Local publisher’s papers to live at Rochester
The Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation has acquired a 30-year writing and editing archive from author, poet, and BOA Edition, Ltd. publisher Peter Conners.
New poster exhibit documents urgency, complexity of HIV/AIDS messaging
On display at the Memorial Art Gallery through June 19, the first major exhibition of the University’s AIDS Education Posters highlights the role of poster art during the global epidemic.
Libraries encourage—and help fund—array of early-stage student research projects
Nanoparticles. Black romance novels. Crime and education. Amid a record number of applications for the Research Initiative Awards, five undergraduate student research projects stood out.
University libraries acquire Confederate spy’s letter to William Henry Seward
A manuscript letter from Rose O’Neal Greenhow is the latest addition to the William Henry Seward Papers, the University’s largest and most cited archival collection.
New imaging system captures text from barely open books
Rochester textual scientist Gregory Heyworth led the development of a digitization method for books with fragile binding.
Rochester students devise innovative solutions to partner organizations’ challenges
The third Innovation Challenge featured 20 student teams and six community organizations, including Foodlink, City Roots Community Land Trust, and the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.
New book highlights one of the world’s largest collections of HIV/AIDS posters
Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster features the University’s HIV/AIDS education posters and gives a preview of next year’s Memorial Art Gallery exhibition.
Digital exhibit highlights female adaptations of the Lady of Shalott
By showcasing the work of women artists and authors, the Rossell Hope Robbins Library exhibit challenges the notion that a woman’s death is beautiful, passive, and even romantic.
3 collections from the River Campus Libraries worth your time this National Poetry Month
Celebrate rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, and other literary techniques by exploring the collected papers of poets John A. Williams, Samuel Greenlee, and Vince Clemente.
University libraries’ Mavrinac era coming to a close
Nationally recognized as a leader among research libraries, Mary Ann Mavrinac transformed River Campus resources and spaces.