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Kathryn Cowdrick holding a model of a human throat next to an illustration that reads "ever wonder what happens when an opera singer gets a cold."

Health & Medicine

What happens when an opera singer gets a cold?

November 14, 2025

When illness threatens a performance, singers rely on science, technique, and tough judgment calls.

László Krasznahorkai photographed looking outside with his arms crossed through paned windows.

On Nobelist László Krasznahorkai, the apocalypse, and the art of literary translation

October 10, 2025

Alumnus Declan Spring ’87 and Open Letter’s Chad Post reflect on the vision and voice of the newly minted Nobel laureate.

The stage, seats, and chandelier of Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre with an overlay of text that reads "Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester presents Soundtrax Film Music Festival."

Film, music, and technology converge at inaugural Soundtrax Festival

October 3, 2025

The University of Rochester debuts the first North American festival dedicated to the art and science of film music.

Thomas Perry holding up a book with his name and the title THE BURGLAR on the cover

Master of suspense: Thomas Perry ’74 (PhD) on the thrill of writing thrillers

September 23, 2025

The acclaimed author has penned more than two dozen novels.

image of illustrated medieval text

Rochester project democratizes access to medieval English literature

September 22, 2025

The pioneering Middle English Texts Series “puts the literature out there for everybody,” making medieval English texts available to scholars and students around the world.

Joan and Jeff Beal.

Alumni Joan and Jeff Beal make record gift to the University’s Eastman School of Music

September 22, 2025

The multimillion-dollar gift will expand Eastman’s Beal Institute by providing critical support for space, technology, programs, and students.

Handful of people seated and looking at a painting off camera as part of an Art of Observation class at the University of Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery.

Health & Medicine

Want to be a better doctor or nurse? Take a look at this painting.

Rochester’s Art of Observation program helps medical students and clinicians cultivate essential clinical skills.

A group of schoolchildren with their hands raised and their Expanded Learrning Collaboration instructors at the Memorial Art Gallery.

Beyond the museum: An arts partnership inspires young minds

The Memorial Art Gallery and Rochester City School District’s Expanded Learning Collaboration cultivates creativity, curiosity, and connection.

Open Letter wins Republic of Consciousness Prize for English translation of Melvill

Rochester’s literary translation press published Rodrigo Fresán’s invented biography of Herman Melville, translated by alumnus Will Vanderhyden.

Downward angled shot of multimedia artist Renee Jin next to a sculpture exploring the concept of involution.

From the Magazine

Defining involution through sculpture

February 19, 2025

A Rochester graduate student and acclaimed sculptor examines a topic that is increasingly relevant to Chinese society.

Diptych of the book cover art for "Melvill" by Rodrigo Fresán and "Muzzle for Witches" by Dubravka Ugresic, both translated and published by Open Letter Press and longlisted by the National Book Critics Circle translation prize.

Two Open Letter books nominated by National Book Critics Circle

December 21, 2024

Rochester’s literary translation press edited and published two of the longlisted books for the organization’s 2024 Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

The Vegetarian by Han Kang: A Nobel Prize, a Rochester press, and a translation controversy

October 11, 2024

The latest Nobel Prize in Literature laureate has unexpected ties to the University’s literary translation press.