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Francesca Romano
Campus Life
May 10, 2016 | 04:40 pm

Rochester’s first data science graduates delve into big data

This spring, the inaugural crop of students in Rochester’s new data science programs—at the undergraduate and master’s degree levels—are completing their first year of study at the Goergen Institute for Data Science, a program of the Schools of Arts & Sciences.

topics: data science, featured-post-side, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, School of Arts and Sciences,
OLDER SCOTS LITERATURE AND CULTURE
Society & Culture
May 4, 2016 | 05:08 pm

Brushing Up on Older Scots

In May, the University is hosting the Rochester–St Andrews Conference on Older Scots Literature and Culture, where specialists from the U.S., Canada, and Europe will share papers on 14th- to 16th-century literature in Older Scots

topics: Department of English, humanities, language, School of Arts and Sciences,
1866 illustration of Lincoln's assassination in Ford's Theatre
Society & Culture
April 12, 2016 | 08:31 am

Witnessing history: Memories of the Lincoln assassination

On April 14, 1865, Albert Barrett, a member of the University’s Class of 1869, was in Ford’s Theater, celebrating his birthday two days before. His seat in the balcony box immediately opposite the president afforded him a clear view of events

topics: civil war, featured-post, Rochester Review, University Archives,
medieval painting of disciples and Jesus
Society & Culture
March 29, 2016 | 04:37 pm

Parting words: Leave-taking during the Renaissance

As this year’s keynote speaker for the Ferrari Humanities Symposia, literary critic Jane Tylus will outline some of her new ways of thinking about how artists and others in early modern Europe depicted rituals of separation in a public talk, “Saying Good-bye in the Renaissance: Leave-Taking as a Work of Art,” on April 5.

topics: events, featured-post, Ferrari Humanities Symposia, humanities, Humanities Center, School of Arts and Sciences,
Fountain Court and Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery.
The Arts
November 16, 2015 | 11:39 am

Italian baroque organ is a musical time machine

The only instrument of its kind in North America, the full-sized Italian baroque organ at the Memorial Art Gallery is a musical time capsule that was saved from destruction in 2005.

topics: Eastman School of Music, Memorial Art Gallery, performing arts, Rochester Review,