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What is CLS?
The Center for Language Sciences (CLS) is an organization at the University of Rochester that brings together faculty, postdocs, and graduate students who conduct research on any aspect of human language as a vehicle for active interdisciplinary work.
More About CLSGraduate Students
The CLS serves as a platform to support interdepartmental PhD students that focus on interdisciplinary work and training. The students have a primary department outside of the center, where they're admitted and affiliated, and a secondary department in another CLS related field.
Educational OpportunitiesOur Research
The CLS fosters research and activities that reach across a very broad group of disciplines. Some of its primary disciplines are linguistics, psychology, philosophy, computer science, data science, psychology, cognitive science, music theory, neuroscience, and engineering, covering a wide research focus and range of interests.
Research Opportunities
Feature Event
What do listeners remember about past spoken language input (and how)?
Special guest speaker Wednesday Bushong, assistant professor of psychology and cognitive and linguistic sciences at Wellesley College will explore the cognitive mechanisms underlying human listeners' ability to represent past spoken language input and integrate it with future information.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
12:30 p.m.–2 p.m.
325 Genesee Hall
Language Scientist Spotlight
Chigusa Kurumada
From sound stream to meaning
Chigusa Kurumada studies how children and adults interpret communicated and implied meanings from speech sounds.
Read the ArticleUpcoming Events
- What do listeners remember about past spoken language input (and how)?
Wednesday Bushong, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, Wellesley College
October 27 - Talk Title TBA
Ben Zhou, Arizona State University
November 3 - Talk Title TBA
Asia Pietraszko, University of Rochester
November 17
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