{"id":679872,"date":"2025-11-16T16:34:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=679872"},"modified":"2025-11-16T16:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:34:44","slug":"traditions-boars-head-dinner-goes-way-back-in-time-679872","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/traditions-boars-head-dinner-goes-way-back-in-time-679872\/","title":{"rendered":"Boar\u2019s Head Dinner: A URochester tradition that goes way back in time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The annual medieval-inspired feast has been a University tradition for undergraduates since 1934.<\/h2>\n<p>Cue the trumpets, the costumes\u2014and the figgy pudding.<\/p>\n<p>The Boar\u2019s Head Dinner has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\">University of Rochester<\/a> student tradition for more than 90 years, open to undergraduates across the University, and has run annually with only a few exceptions. The event transforms a River Campus space\u2014mostly recently the Feldman Ballroom in Douglass Commons\u2014into a 16th-century English court. There\u2019s feasting, singing, juggling, and other merriments\u2014welcome diversions at the end of the fall semester in December.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, there\u2019s even a real boar\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p>Using information that appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/communications\/work\/news\/university-magazine\/\"><em>Rochester Review<\/em><\/a> (the University\u2019s magazine for alumni and supporters), the <em>Campus Times<\/em> student newspaper, and an exhibition prepared by the University archivist, we take a look at one of URochester\u2019s most beloved traditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual medieval-inspired feast has been a University tradition for undergraduates since 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