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Mellon grant supports a close-up on close-ups
Fri, 03 Mar 2023
A Rochester research team is part of an inter-institutional project to document the history of the close-up, one of film and television’s most powerful techniques.
Continue ReadingWhy is a 16th-century tradition attracting activists on the Christian right?
Tue, 03 Jan 2023
Scholar Anna Rosensweig explains how early modern resistance theory is inspiring far-right individuals to defy local, state, and federal laws.
Continue ReadingNew award sends humanities graduate students abroad
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
Four Rochester doctoral candidates will research in archives in a dozen countries as recipients of the Meliora Global Scholars grant.
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 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.
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