An Urban App to Slow You Down
“Indeterminate Hikes” encourages users to focus on their environment in unexpected ways, via an app developed by a faculty art professor and a sustainability writer.
A Presidential Voice
Just in time for President Barack Obama’s inaugural address on Monday, Jan. 21, the University of Rochester will open an exhibit on the history of presidential speechwriting.
Kenneth Gross Receives Award for Dramatic Criticism
Kenneth Gross, Renaissance scholar and professor of English at the University of Rochester, will share the 2011-2012 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for his book Puppet: An Essay…
MSNBC Analyst to Deliver MLK Address
A political analyst and professor of political science at Tulane University, Harris-Perry’s address will focus on racial issues, religious questions, and gender concerns related to American politics.
NEA Grant Translates into Support for Open Letter
Selected from a pool of 1,509, the press was awarded $45,000 to support the promotion of books in translation and the continuation of the translation centric website, Three Percent.
Growing World’s Largest Collection of AIDS Posters
To mark World AIDS Day on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, more than 1,000 new posters from one of the world’s largest AIDS education poster collections have been digitized and put online by archivists at the University of Rochester.
Genre-Blurring Jazz Greats to Grace Rochester
Grazyna Auguscik and guitarist Paulinho Garcia are bringing their original sound to Strong Auditorium. Polish-born Auguscik has been hailed as “one of the hottest jazz talents.”
Poet Jennifer Grotz Receives Lillian Fairchild Award
Grotz’s second selection of poems, The Needle, “is one of the most affecting poetic explorations of locale and loss that I know,” says English department chair John Michael.
Project Explores Role of Observation in the Arts and Sciences
Do you see what they saw? Speakers explore the link between the observation process in the sciences and the humanities in this series.
Festival Showcases Outstanding Polish Films
Wartime drama, romantic comedy, and haunting animation are all part of the line up for this year’s Rochester Polish Film Festival at the Little Theatre from November 14-19.