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Mark Watters
The Arts
September 26, 2017 | 08:48 am

Composer Mark Watters says new media is changing the score

The Emmy winner has composed musical scores for movies, television, video games, even the Olympics. At the inaugural Light and Sound Interactive, he shares his thoughts on this rapidly changing field.

topics: Eastman School of Music, Light and Sound Interactive, virtual reality,
group of students
Campus Life
April 19, 2017 | 09:18 am

QuadCast: Take Five and a tuition-free fifth year

Astrophysics majors studying Islam in Russia. Neuroscience majors studying public health and feminism. In the latest episode of the QuadCast, meet students in the University’s Take Five program, a unique opportunity for students to take a tuition-free fifth year to study something outside their major, purely for the pleasure of learning.

topics: featured-post-side, Take Five Scholars Program,
Richard Feldman
University News
December 22, 2016 | 02:36 pm

Feldman receives Phi Beta Kappa professorship

Richard Feldman, a noted professor of philosophy who serves as dean of undergraduate academic and cocurricular programs, has been named the Romanell–Phi Beta Kappa Professor in Philosophy for 2017–18.

topics: awards, Phi Beta Kappa, Richard Feldman,
ID card from 1938 for Shirley Jackson
Society & Culture
December 20, 2016 | 01:54 pm

Year’s top books share roots in University archives

This year, The New York Times list of the 100 most notable books for 2016 included two that were written by authors who used the River Campus Libraries’ Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation renowned collections for their work.

topics: book authors, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, River Campus Libraries,
Crop of the masthead for The Empty Closet periodical with a stamp nearby that reads "Received Sep 18 '72 U. of R. Library"
Campus Life
December 1, 2016 | 08:12 am

News from the front lines of the AIDS fight

Founded by University of Rochester students in 1971, the Empty Closet is one of the oldest continuously published LGBT papers in the United States. Its pages reflect the story of the AIDS epidemic.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, HIV and AIDS, River Campus Libraries,