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October 2023 in photos

October 2023 in photos

October 31, 2023

October brought fall in all its splendor to the University of Rochester. Take a brief look back at some favorite images from the past month.

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Mellon grant supports a close-up on close-ups

Mellon grant supports a close-up on close-ups

March 3, 2023

A Rochester research team is part of an inter-institutional project to document the history of the close-up, one of film and television’s most powerful techniques.

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Why is a 16th-century tradition attracting activists on the Christian right?

Why is a 16th-century tradition attracting activists on the Christian right?

January 3, 2023

Scholar Anna Rosensweig explains how early modern resistance theory is inspiring far-right individuals to defy local, state, and federal laws.

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

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

December 15, 2022

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

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New award sends humanities graduate students abroad

New award sends humanities graduate students abroad

December 13, 2022

Four Rochester doctoral candidates will research in archives in a dozen countries as recipients of the Meliora Global Scholars grant.

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Taking a page from poetry to understand the music

Taking a page from poetry to understand the music

April 18, 2022

Music theorist Matt BaileyShea explores the interrelationship between poetry, lyrics, and music in a new book.

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Walt Whitman ‘more important now than ever’

Walt Whitman ‘more important now than ever’

March 22, 2022

On the anniversary of the Walt Whitman’s death, Ed Folsom ’76 (PhD) looked back on the legacy of the poet’s work, examples of which are available in the University’s libraries.

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English professor’s cotranslation of poetry wins PEN American Literary Award

English professor’s cotranslation of poetry wins PEN American Literary Award

February 28, 2022

Everything I Don’t Know, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Grotz and Piotr Sommer, takes top honors for poetry in translation.

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Laura Ackerman Smoller named a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America

Laura Ackerman Smoller named a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America

January 13, 2022

The Rochester historian also wins a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to write her third book.

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National Endowment for the Arts grant supports Open Letter’s ‘International Voices’ project

National Endowment for the Arts grant supports Open Letter’s ‘International Voices’ project

January 11, 2022

Lauded for contributing to Rochester’s creative economy, the nonprofit literary translation press will publish five works of literature with the funding.

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