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Our faculty and students participate in numerous individual and collaborative research projects.
Plutzik Reading Series: Patrick Phillips
February 5, 2019 at 5 p.m.
Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library
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Feature Story
Turning the gears of a 16th century search engine
Technology and the mellow scent of wood aren’t often associated with each other in the 21st century. But a new piece of early modern machinery has brought them together in the Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the University of Rochester. The medieval studies library is now home to a custom-made, full-size book wheel, a kind of rotating bookshelf that was the brainchild of 16th-century Italian military engineer Agostino Ramelli. The book wheel, a collaboration between librarians, textual science and engineering students, solved the problem of needing access to multiple books at the same time.
Read More126internships and research projects
In the last two years, undergraduates have completed 126 English Department honors theses, local and national internships, and independent research projects.
Alumni in the News
Kali Quinn '03
BA in English
Via Rochester Review: "What’s Your Script?"
Through ‘compassionate creativity,’ theater artist Kali Quinn ’03 finds her own script, and helps others find theirs. Artwork: David Cowles for Rochester Review
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