Campus & Community
A medical ethicist rewrites the record
March 9, 2026
Historian Harriet Washington ’76 discovered her passion for reading between the lines in the URochester library archives.
Department of English
Posts Loop
Campus & Community
We are the world: URochester students learn, work, and research across the globe
December 10, 2025
From traditional study abroad to life-changing community service, the University offers an education abroad experience for virtually anyone.
The Arts
On Nobelist László Krasznahorkai, the apocalypse, and the art of literary translation
October 10, 2025
Alumnus Declan Spring ’87 and Open Letter’s Chad Post reflect on the vision and voice of the newly minted Nobel laureate.
The Arts
Master of suspense: Thomas Perry ’74 (PhD) on the thrill of writing thrillers
September 23, 2025
The acclaimed author has penned more than two dozen novels.
The Arts
Rochester project democratizes access to medieval English literature
September 22, 2025
The pioneering Middle English Texts Series “puts the literature out there for everybody,” making medieval English texts available to scholars and students around the world.
Voices & Opinion
Bob Uecker, ‘Mr. Baseball’: A voice for all seasons
January 16, 2025
Baseball broadcasting expert Curt Smith on why the self-deprecating broadcaster and TV star was a beloved figure to millions.
The Arts
Two Open Letter books nominated by National Book Critics Circle
December 21, 2024
Rochester’s literary translation press edited and published two of the longlisted books for the organization’s 2024 Barrios Book in Translation Prize.
From the Magazine
A ‘boom’ in women’s sports
December 1, 2024
Karen Durkin ’87 reflects on how women’s sports became big business.
Campus & Community
Undergraduates pair research with reporting, science with sign language, and programming with pondering
November 13, 2024
The Wells Prize honorees exemplify the best of the multidisciplinary educational opportunities available at Rochester.
The Arts
The Vegetarian by Han Kang: A Nobel Prize, a Rochester press, and a translation controversy
October 11, 2024
The latest Nobel Prize in Literature laureate has unexpected ties to the University’s literary translation press.