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Still from Psycho horror film showing Norman Bates greeting Marion Crane and Sam Loomis at hotel desk.
The Arts
February 20, 2024 | 12:04 pm

The work of horror films

A collection of essays coedited by Jason Middleton explores the “monster” of late capitalism lurking in modern American horror films.

topics: Department of English, Film and Media Studies Program, Jason Middleton, Joel Burges, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Detail of Caravaggio's "The Conversion of Saint Paul" shows Saul sprawled on the ground beneath a horse's legs, blinded and with his arms raised. A crop of the painting serves as the cover art for Jennifer Grotz's "Still Falling: Poems."
The Arts
February 20, 2024 | 07:56 am

A poet’s meditation on loss, light, and legacy

Still Falling, English professor Jennifer Grotz’s fourth collection of poems, illuminates the connection between art and time.

topics: Department of English, Jennifer Grotz, literature, School of Arts and Sciences,
illustration of a book with a red tail of Satan hanging out of the book like a bookmark to represent the light verse of Melissa Balmain's latest collection.
The Arts
December 12, 2023 | 08:42 am

Provoking and coping through light verse

Rochester English instructor ‘explores the lighter side of dark times’ with her latest collection of poems.

topics: Department of English, featured-post-side, literature, Melissa Balmain, School of Arts and Sciences,
Promotional artwork shows the colors of the trans flag with the words "Based on Virginia Woolf's gender-bending masterpiece Orlando by Sarah Ruhl" with an Elizabethan color and a ring.
The Arts
September 30, 2023 | 01:02 pm

The ‘first English language trans novel,’ adapted for stage

The International Theatre program’s production of Orlando promises “a wild ride” and a serious reflection on the fluidity of identity.

topics: Bette London, Department of English, featured-post-side, International Theatre Program, Nigel Maister, performing arts, School of Arts and Sciences,
Five members of Digital Media Studies and MAG partnership to promote arts integration and digital equity standing in row, smiling.
The Arts
May 17, 2023 | 09:57 am

Digital Media Studies and the Memorial Art Gallery team up in digital equity project

With a Museum Initiative grant, a joint project of Verizon and NYC Media Lab, the Memorial Art Gallery and recent digital media studies graduates team up to expand the museum’s digital reach.

topics: community engagement, Department of Art and Art History, featured-post-side, Memorial Art Gallery, School of Arts and Sciences, Stephanie Ashenfelder, Undergraduate Program in Digital Media Studies,
Crop of book cover art for Dangerous Children by Kenneth Gross.
The Arts
April 18, 2023 | 09:05 am

When fictional children become stranger things

Teaching an undergraduate class on ‘dangerous’ children in literature inspired English professor Kenneth Gross’s latest book.

topics: Department of English, featured-post-side, Kenneth Gross, literature, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,