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"Argentum: Double-Positive," a light sculpture by Jim Sanborn, during an evening snowfall.
Campus Life
January 31, 2025 | 11:03 am

January 2025 in Photos

The start of a new year brought innovative events, a peek into the past, and a snowy first day of classes. Here’s how we spent January at the University of Rochester.

topics: alumni, athletics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Memorial Art Gallery, student experience,
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.
The Arts
December 21, 2024 | 03:46 pm

Two Open Letter books nominated by National Book Critics Circle

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

topics: alumni, Chad Post, Class of 2013, Department of English, literary translation, literature, Open Letter, School of Arts and Sciences,
Illustration of row of people from behind, holding hands, looking on at new Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute building.
From the Magazine
December 4, 2024 | 02:38 pm

A catalyst for change

The new Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute will drive transformations in research, training, care, and advocacy. 

topics: alumni, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, Division of Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Jeffrey Kishner in blue button-down standing in the Distillery District of Toronto.
From the Magazine
December 3, 2024 | 01:26 pm

Show us your town: Toronto

Toronto native Jeffrey Kishner ’01S (MBA) shares plenty of picks for the perfect long weekend.

topics: alumni, Simon Business School,
student musicians play on a stage with a film projected behind them to illustrate a film score analysis class at the Eastman School of Music.
Campus Life
December 2, 2024 | 03:54 pm

Composing in reel time

A journey through film score history sets students on the path to understanding—and crafting—their own compositions.

topics: alumni, Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media, Eastman School of Music, Mark Watters,
Detail of Luther Henderson's original score of his arrangement of a Duke Ellington classic.
From the Magazine
December 1, 2024 | 08:00 am

Eastman scores

Luther Henderson III ’71E, ’73E (MM) chooses Eastman’s Ensemble Library as home for his father’s Duke Ellington arrangements.

topics: alumni, Department of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media, Eastman School of Music,
Colorful, stylized illustration of Karen Durkin, who reflects on the role of women's sports in her life, career, and society at large.
From the Magazine
December 1, 2024 | 08:00 am

A ‘boom’ in women’s sports

Karen Durkin ’87 reflects on how women’s sports became big business. 

topics: alumni, Arthur Satz Department of Music, Athletics and Recreation, Department of English, School of Arts and Sciences,