Boundless festivities at Meliora Weekend 2023
The annual fall celebration combining reunion, homecoming, and family weekend welcomed thousands to campus for four days of activities, get-togethers, and programs.
On the entanglement of race, religion, and politics in America
Rochester’s 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address took the form of a conversation between two noted guest scholars, moderated by Frederick Douglass Institute director Jeffrey McCune Jr.
Annual MLK commemorative event will feature conversation on social justice, politics, and religion
Nationally recognized scholars Anthea Butler and Valeria Sinclair-Chapman will participate in a discussion of King’s civil rights movement, then and now.
Meliora Weekend returns in style—and in person
The University’s annual celebration welcomed thousands of alumni, students, family members, and guests to campus for reunion, homecoming, and family weekend.
Faculty, students, and local Indigenous community come together for performances and conversation
Over four days in April, the University hosted “UR Remnants,” an interdisciplinary collaboration between faculty and members of the local indigenous and arts communities.
Amitav Ghosh: geopolitics are key to understanding the climate crisis
This year’s Distinguished Visiting Humanist says humanists have a vital role in reframing the climate crisis as rooted in history and culture as much as technology and economics.
Frederick Douglass Medal to be presented to Northwestern’s dean of communication
E. Patrick Johnson is recognized for contributions to engaged scholarship and public performance.
New poster exhibit documents urgency, complexity of HIV/AIDS messaging
On display at the Memorial Art Gallery through June 19, the first major exhibition of the University’s AIDS Education Posters highlights the role of poster art during the global epidemic.
It’s a winterful life
Linnea Wegge (left), Maya Hewitt, and Ian Gillis (right) from the Class of 2023 participate in a curling demonstration during this year’s Winterfest Weekend on the River Campus. The weekend—an annual wintertime tradition for undergraduate students—featured gear giveaways, ice-carving demonstrations, sledding down Danforth Hill, plus plenty of s’mores and hot chocolate. Check out more photos from the weekend on the University’s Instagram account.
Ocean conservationist Alexandra Cousteau to speak to University community
As part of the Difficult Conversations series, the granddaughter of French explorer Jacques Cousteau will discuss the urgency of saving Earth’s waters.