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Society & Culture
May 27, 2016 | 12:28 pm

Bringing recognition to forgotten group of women veterans

Tiffany Miller ’00 and her family worked for years to overturn a ruling that prohibited World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots—known as WASPs—from being buried at Arlington National Cemetery. President Barack Obama signed their bill into law last week.

topics: featured-post, Rochester Review, School of Arts and Sciences, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies, veterans, World War II,
candy in a bowl
Society & Culture
May 24, 2016 | 03:00 pm

Can’t resist temptation? That may not be a bad thing

A new study finds that what might have been described as “maladapted” behavior or a lack of self control may actually be beneficial and thoughtful behavior for children who have been raised in resource-poor environments.

topics: child development, Department of Psychology, featured-post, Melissa Sturge-Apple, Mt. Hope Family Center, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
student in cap and gown gets picture taken on top of Rush RHees Library tower
University News
May 13, 2016 | 10:09 am

Commencement weekend is here

In ceremonies starting today, the University will recognize the achievements of more than 3,000 graduates who have earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees across all schools. Share your commencement memories and congratulatory messages for the Class of 2016 at #ur2016.

topics: commencement, featured-post,
collage with a dozen different playbills from Shakespeare productions
The Arts
April 22, 2016 | 10:50 am

119 years of Shakespeare at Rochester

As the world marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, we look back at how the works of the Bard have been very much alive in the University’s theater productions, dating back to the first-known Shakespeare production in 1897.

topics: featured-post, Institute for the Performing Arts, International Theatre Program,
button reads GO GREEN WITH ROCKY, I MADE THE PLEDGE
University News
April 19, 2016 | 02:58 pm

University earns Silver rating for sustainability efforts

The University’s initiatives and research in sustainability have earned a STARS Silver Rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The program is the most widely recognized framework in the world for reporting information related to a college or university’s sustainability performance.

topics: featured-post, sustainability,
1866 illustration of Lincoln's assassination in Ford's Theatre
Society & Culture
April 12, 2016 | 08:31 am

Witnessing history: Memories of the Lincoln assassination

On April 14, 1865, Albert Barrett, a member of the University’s Class of 1869, was in Ford’s Theater, celebrating his birthday two days before. His seat in the balcony box immediately opposite the president afforded him a clear view of events

topics: civil war, featured-post, Rochester Review, University Archives,
The Arts
April 4, 2016 | 04:39 pm

Pop-Rock Mother Courage updates Brecht for contemporary world

Bertolt Brecht’s antiwar drama Mother Courage and Her Children begins its run on Thursday, April 7, featuring the International Theatre Program’s first ever commissioned score.

topics: Department of English, featured-post, humanities, International Theatre Program, Nigel Maister, School of Arts and Sciences,
medieval painting of disciples and Jesus
Society & Culture
March 29, 2016 | 04:37 pm

Parting words: Leave-taking during the Renaissance

As this year’s keynote speaker for the Ferrari Humanities Symposia, literary critic Jane Tylus will outline some of her new ways of thinking about how artists and others in early modern Europe depicted rituals of separation in a public talk, “Saying Good-bye in the Renaissance: Leave-Taking as a Work of Art,” on April 5.

topics: events, featured-post, Ferrari Humanities Symposia, humanities, Humanities Center, School of Arts and Sciences,
David Bowie under a glowing sign that reads BOWIE
Society & Culture
January 11, 2016 | 04:03 pm

Rock history remembers David Bowie

David Bowie, who died Sunday at the age of 69, wasn’t the first performer to create an alter ego. But as music professor and director of the Institute for Popular Music John Covach explains, the difference with Bowie was how his personas would change over the years, sometimes shifting drastically.

topics: featured-post, Institute for Popular Music, John Covach,