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University News
June 26, 2023 | 01:36 pm

CAREER awards recognize promising junior faculty

Four Rochester scientists have received prestigious NSF CAREER awards, presented to early-career faculty members for research and education initiatives.

topics: Aaron White, announcements, awards, Department of Chemistry, Department of Computer Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Department of Linguistics, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Miki Nakajima, School of Arts and Sciences, Shauna Paradine, Zhen Bai,
University News
August 8, 2019 | 01:17 pm

These mentors make a difference for first-generation, minority students

Five University of Rochester faculty mentors are the inaugural recipients of a new mentorship award from the University’s David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity.

topics: awards, David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Linguistics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, diversity, Douglas Kelley, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laurel Carney, Mark Buckley, Maya Abtahian, Roman Sobolewski, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
Campus Life
April 24, 2019 | 01:40 pm

Two honored as Student Employees of the Year

Doctoral student Clara Auclair, who works as a digitization specialist in River Campus Libraries, and Cameron Morgan ’19 (T5), a public speaking fellow in the Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program were honored during National Student Employment Week.

topics: awards, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Linguistics, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, Student Employee of the Year, Writing Speaking and Argument Program,
Society & Culture
June 11, 2018 | 04:10 pm

Food for thought—and research

In fields like anthropology and linguistics, scholars must earn the trust of the communities in which they work. A basic key to that trust involves the sharing of food.

topics: Department of Linguistics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, featured-post-side, global engagement, Medical Center, Nadine Grimm, School of Arts and Sciences, Timothy Dye,
Campus Life
April 27, 2018 | 02:40 pm

Six Rochester students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Four undergraduates and two graduate students have been selected to receive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, providing support for US students pursuing graduate degrees in STEM fields.

topics: awards, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Department of Linguistics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Psychology, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National Science Foundation, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
January 22, 2018 | 11:58 am

Can you read my handwriting?

The teaching of formal cursive handwriting may have declined in our digital age, but to show our appreciation for scribes and their tools of the trade, we dug into our special collections to highlight a sampling of hand lettering, from ancient hieroglyphs to modern conscripts.

topics: Department of English, Department of Linguistics, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, Memorial Art Gallery, School of Arts and Sciences,
Voices & Opinion
January 10, 2018 | 01:25 pm

‘Inclusive habits of the mind and heart’: Diversity, justice, and higher education

In this essay, Sasha Eloi-Evans ’05, ’17 (W), the academic programming coordinator for the Office of Minority Student Affairs and a lecturer in the Department of Linguistics, reflects on diversity in higher education in the nearly 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s death.

topics: Department of Linguistics, featured-post-side, Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address, Sasha Eloi-Evans, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
June 22, 2016 | 08:56 am

What’s at stake when languages are lost?

Linguists estimate that by the end of this century, half of the 7,000 languages currently in use around the world will have vanished. Rochester scholars join the race—and to train a new generation of scholars—to document the world’s linguistic diversity before it’s too late.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Linguistics, Joyce McDonough, Nadine Grimm, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
April 18, 2016 | 08:31 am

Conversations on linguistics and politics with Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics, emeritus, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the University’s Distinguished Visiting Humanist. Chomsky, an esteemed linguist, philosopher, political commentator, and activist, will meet with students and faculty this week. In advance of his visit, Jeffrey Runner, Chair of the Department of Linguistics, and Theodore Brown, Professor of History and Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor of Public Health and Policy, talked with Chomsky about his seminal works in linguistics and politics.

topics: Department of History, Department of Linguistics, events, Humanities Center, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
April 7, 2016 | 09:34 am

Q&A: The man who invented Dothraki

Linguist David Peterson, best known for creating the Dothraki and Valyrian languages for the HBO series Game of Thrones, will discuss the craft of creating new languages at a talk April 13.

topics: David Peterson, Department of Linguistics, events, humanities, language, School of Arts and Sciences,