The Arts When fictional children become stranger things April 18, 2023 Teaching an undergraduate class on ‘dangerous’ children in literature inspired English professor Kenneth Gross’s latest book.
Campus & Community Andrés Arocho González ’24 to receive Truman Scholarship April 17, 2023 The political science major from Puerto Rico is the first Rochester student to earn the honor since 2004.
In Photos Health, justice, and an abandoned aqueduct April 13, 2023 The University of Rochester students in PHLT 238: Environmental Health and Justice in the Rochester Community recently explored something hidden from most people in Rochester—the abandoned aqueduct and subway tunnel located under the Broad Street Bridge in the heart of downtown. The tour, led by ROC the Riverway Program Manager Kamal Crues (pictured), gave the 11 undergraduates a chance to consider multiple—and occasionally conflicting—interests and values central to the city’s “Aqueduct Reimagined” project. Read more.
Health & Medicine Professional organizations bestow honors on Rochester faculty April 10, 2023 The recognitions highlight faculty contributions to imaging science, oral health, community building, toxicology, and more.
Campus & Community In Art New York, Angelica Aranda ’23 finds a niche in book art April 7, 2023 A program for University of Rochester students inspires the Queens native to build community through art.
The Arts Questions of character and motives drive professor’s new novel April 3, 2023 In Stephen Schottenfeld’s This Room Is Made of Noise, a down-on-his-luck handyman befriends an elderly widow of means. What’s a reader to think?
Science & Technology Was plate tectonics occurring when life first formed on Earth? March 30, 2023 Zircon crystals and magmas reveal new information about plate tectonic activity on Earth billions of years ago.
Campus & Community English major from The Gambia helps preserve ancient African fables March 24, 2023 Fatoumatta Jobe is transcribing in Wolof—and then translating into English—centuries-old stories passed down orally.
The Arts Russell Peck: The ‘ideal of what a humanities professor ought to be’ March 3, 2023 English professor Russell Peck is being remembered as much for his eminent medieval scholarship as his excellence in teaching.
Health & Medicine Awards and honors highlight Rochester faculty’s professional accomplishments March 1, 2023 Optica, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Gruber Foundation, and other organizations are among those bestowing recent honors on Rochester faculty.