘Dream Team’ receives 2020 Messinger Award
At this time last year, the University of Rochester was blissfully unaware of an emerging coronavirus that had aspirations of becoming a pandemic. That bubble burst at the end of January when the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency. Days later, President Sarah Mangelsdorf took action. She created and charged the Coronavirus University Response Team (CURT) with assessing how the outbreak could affect the University and Medical Center and developing a comprehensive response plan. The River Campus Libraries (RCL) did the same.
