Music schools founded on the Western classical model face special challenges
Crystal Sellers Battle articulates a path toward long-term cultural change at the Eastman School of Music. Crystal Sellers Battle began her musical journey in church, singing gospel as a youth with her...
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”...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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