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Stephen Greenblatt
Society & Culture
October 15, 2014 | 03:23 pm

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Greenblatt speaks at humanities symposia

One of the world’s most celebrated scholars in the humanities, Stephen Greenblatt will visit the University to lecture and participate in workshops with the campus community. Greenblatt will give a public talk for the University’s Ferrari Humanities Symposia on Thursday, Oct. 30 based on ideas introduced in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern.

topics: events, Ferrari Humanities Symposia, humanities, literature,
Sheree Toth
Society & Culture
October 14, 2014 | 08:25 pm

Children in crisis focus of annual Anthony/Stanton Conversations

Sheree Toth, the executive director of the Mt. Hope Family Center and professor of clinical psychology, will deliver this year’s keynote speech at this year’s annual Stanton/Anthony Conversations, which will focus on the mental wellness of children.

topics: children, community, events, Mt. Hope Family Center, Sheree Toth, Susan B. Anthony Center,
detail image of abook cover illustration shows the silhouette of a man falling off a boat
Society & Culture
September 16, 2014 | 05:13 pm

Acclaimed author’s new novel steeped in family mystery

As a child, professor and noted author Joanna Scott played with figurines collected by her great-grandfather, Armand de Potter. After unearthing a trunk filled with diaries and documents, Scott realized her great-grandfather wasn’t the man he seemed. This disquieting discovery became the basis for her new novel, De Potter’s Grand Tour.

topics: announcements, book authors, Department of English, Joanna Scott, literature, School of Arts and Sciences,
Robert Doran
Society & Culture
September 12, 2014 | 04:44 pm

Comparative literature professor explores concept of ‘the sublime’

Robert Doran looks at the intense interest in the “sublime” as an aesthetic concept — distinct from and even surpassing “beauty” — in his forthcoming book The Theory of the Sublime from Longinus to Kant.

topics: Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Robert Doran, School of Arts and Sciences,
Rolling Stones album art and Led Zeppelin on stage
Society & Culture
September 9, 2014 | 06:02 pm

Institute for Popular Music celebrates Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones

Institute for Popular Music kicks off its 2014-2015 performance and lecture series with a tribute to the iconic 70s rock band, Led Zeppelin. In the spring, lectures and a concert will focus on the music of the Rolling Stones and the 50th anniversary of the group’s career-making hit “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”

topics: anniversary, announcements, Arthur Satz Department of Music, Institute for Popular Music, John Covach, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, School of Arts and Sciences,
Rachel Foster Avery and Susan Brownell Anthony
Society & Culture
August 26, 2014 | 03:26 pm

University acquires newly discovered collection of Susan B. Anthony letters

94 years ago with the formal adoption of the 19th Amendment, women won the right to vote. Now, a newly discovered collection of Susan B. Anthony letters will help show how. The letters were written by Anthony to her “most cherished young lieutenant” Rachel Foster Avery.

topics: announcements, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, Susan B. Anthony, women's suffrage,
large group photo in the Himalayan mountains
Society & Culture
August 8, 2014 | 12:54 pm

Researchers work to understand, prevent hepatitis in Tibet

University of Rochester research often has a global reach. And there is no better example of that than the work Timothy Dye, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is conducting in India with colleagues to assess hepatitis B among Tibetan refugees.

topics: global engagement, hepatitis, India, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Timothy Dye,
photo collage of many historic images from the riots in Rochester in 1964
Society & Culture
July 24, 2014 | 12:57 pm

Beyond Rochester’s ’64 riots

July 24 marks the 50th anniversary of the race riots that rocked the city of Rochester in the summer of 1964. A new exhibit in Rush Rhees Library, “Beyond Rochester’s ’64 Riots: 50 Years Seeking to Make One City Out of Two,” showcases a balance of the past and the present-day, in search of a fresh perspective on ways to move our community forward.

topics: anniversary, civil rights, community, events, featured-post, River Campus Libraries, Walter Cooper,
two people running across a beach with the flags of Sudan and South Sudan
Society & Culture
June 23, 2014 | 09:00 am

Celebrating 59 Days of Independence

In their 59 Days of Independence project, artist and senior lecturer Heather Layton and Brian Bailey ‘09W (PhD) invite people around the world to celebrate the independence of countries other than their own. “By recognizing someone else’s independence, you’re showing that you care about his or her well-being in the same way you care about your own,” says Layton.

topics: announcements, community, Department of Art and Art History, Heather Layton, School of Arts and Sciences,
numbers on leaves
Society & Culture
June 20, 2014 | 02:40 pm

When it comes to learning numbers, culture counts

The findings of a new study suggest that number learning is a fundamental process that follows a universal pathway. However, the timing of the process depends on a child’s environment.

topics: child development, Computation and Language Lab, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Steven Piantadosi,