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Adam Parkes ’93 (PhD) explores the writing of Kazuo Ishiguro, recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, noting his fearless literary experimentation meshed with a simple austerity.

Wilson Day enables first-year students to learn about the Rochester community during orientation, as they help out at nearly 100 local agencies, including schools, churches, nursing homes, museums, and more.

Wilson Day enables first-year students to learn about the Rochester community during orientation via volunteer work at nearly 100 local agencies.

The annual prize was created in 1976 to recognize American women on the precipice of promising writing careers.

Poliner won for her novel As Close to Us as Breathing. She will be on campus November 1st for the awards ceremony and a reading, followed by a book signing.

URMC’s Kishan Pandya kicks off this season’s “Hidden Passions: Inspiring Conversations about Hyphenated Lives,” a series sponsored by Memorial Art Gallery to showcase Rochesterians whose lives feature intriguing and unusual creative outlets.

The program features presenters from Rochester—including University faculty, staff, and students—who share their creative pursuits with the community.

The University’s vice provost and Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of University Libraries has started her term as the new president national association representing 125 leading research libraries in the United States and Canada.

Mavrinac has started her term as the new president national association representing 125 leading research libraries in the United States and Canada.

During a recent Bloomberg Markets podcast, Doug Phillips, the University’s chief investment officer, discussed his thoughts on the role urban universities play in their communities.

The Mt. Hope Family Center sits on a two-way street. Its researchers and clinicians have provided evidence-based services to at-risk families, while training the next generation of clinicians and research scientists.

Researchers and clinicians have provided evidence-based services to more than 900 at-risk families in the Rochester area over nearly four decades.

The common fruit fly is often deemed an annoying household pest. But these tiny insects are a boon to researchers. Rochester biologist John Jaenike has co-authored the first comprehensive guide to fruit flies published in nearly a century.

Rochester biologist John Jaenike has co-authored the first comprehensive guide to fruit flies published in nearly a century.

An expert in human-computer interaction and a pioneer in developing apps that help people hone their speaking and social skills, Hoque continues to apply lessons of resiliency he learned as an undergraduate.

An expert in human-computer interaction and pioneer in developing apps that help people hone speaking skills, Hoque is now a Scientist to Watch in 2017.