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Visual and Cultural Studies student Taryn Ely wins American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Taryn Ely, a doctoral candidate in the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, has been awarded a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies to support work on her dissertation, “A Medium of Madness: Neurodiversity in American Experimental Cinema.”
Digital 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 ReadingCurtis Award spotlights PhD teaching assistants’ ‘amazing’ efforts during the pandemic
Thu, 14 Oct 2021
The annual award honors the contributions of graduate students in classrooms and laboratories across the University. This year’s recipients come from different disciplines, but share many things in common.
Continue ReadingRochester’s latest CAREER award recipients pursue wide range of projects
Wed, 05 May 2021
This year, five University of Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for early-career faculty.
Continue ReadingHow patents transformed the world of architecture
Thu, 08 Apr 2021
Associate professor of art history Peter Christensen has been awarded a 2021 Guggenheim fellowship for his project exploring an understudied shift in architectural history.
Continue ReadingAn adapted classroom: Students and faculty find new ways to engage in teaching and learning
Fri, 18 Sep 2020
Students and faculty members adapt to new—and safety-conscious—ways of interacting as teachers, scholars, and researchers.
Continue ReadingA ‘different kind of wonder’
Wed, 27 May 2020
The European Renaissance’s engagement with the Arctic is a little-known chapter of history but a relevant one today, when the region once again has become a site of anxious attention.
Continue ReadingHow do physical spaces help create community?
Mon, 16 Sep 2019
In her highly visual, multi-year project “Fertile Ground,” cultural anthropologist Kathryn Mariner is researching placemaking in the city of Rochester, and her focus on how community is formed is shared by this year’s Humanities Center lectures.
Continue ReadingA ‘model of scholarly possibility’: Remembering Douglas Crimp
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
An internationally renowned art and cultural critic, theorist, curator, and activist, Rochester professor Douglas Crimp created work important to thinkers across the arts and humanities.
Continue ReadingTwo honored as Student Employees of the Year
Wed, 24 Apr 2019
Doctoral student Clara Auclair, who works as a digitization specialist in River Campus Libraries, and Cameron Morgan ’19 (T5), a public speaking fellow in the Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program were honored during National Student Employment Week.
Continue ReadingKathryn Mariner wins Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for her work on social inequality
Fri, 19 Apr 2019
Kathryn Mariner, an assistant professor of anthropology and visual and cultural studies, is one of 32 faculty members in the United States named as new Career Enhancement Fellows.
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