Noted photographer and art educator Carl Chiarenza remembered
A distinguished scholar, the former URochester faculty member lectured and taught workshops at more than 100 institutions in 33 states. Carl Chiarenza (Photo by Heidi Katz) Carl Chiarenza, an...
View ArticleThe art of what’s next
At the Memorial Art Gallery, Timothy Peterson is building a collection that reflects today’s complexity while helping shape the canon that endures. Timothy Peterson spends much of his time in places...
View ArticleEastman School launches new major in music creation and technology
The program builds on URochester’s growing leadership at the intersection of music, engineering, sound, and digital innovation. The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music has announced a new...
View ArticleURochester musicologist helps bring medieval mystic to life at Venice Biennale
Professor Honey Meconi’s scholarship on Saint Hildegard of Bingen advised the Vatican’s exhibit featuring FKA Twigs, Brian Eno, Patti Smith, and others. When the international art extravaganza Venice...
View ArticleOn Nobelist László Krasznahorkai, the apocalypse, and the art of literary...
Alumnus Declan Spring ’87 and Open Letter’s Chad Post reflect on the vision and voice of the newly minted Nobel laureate. Hungarian novelist, essayist, and screenwriter László Krasznahorkai has won the...
View ArticleFilm, music, and technology converge at inaugural Soundtrax Festival
The University of Rochester debuts the first North American festival dedicated to the art and science of film music. The University of Rochester is hosting the inaugural Soundtrax Film Music Festival...
View ArticleMaster of suspense: Thomas Perry ’74 (PhD) on the thrill of writing thrillers
The acclaimed author has penned more than two dozen suspense novels. MYSTERY MAN: Thomas Perry received his PhD in English from Rochester in 1974. His latest thriller, The Burglar, is his 26th suspense...
View ArticleRochester project democratizes access to medieval English literature
A pioneering initiative to make texts from the Middle Ages available to scholars and students “puts the literature out there for everybody.” This story was originally published on September 16, 2020....
View ArticleAlumni Joan and Jeff Beal make record gift to the University’s Eastman School...
The multimillion-dollar gift will expand Eastman’s Beal Institute by providing critical support for space, technology, programs, and students. Joan and Jeff Beal (provided photo) Vocalist, music and...
View ArticleWant to be a better doctor or nurse? Take a look at this painting.
Rochester’s Art of Observation program helps medical students and clinicians cultivate essential clinical skills. After a day of seeing and treating patients, eight faculty-physicians from the...
View ArticleBeyond the museum: An arts partnership inspires young minds
The Memorial Art Gallery and Rochester City School District’s Expanded Learning Collaboration cultivates creativity, curiosity, and connection. For Zayd, a fourth grader from School #33 in the...
View ArticleOpen Letter wins Republic of Consciousness Prize for English translation of...
Rochester’s literary translation press published Rodrigo Fresán’s invented biography of Herman Melville, translated by alumnus Will Vanderhyden. Open Letter, the nonprofit, literary translation press...
View ArticleDefining involution through sculpture
A Rochester graduate student and acclaimed sculptor examines a topic that is increasingly relevant to Chinese society. Among contemporary Chinese youth, the concept of involution, or neijuan, refers to...
View ArticleTwo Open Letter books nominated by National Book Critics Circle
Rochester’s literary translation press edited and published two of the longlisted books for the organization’s 2024 Barrios Book in Translation Prize. Chad Post, publisher at Open Letter, the...
View ArticleThe Vegetarian by Han Kang: A Nobel Prize, a Rochester press, and a...
The latest Nobel Prize in Literature laureate has unexpected ties to the University’s literary translation press. South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for...
View ArticleEastman brings music to underserved Rochesterians
ROC City Concerts brought performances to correctional facilities, recovery houses, and more this spring. Spring 2024 marked the beginning of a new concert series to connect the Eastman School of...
View ArticleMusical documentary with Rochester roots gets a Pulitzer Prize nod
Paper Pianos, written and co-created by the International Theatre Program’s Nigel Maister, tells the story of an Afghan musician and refugee Milad Yousufi. A live-performance musical documentary...
View ArticleMorris Eaves, English professor who breathed new life into William Blake...
English professor Morris Eaves was a pioneer in preserving William Blake’s body of work in the internet age. (University of Rochester photo) The scholar made the British poet and “multimedia artist”...
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