On thinning ice
A pair of Rochester historians are chronicling the history of the world’s glacial regions—and human responses to their rapid disappearance.
Musical documentary with Rochester roots gets a Pulitzer Prize nod
Paper Pianos, a live-performance musical documentary written and co-created by the International Theatre Program’s Nigel Maister, tells the story of an Afghan musician and refugee Milad Yousufi.
Dmitry Bykov: Satirizing Putin
The Russian poet, journalist, and literary critic is teaching and lecturing at Rochester as part of the Humanities Center’s Scholar in Exile program.
Healing arts and letters
A new Medical Center department teams up with the Humanities Center to foster collaboration on both sides of Elmwood Avenue.
March 2024 in Photos
March ushered in spring and a wealth of activities across the University of Rochester. Take a brief look back at how we spent the month.
Scholar in Exile on Alexei Navalny: ‘One day I’ll walk along a street in Moscow named after him’
Dmitry Bykov discusses the late Russian opposition leader’s legacy, his own poisoning, and why Navalny posed a threat to the Russian president.
New award sends humanities graduate students abroad
Four Rochester doctoral candidates will research in archives in a dozen countries as recipients of the Meliora Global Scholars grant.
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.
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.
Frederick Douglass Institute announces two postdoctoral fellows
Mia Alafaireet and Ricardo Milhouse will join the University for the 2021–22 academic year to teach and continue their research.