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An illustration of several colorful, hexagon shaped icons representing different academic fields like space engineering, music, math, AI, and genetics.
Campus Life
September 13, 2024 | 04:00 pm

Back-to-school meets future-ready: New academic programs at Rochester

The range of recently launched degree programs reflects what students, the workforce, and the world need and want to become ever better.

topics: artificial intelligence, Department of Economics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Philosophy, Department of Political Science, Department of Religion and Classics, Eastman School of Music, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Rochester Education Justice Initiative, School of Arts and Sciences, Simon Business School, Warner School of Education,
Triptych of the 2023 Goergen Award recipients: Whitney Gegg-Harrison, Jack Downey, and James McGrath.
Uncategorized
October 25, 2023 | 12:24 pm

Professors of religion, writing, and biomedical engineering recognized for teaching excellence

Whitney Gegg-Harrison, Jack Downey, and James McGrath approach undergraduate teaching at Rochester in distinctive ways that resonate with their students.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, awards, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Religion and Classics, featured-post, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Writing Speaking and Argument Program,
Student holding camera stands in front of a case full of human skulls at a dark tourism destination.
Campus Life
January 19, 2023 | 09:58 am

The ethics of dark tourism

Julia Granato crisscrossed Europe to study human bone collection and display sites. Now she’s pondering what it means to display and visit human remains.

topics: Class of 2023, Department of Biology, Department of Religion and Classics, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Program in Archaeology Technology and Historical Structures, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
Exterior of Attica Correctional Facility, where prison education courses take place.
Society & Culture
December 15, 2022 | 11:35 am

Rochester’s college-in-prison program becomes western New York’s prison education hub

The Mellon Foundation has renewed its support for the Rochester Education Justice Initiative with an additional three-year, $1 million grant.

topics: Alison Peterman, community, Department of Anthropology, Department of Philosophy, Department of Religion and Classics, education, humanities, Joshua Dubler, Kristin Doughty, prison, Rochester Education Justice Initiative, School of Arts and Sciences,
portrait of Emil Homerin
University News
January 11, 2021 | 02:02 pm

Emil Homerin: An American religion scholar remembered

A leading scholar of Sufi poetry and mysticism, Emil Homerin is remembered by his students and colleagues for his enthusiasm and generosity

topics: Department of Religion and Classics, Emil Homerin, obituaries, School of Arts and Sciences,
professor teaching prison inmates
Society & Culture
June 12, 2020 | 12:00 pm

University prison education initiative awarded major grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The University’s cornerstone prison education initiative receives a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to expand and further develop its programming.

topics: community service, Department of Religion and Classics, Eitan Freedenberg, featured-post-side, Joshua Dubler, Precious Bedell, prison, Rochester Education Justice Initiative, School of Arts and Sciences,
illustration of Dean A. Miller
University News
April 3, 2019 | 01:10 pm

Colleagues remember history professor emeritus Dean A. Miller

Friends and colleagues are remembering Dean A. Miller, a professor emeritus of history with a secondary appointment in religion and classics, for his 30-year career at Rochester, and for his scholarship, character, and generosity.

topics: Dean Miller, Department of History, Department of Religion and Classics, obituaries, School of Arts and Sciences,
students and professors in a crowded lab, flooded with blue light
Science & Technology
March 19, 2019 | 08:57 am

Saving the lost text of a Torah scroll

Professor Gregory Heyworth and his digital media students are using different wavelengths of light to reveal illegible text that could create a sacred, tangible link with Jewish congregations lost to the Holocaust.

topics: Department of English, Department of Religion and Classics, featured-post-side, Gregory Heyworth, Lazarus Project, Michela Andreatta, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
protester at an march against anti-antisemitism holds a sign with a swastika crossed out in red
Quadcast
November 29, 2018 | 11:37 am

An academic understanding of hate

Listening to the news, it can feel as though acts of violence—particularly violence inspired by bigotry and hate—are on the rise, and unfortunately the numbers back that up. How are we to make sense of this rise? Three Rochester researchers sat down for an academic conversation about hate and intolerance, discussing reactions to recent incidents of hate, important lessons from history, and the psychology of stereotypes and intolerance.

topics: Center for Jewish Studies, Department of History, Department of Religion and Classics, featured-post-side, Laura Elenbaas, Nora Rubel, QuadCast, School of Arts and Sciences, Thomas Fleischman,