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August 31, 2022 | 12:45 pm

Plutzik Reading Series opens 60th anniversary season with Jericho Brown

The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet will give a reading as part of the University of Rochester’s 202–23 Hyam Plutzik Memorial Reading Series—one of the nation’s oldest literary reading series.

topics: Department of English, featured-post-side, Hyam Plutzik, literature, Meliora Weekend, Plutzik Reading Series, School of Arts and Sciences,
The Arts
August 2, 2022 | 10:12 am

Can arts integration deepen students’ understanding?

A partnership between City of Rochester schools and the Memorial Art Gallery leads to innovation in arts education and furthers the museum’s mission to serve the Greater Rochester community.

topics: community engagement, Department of Art and Art History, diversity, featured-post-side, Memorial Art Gallery, School of Arts and Sciences, Warner School of Education,
The Arts
April 28, 2022 | 04:26 pm

Finding art in the tools of science

This year’s Art of Science competition, which explores “the aesthetic beauty that results when science, art, and technology intersect,” drew more than 50 entries and more than 700 votes cast for People’s Choice.

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
The Arts
April 18, 2022 | 01:25 pm

Taking a page from poetry to understand the music

Music theorist Matt BaileyShea explores the interrelationship between poetry, lyrics, and music in a new book.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, Eastman School of Music, featured-post-side, humanities, Matt BaileyShea, poetry, School of Arts and Sciences,
The Arts
April 7, 2022 | 02:49 pm

Artist Mizin Shin inspires change with printmaking

To counter anti-Asian hate, the Rochester professor has harnessed her love of a traditional art form combined with a digital sensibility.

topics: Department of Art and Art History, Mizin Shin, School of Arts and Sciences,
The Arts
March 22, 2022 | 05:23 pm

Walt Whitman ‘more important now than ever’

On the anniversary of the Walt Whitman’s death, Ed Folsom ’76 (PhD) looked back on the legacy of the poet’s work, examples of which are available in the University’s libraries.

topics: alumni, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, humanities, literature, poetry, thought leadership,