Posts Tagged community engagement

ROC City Concerts brought performances to correctional facilities, recovery houses, and more this spring.

A trio of undergraduates teamed up to bring accessible, high-quality education consulting services to the community. Now, they’re branching out beyond Rochester.

University leaders envision owning, managing, and marketing the mixed-use complex as a Rochester destination to shop, dine, stay, and live.

At the Memorial Art Gallery, an extended Centennial Sculpture Park graces the museum’s west side.

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.

The University of Rochester students in PHLT 238: Environmental Health and Justice in the Rochester Community recently explored something hidden from most people in Rochester—the abandoned aqueduct and subway tunnel located under the Broad Street Bridge in the heart of downtown. The tour, led by ROC the Riverway Program Manager Kamal Crues (pictured), gave the 11 undergraduates a chance to consider multiple—and occasionally conflicting—interests and values central to the city’s “Aqueduct Reimagined” project. Read more.

The new role seeks to deepen the University’s commitment to the city and the region.

By partnering with Black actors and artists, the International Theatre Program’s recent productions help give new dimension to marginalized characters.

Six Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most esteemed recognition for early-career faculty members.

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.