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A person looks over an old manuscript in a room lit only by electric candles
In Photos
November 29, 2023 | 09:26 am

November 2023 in photos

Before we turn the calendar to December, here’s a look back at some images captured in November across the University.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, athletics, awards, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, River Campus Libraries,
Yellow "R" flag on a light pole set against fall trees
In Photos
October 31, 2023 | 01:33 pm

October 2023 in photos

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.

topics: alumni, Arts Sciences and Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, humanities, River Campus Libraries,
Screenshot of Black actress Tina Lifford, wearing a colorful head wrap and standing in profile against a bright blue wall.
The Arts
March 3, 2023 | 01:54 pm

Mellon grant supports a close-up on close-ups

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.

topics: Department of English, digital humanities, film, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, humanities, Joel Burges, Mellon Foundation, research funding, River Campus Libraries,
Black-and-white archival photo of Desmond Tutu in University of Rochester commencement robes and at a podium.
Campus Life
November 17, 2022 | 08:21 am

University Archives exhibition creates an audio-visual time machine

A collection that includes hundreds of recordings makes it possible to ‘attend’ University of Rochester events from the 1920s to the present.

topics: alumni, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Ming-Lun Lee, River Campus Libraries,
Hand holds up page of medieval manuscript from the Richard Kaeuper Collection as light filters through.
Society & Culture
August 8, 2022 | 01:28 pm

Wormholes and stains add to backstory of medieval manuscript’s acquisition

The 700-year-old manuscript is the first in a new University of Rochester library collection that honors historian Richard Kaeuper.

topics: alumni, Department of History, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, Richard Kaeuper, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Collage of campaign signs, posters, buttons, photos, and a folded flag from the Slaughter congressional collection.
Society & Culture
July 5, 2022 | 10:06 am

Slaughter family papers help complete the story of a life in politics

The University libraries received the Robert and Louise Slaughter Family Papers, adding to the previously acquired Slaughter congressional collection.

topics: community engagement, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, River Campus Libraries,
Ticket from the Ukrainian Rochester Collection.
Society & Culture
June 29, 2022 | 12:07 pm

Ukraine’s ally in Rochester’s libraries

A war that has targeted Ukrainian heritage has made the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation a cultural refuge.

topics: community engagement, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, River Campus Libraries,
Close up of model of human head poised on a stand on Kodak Hall stage.
In Photos
June 21, 2022 | 02:14 pm

Sensory processing—in a virtual Kodak Hall

A multidisciplinary team from Arts, Sciences & Engineering and River Campus Libraries builds a virtual reality replica of Kodak Hall to be used in studies of how the brain processes light and sound.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Duje Tadin, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Michael Jarvis, Ming-Lun Lee, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences, virtual reality,
Crop of acrylic painting inspired by salivary gland development for 2022 Art of Science competition.
The Arts
April 28, 2022 | 04:26 pm

Finding art in the tools of science

This year’s Art of Science competition, which explores “the aesthetic beauty that results when science, art, and technology intersect,” drew more than 50 entries and more than 700 votes cast for People’s Choice.

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,