
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.

Art of Science competition attracts record number of entries. Here are this year’s winners.
The annual event encourages University community members to explore the intersection of science, art, and technology.
Show us your town: Tokyo
Entrepreneur Yohay Wakabayashi ’10, ’11S (MS) shares some of his favorite things to do in one of the world’s top destinations for culture and cuisine.

April 2024 in Photos
From totality to Springfest and everything in between, here’s how we spent April at the University of Rochester.

Awards and honors highlight accomplishments of Rochester’s faculty
University of Rochester faculty regularly earn accolades for their contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.

That’s not Native American art. Or is it?
A Rochester art historian on the proliferation of indigenous fakes and replicas—and the blurry line between appropriation and admiration.

Why do we blink so much?
Researchers find that blinking plays a pivotal role in processing visual information—adding to a growing body of evidence revising our conventional views of vision.

Three Rochester faculty join ranks of AAAS fellows
This is the first time since 2009 that three University faculty members have been elected in one year.

Are these newly found rare cells a missing link in color perception?
Rochester researchers harnessed adaptive optics to gain insight into the complex workings of the retina and its role in processing color.