
Undergraduate finds room to explore business, computer science, and an American music icon
Rochester’s flexible curriculum gives Jacob Rose ’24 a chance to research Leonard Bernstein.

Novelist Joanna Scott returns to short stories in Excuse Me While I Disappear
The acclaimed writer and University of Rochester English professor explores the theme of ‘lost stories.’

Mortality informs creativity in poet James Longenbach’s latest collection
Written in the aftermath of a cancer diagnosis, Forever is the University of Rochester English professor’s sixth book of poetry.

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.

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.

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.

Memorial Art Gallery reopens as Finger Lakes region enters Phase Four
With masks, social distancing, and other safety measures in place, the University’s museum has reopened and is once again welcoming visitors.

Pablo Miguel Sierra Silva Receives Inaugural President’s Ferrari Humanities Research Award
The assistant professor of history is the first recipient of the award, which will support research for his forthcoming book, In the Wake of the Raid: Piracy, Captivity and the 1683 Raid on Veracruz.

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.

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.”