
Inaugural theater production at Sloan Performing Arts Center opens December 2
The International Theatre Program returns to in-person performances as it presents Aaron Posner’s Stupid F*cking Bird, a modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.

Meet the recipients of the 2021 Goergen Awards for teaching excellence
Rochester professors Will Bridges, Jason Middleton, and Elaine Sia will be formally recognized for their exceptional undergraduate teaching on October 28.

Jason Middleton: Looking at film with a critical eye
The associate professor of English and visual and cultural studies lived all over the globe growing up, and developed a love of film at an early age.

New imaging system captures text from barely open books
Rochester textual scientist Gregory Heyworth led the development of a digitization method for books with fragile binding.

Curtis Award spotlights PhD teaching assistants’ ‘amazing’ efforts during the pandemic
The annual award honors the contributions of graduate students in classrooms and laboratories across the University. This year’s recipients come from different disciplines, but share many things in common.

Three professors to receive Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Will Bridges, Jason Middleton, and Elaine Sia will be honored at an on-campus ceremony in October.

Hyam Plutzik’s poetry finds new voice in Spanish/English edition
The work of a fondly remembered faculty member is revived in an edition that foregrounds issues of immigration and exile.

Poet James Longenbach explores the ever-current ‘now’ of lyric poetry
Writers and musicians from Marianne Moore to Patti Smith are the subject of Longenbach’s new book The Lyric Now.

Humor writer Melissa Balmain honored by Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop
An adjunct instructor in the University of Rochester’s English department, Melissa Balmain is the Humor Writer of the Month this December.

Teaching the complexities of the Nobel Prize in Literature
English professor Bette London introduces students to Nobel-winning authors and the controversies surrounding the prize.