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"Winter in Sokcho" book cover art against a black background.
The Arts
November 19, 2021 | 02:26 pm

Open Letter novel wins National Book Award

Winter in Sokcho is the first title from the University’s literary translation press to be awarded the prize.

topics: awards, humanities, literary translation, literature, Open Letter, School of Arts and Sciences,
Man adjusts a book in the foreground with man seated at computer in the background
Science & Technology
October 21, 2021 | 11:54 am

New imaging system captures text from barely open books

Rochester textual scientist Gregory Heyworth led the development of a digitization method for books with fragile binding.

topics: Department of English, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, digital humanities, Gregory Heyworth, humanities, Lazarus Project, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
barbed wire fence.
Society & Culture
September 7, 2021 | 02:01 pm

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.

topics: Daniel Reichman, Department of Anthropology, Department of History, humanities, Humanities Center, Joan Shelley Rubin, migration, research funding, Ruben Flores, School of Arts and Sciences,
stills from five movies: Bye Bye Birdie, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Pajama Game, The King and I, and Damn Yankees.
The Arts
April 16, 2020 | 01:54 pm

What to stream: Add some Rochester to your queue

You’ll find University of Rochester connections in some of your favorite movies, musicals, and television series, all ready for binge watching.

topics: Eastman School of Music, featured-post-side, film, humanities, Stephen Carr,
image of a small globe, showing details of a view of Africa.
In Photos
February 26, 2020 | 03:47 pm

One of the world’s oldest globes is ready for its close-up

Rochester professor Gregory Heyworth and his Lazarus Project colleagues have created a 3-D model of one of the treasures of the New York Public Library, the Hunt-Lenox Globe, one of the first globes to show the New World — and to warn “Here be dragons.”

topics: Department of English, digital humanities, Digital Scholarship Lab, featured-post, Gregory Heyworth, humanities, Lazarus Project, School of Arts and Sciences,