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The Arts
March 3, 2023 | 01:54 pm

Mellon grant supports a close-up on close-ups

A Rochester research team is part of an inter-institutional project to document the history of the close-up, one of film and television’s most powerful techniques.

topics: Department of English, digital humanities, film, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, humanities, Joel Burges, Mellon Foundation, research funding, River Campus Libraries,
Science & Technology
October 21, 2021 | 11:54 am

New imaging system captures text from barely open books

Rochester textual scientist Gregory Heyworth led the development of a digitization method for books with fragile binding.

topics: Department of English, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, digital humanities, Gregory Heyworth, humanities, Lazarus Project, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
In Photos
February 26, 2020 | 03:47 pm

One of the world’s oldest globes is ready for its close-up

Rochester professor Gregory Heyworth and his Lazarus Project colleagues have created a 3-D model of one of the treasures of the New York Public Library, the Hunt-Lenox Globe, one of the first globes to show the New World — and to warn “Here be dragons.”

topics: Department of English, digital humanities, Digital Scholarship Lab, featured-post, Gregory Heyworth, humanities, Lazarus Project, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
April 7, 2017 | 02:23 pm

Big library, big data

“Libraries have been managing data for centuries,” says Marcy Strong, head of metadata service at River Campus Libraries. And in the new field of data science, practitioners will rely on work University librarians have long done.

topics: data science, digital humanities, Humanities Center, River Campus Libraries, rush rhees library,
Society & Culture
March 11, 2015 | 11:18 am

Mellon Grant helps River Campus Libraries establish Digital Humanities Institute

River Campus Libraries has been awarded a $100,672 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a pilot program designed to strengthen librarians’ competencies in digital scholarship. “21st Century Skills: Digital Humanities Institute for Mid-Career Librarians” will launch during the summer of 2015.

topics: announcements, digital humanities, grant, Mellon Foundation, River Campus Libraries,
Society & Culture
December 12, 2014 | 11:15 am

Digital Humanities Project turns a lens on prewar Japan

For the last 15 years, professor Joanne Bernardi has collected more than 1,100 postcards, film prints, brochures and other visual representations of early 20th century Japan. But how can this collection continue to grow while allowing other scholars to register and contribute content? Enter the Digital Humanities Center.

topics: Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, digital humanities, Digital Humanities Center, film, global engagement, Japan, Joanne Bernardi, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
November 12, 2013 | 04:34 pm

Mellon Foundation Commits $1M to Digital Humanities

Students from any of Rochester’s four humanities Ph.D. programs—English, history, philosophy, and visual and cultural studies—are invited to apply for admission to the fellowship.

topics: digital humanities, graduate fellows, humanities, Mellon Foundation, Rettner Hall,