Two year-old Taylor Stark sits on the shoulder of her father Sean and watches other children on an inflatable slide during Kids Day, last Saturday. Kids Day was held in the fieldhouse of the Robert C. Goergen Athletic Center and sponsored by UR and the YMCA of Rochester.



Acting like Children

So far, I’ve already tried a few alternative methods because, according to my doctor, my liver “can’t take much more of this,” and I think one has finally stuck. Read More

Acting like Children

As recently as the early 2010s, it was standard practice for surgeons to provide 30 to 40 or more opioid pills for common, minimally invasive procedures. Most of these pills, however, would remain untouched, left over in the patient’s medical cabinet or kitchen pantries for potential misuse. A team of researchers led by URMC’s Dr. Jacob Moalem set out to reduce these opioid overprescriptions. Read More

Acting like Children

So, you have a degree in Biochemistry and English. You served in student government for four years, clustered in Astrophysics, and speak passable German. In other words, you’re unemployed.  Read More