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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
March 25, 2019 | 09:52 am

Should higher education go digital?

From smartphones and social media to augmented spaces and virtual reality —three Rochester professors discuss the role digital technologies play in our learning.

topics: Department of History, Digital Scholarship Lab, Emily Sherwood, featured-post-side, Jayne Lammers, Joan Shelley Rubin, QuadCast, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences, Warner School of Education,
The Arts
November 29, 2018 | 12:57 pm

Digital scholars rescue lost Japanese film

A 1929 Japanese silent film inspired by a classic O. Henry short story was long thought lost until Rochester researchers collaborated to bring it back to the big screen.

topics: Department of English, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Digital Scholarship Lab, Film and Media Studies Program, George Eastman Museum, Joanne Bernardi, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
October 11, 2018 | 12:19 pm

Seward Family Digital Archive project tops $1 million in grant money

The project brings together students in the humanities and computer science and retired volunteers to help transcribe the thousands of Seward family letters written in Victorian-era cursive handwriting.

topics: Department of History, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, Digital Scholarship Lab, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences, Seward Family Archive, Social Sciences, Thomas Slaughter,
The Arts
September 20, 2018 | 03:24 pm

Telling ‘Sekuru’s Stories’ through music, digital scholarship

Rochester ethnomusicologist Jennifer Kyker has embarked on a research project focused on the musical life of one of her earliest mbira teachers, renowned performer of the Zimbabwean mbira, Sekuru Tute Chigamba.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, Digital Scholarship Lab, Eastman School of Music, featured-post-side, global engagement, Jennifer Kyker, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,