Valerie Alhart
Valerie Alhart is press officer for humanities and broadcast media, and covers humanities and the arts at the University.
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Susan B. Anthony: A life and legacy entwined with Rochester
February 15 marks the birthday of American civil rights and social justice leader Susan B. Anthony. Today, the University of Rochester is a collector, curator, and steward of her legacy.
$2 million to add efficiency to integrated quantum photonics
Rochester researchers working on the next generation of quantum information processing have received a $2 million boost from the National Science Foundation.
10 times Rochester rubbed elbows with Tony Awards
Before Sunday’s awards ceremony, learn more about the opportunities Rochester students have had to work with Tony Award winners on stage and behind the scenes, and the Eastman School of Music alumni who have taken home theater’s top honor.
Sykes-Picot and the making of the modern Middle East
As the accord turns 100 years old, Aaron Hughes, professor of Jewish studies, weighs in on the impact the secret accord that established political control of territories in the Middle East among Great Britain, France, and Russia after World War I. / The Conversation
And the winners of this year’s Best Translated Book Awards are…
Chad Post, creator of Three Percent and a founder of the awards program as publisher of the University’s Open Letter Books, announced the winners May 4 during a ceremony in New York City.
Prince ‘one of most significant artists in American popular music history’
As people around the world begin to mourn the legendary musician and performer, rock historian John Covach remembers him as one of the “most important artists in American popular music during the last two decades of the twentieth century.”
2016 Best Translated Book Award finalists announced
Ten works of fiction and six poetry collections remain in the running for this year’s Best Translated Book Awards following the announcement of the two shortlists yesterday by Three Percent, the University’s translation-centric literary website.
Artist Nate Hodge Receives Lillian Fairchild Award
“The most inspiring thing about public art is its ability to reach a wide spectrum of people,” says Nate Hodge, local mural artist and this year’s recipient of the English department’s award.
Taking a ‘look’ at historical hoaxes
During the mid-19th century, a series of grand hoaxes captured the American imagination: the Great Moon Hoax, the Cardiff Giant, and the fantastical creatures of P. T. Barnum. Joan Saab, an associate professor of art history and visual and cultural studies, examines the relationship between seeing and believing.
From Uncle Tom to Aunt Phillis: Professor sheds new light on race, slavery in American literature
Ezra Tawil has edited a new collection of essays that show how the complex legacies of race and slavery have been addressed in American culture from the 18th century to the present day.