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Remembering J. W. Johnson: ‘dynamic’ and devoted English teacher
Fri, 24 Jun 2022
In a University career of more than 45 year, the professor emeritus’s research interests included Restoration biography, the Earl of Rochester, and 18th-century literature.
Continue ReadingDigital justice through data dictionaries
Wed, 08 Jun 2022
A seed grant from the American Council of Learned Societies launches a project that has the River Campus Libraries helping to diversify the digital domain.
Continue ReadingIs this the summer you’re going to read Ulysses by James Joyce?
Mon, 06 Jun 2022
Here are a few things to know about the literary masterpiece that has exhilarated and confounded its readers for 100 years.
Continue ReadingEnglish professor’s cotranslation of poetry wins PEN American Literary Award
Tue, 01 Mar 2022
Everything I Don’t Know, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Grotz and Piotr Sommer, takes top honors for poetry in translation.
Continue ReadingNovelist Joanna Scott returns to short stories in Excuse Me While I Disappear
Thu, 09 Dec 2021
The acclaimed writer and University of Rochester English professor explores the theme of ‘lost stories.’
Continue ReadingMortality informs creativity in poet James Longenbach’s latest collection
Thu, 02 Dec 2021
Written in the aftermath of a cancer diagnosis, Forever is the University of Rochester English professor’s sixth book of poetry.
Continue ReadingInaugural theater production at Sloan Performing Arts Center opens December 2
Mon, 29 Nov 2021
The International Theatre Program returns to in-person performances as it presents Aaron Posner’s Stupid F*cking Bird, a modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.
Continue ReadingMeet the recipients of the 2021 Goergen Awards for teaching excellence
Tue, 26 Oct 2021
Rochester professors Will Bridges, Jason Middleton, and Elaine Sia will be formally recognized for their exceptional undergraduate teaching on October 28.
Continue ReadingJason Middleton: Looking at film with a critical eye
Tue, 26 Oct 2021
The associate professor of English and visual and cultural studies lived all over the globe growing up, and developed a love of film at an early age.
Continue ReadingNew imaging system captures text from barely open books
Thu, 21 Oct 2021
Rochester textual scientist Gregory Heyworth led the development of a digitization method for books with fragile binding.
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