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Society & Culture
August 8, 2022 | 01:28 pm

Wormholes and stains add to backstory of medieval manuscript’s acquisition

The 700-year-old manuscript is the first in a new University of Rochester library collection that honors historian Richard Kaeuper.

topics: alumni, Department of History, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, Richard Kaeuper, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Campus Life
July 18, 2022 | 09:27 am

Students build strong relationship working with nonprofit Teen Empowerment

Created with undergraduates playing major roles, a local exhibit shows how Clarissa Street—once the center of Rochester’s Black community—was destroyed by urban renewal and housing discrimination.

topics: Class of 2023, community engagement, Department of History, featured-post-side, Molly Ball, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
Society & Culture
March 3, 2022 | 09:41 am

Fact-checking Putin’s claims that Ukraine and Russia are ‘one people’

Rochester historian Matthew Lenoe explains how Ukraine’s history is intertwined with Russia’s—but also with that of many other nations, empires, ethnicities, and religions.

topics: Department of History, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, featured-post, Matthew Lenoe, School of Arts and Sciences, thought leadership,
University News
October 14, 2021 | 02:23 pm

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.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of English, Department of History, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, graduate students, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
September 29, 2021 | 12:15 pm

Digital history project will create virtual visits to an African slave fort

Funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, “Black Past Lives Matter: Digital Kormantin” builds on history professor Michael Jarvis’s work as part of the Ghana summer field school.

topics: Department of History, Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, humanities, Michael Jarvis, Program in Archaeology Technology and Historical Structures, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences, virtual reality,
Society & Culture
September 7, 2021 | 02:01 pm

Yearlong research project explores social and political nuances of migration in the Americas

Rochester scholars in the humanities and social sciences will study human migration as part of a “temporary research center” supported by a Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar grant.

topics: Daniel Reichman, Department of Anthropology, Department of History, humanities, Humanities Center, Joan Shelley Rubin, migration, research funding, Ruben Flores, School of Arts and Sciences,
University News
May 12, 2021 | 12:24 pm

2021 honorary degrees, medals, and teaching awards announced

Distinguished leaders, educators, and humanitarians will be honored during this spring’s commencement ceremonies.

topics: Brian Brent, commencement, commencement awards, Department of Chemistry, Department of History, Eastman School of Music, Ellen Matson, featured-post-side, Institute of Optics, Reinhold Steingrover, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Stewart Weaver, Tricia Shalka, Warner School of Education,