Karen McCally

Karen McCally

Karen McCally

Senior Communications Specialist

kmccally@admin.rochester.edu

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Inside Philanthropy shines a light on Golisano’s Giving

December 4, 2024

Tom Golisano’s $50 million gift to create the University’s Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute isn’t the only major commitment he’s made in 2024.

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Alumni in the news

A Rochester Review roundup of select University of Rochester alumni who have made headlines for their accomplishments.

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Basic haircare is not always cut and dried

Barbers and stylists connect with us as humans, care for communities, and make us feel whole, says ClipDart founder Kyle Parker ’18.

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Flump! Splatter! Pop!

Grace Stensland ’23, a sound designer and sound effects editor for animated films and TV, delights in odd noises.

Patchwork resembling a map of a continent stitched together with graduation hat tassels.

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Going global

In the past decade, Rochester's Office of Global Engagement has launched the University into a new chapter in research and teaching.

Peter Christensen and Lainie Ross standing next to each other against lit wall.

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Healing arts and letters

A new Medical Center department teams up with the Humanities Center to foster collaboration on both sides of Elmwood Avenue.

Robert Downey Jr. drinking from a mug that says happy and Craig Dubitsky holding a pod of Happy coffee.

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Hello, coffee

Entrepreneur Craig Dubitsky ’87 has teamed up with actor Robert Downey Jr. to create Happy, a brand with a social mission.

Crystal Sellers Battle with her arms crossed in the Eastman School of Music's Miller Center.

Music schools founded on the Western classical model face special challenges

February 26, 2024

Crystal Sellers Battle articulates a path toward long-term cultural change at the Eastman School of Music.

Still from Psycho horror film showing Norman Bates greeting Marion Crane and Sam Loomis at hotel desk.

The work of horror films

February 20, 2024

A collection of essays coedited by Jason Middleton explores the "monster" of late capitalism lurking in modern American horror films.

Promotional artwork shows the colors of the trans flag with the words "Based on Virginia Woolf's gender-bending masterpiece Orlando by Sarah Ruhl" with an Elizabethan color and a ring.

The ‘first English language trans novel,’ adapted for stage

September 30, 2023

The International Theatre program’s production of Orlando promises “a wild ride” and a serious reflection on the fluidity of identity.

Rainbow sculpture framing MAG tower against blue sky.

Extending a welcome

At the Memorial Art Gallery, an extended Centennial Sculpture Park graces the museum’s west side.

Colorful EBTs—Electronic Benefits Cards—scattered in a pile on a plate surface to illustrate SNAP work requirements.

Society & Culture

SNAP work requirements: Did research lead to the homeless exemption?

Economist Elena Prager and coauthors have documented the disproportionate, negative effect of SNAP work requirements on homeless recipients.