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pills scattered over political cartoons
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October 22, 2012 | 04:49 pm

Health Care History Through Humor

Theodore Brown, a historian of medicine, public health, and health policy at the University of Rochester, provides the historical context for each cartoon and authored introductory chapters on early health care reform efforts.

topics: health care, history, Ted Brown,
fifties movie montage
Society & Culture
October 19, 2012 | 04:39 pm

Celebrate International Home Movie Day

Free and open to the public, the event provides an opportunity for communities to experience these personal records of the past and learn how to preserve them for the future.

topics: events, film,
the empty closet
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October 10, 2012 | 08:39 pm

Archive Captures 40 Years of the Gay Rights

When the University of Rochester’s Gay Liberation Front launched the Empty Closet in 1971, they knew that distributing a newspaper advocating “the freedom to love” same-sex partners was a radical act.

topics: announcements, Empty Closet, LGBTQI, Upward Bound,
Society & Culture
October 8, 2012 | 06:37 pm

Does “Obamacare” Go Too Far – Or Not Far Enough?

Sponsored annually by the University’s Susan B. Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership, the event brings together leaders to explore social hurdles women face as they seek to lead in business, academia, and government.

Society & Culture
October 3, 2012 | 05:15 pm

Visual Cultural Studies Graduate Students Travel Globe Through Summer Fellowships

Glogower, Golonu, Guzmán, and Marr are among a larger group of visual and cultural studies doctoral students who span six years of study and received artist’s residencies, fellowships, invitations to symposia, and travel awards this summer.

topics: exploration, fellowships, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies,
book in Italian, with pen across it
Society & Culture
October 2, 2012 | 03:55 pm

Rochester Hosts International Conference for Literary Translators

Co-hosted by Open Letter Books, the University of Rochester’s literary publishing house dedicated to publishing translated literature, the conference consists of roundtables, workshops, readings, and a film screening at Rochester’s Little Theatre.

topics: literary translation, Open Letter, translation,