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Becky Frank smiles at the camera with her hands on her hips wearing a "Back to the Future" t-shirt in front of the University of Rochester clock tower.
Society & Culture
January 22, 2025 | 03:27 pm

What can Back to the Future teach us about US nuclear regulations?

Rebecca Frank’s undergraduate internship taps into well-known ’80s and ’90s movies to boost civic engagement on social media.

topics: Class of 2025, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Department of Political Science, languages, School of Arts and Sciences,
Bykov smiling while seated at seminar table with students seated around him.
From the Magazine
May 1, 2024 | 03:35 pm

Dmitry Bykov: Satirizing Putin

The Russian poet, journalist, and literary critic is teaching and lecturing at Rochester as part of the Humanities Center’s Scholar in Exile program.

topics: Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, global engagement, Humanities Center, languages, School of Arts and Sciences,
protesters holding signs, viewed through a Ukrainian flag.
Society & Culture
March 3, 2022 | 09:41 am

Fact-checking Putin’s claims that Ukraine and Russia are ‘one people’

Rochester historian Matthew Lenoe explains how Ukraine’s history is intertwined with Russia’s—but also with that of many other nations, empires, ethnicities, and religions.

topics: Department of History, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, featured-post, Matthew Lenoe, School of Arts and Sciences, thought leadership,
Three vertical shots of Goergen Award recipients Jason Middleton, Elaine Sia, and Will Bridges.
University News
October 26, 2021 | 10:21 am

Meet the recipients of the 2021 Goergen Awards for teaching excellence

Rochester professors Will Bridges, Jason Middleton, and Elaine Sia will be formally recognized for their exceptional undergraduate teaching on October 28.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, Department of Biology, Department of English, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Elaine Sia, Film and Media Studies Program, Jason Middleton, School of Arts and Sciences,
Will Bridges in profile with a blackboard in the background.
Campus Life
October 26, 2021 | 09:58 am

Will Bridges: Innovation and student involvement as teaching tools

A fourth-generation teacher with a passion for post-World War II Japanese literature, the associate professor is always searching for innovative ways to reach his students.

topics: awards, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, School of Arts and Sciences,