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RECENT POSTS

Film and Media Appreciation and Education

February 28, 2018

by Sara Kowalski, Class of 2017, Humanities Fellow Earlier this month, fellow blogger Jackie Heinzelmann wrote “Rochester: A City & Campus for Cinema,” where she listed her top five ways…

The Underhill Installation: Telling Unconventional Stories

February 27, 2018

by Elise McCarthy and Saralinda “Linnie” Schell, Class of 2019 The Underhill was born in a single 2:00 am burst of creativity, wandering around the space where the installation would,…

Digging up the Classics at Rochester

February 15, 2018

by Sara Kowalski, Class of 2017, Humanities Fellow What are the “classics?” The Odyssey and the Iliad? Anything written in Latin? Or are they something more—not only the texts, but…

Living and Learning Religion at Rochester

February 14, 2018

by Sara Kowalski, Class of 2017, Humanities Fellow There are so many ways to get involved in religion on campus, whether you are a practitioner of a certain religion, you…

Black Students’ Union Campus Events

February 13, 2018

by Jamal Holtz, Class of 2018 I hope your week is going well! As current students may know, the Black Students’ Union (BSU) wrapped up January with our step show, STOMP THE ROC.…

Let’s Make Some Noise: Musical Opportunities on Campus

February 9, 2018

by Sara Kowalski, Class of 2017, Humanities Fellow The University of Rochester is an incredibly musical campus, and there are so many opportunities to get involved—you might not realize them…

Let’s Talk Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

February 7, 2018

by Sara Kowalski, Class of 2017, Humanities Fellow Are you passionate about issues of gender and sexuality from an academic, activist, or community perspective? If so, Rochester has many opportunities…

What to Do with an English Major

February 1, 2018

by Sara Kowalski, Class of 2017, Humanities Fellow The Undergraduate English Council holds two annual events: a graduate student meet-and-greet to discuss graduate program in English and a panel event…

Society of Women Engineers Conference

January 26, 2018

by Haley Knapp, Conference Coordinator, Society of Women Engineers The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) recently attended the Society of Women Engineers Conference in Austin, Texas. Recap of the conference and our…

LOGOS Panel: Technology and Creativity

January 23, 2018

by Sara Kowalski, Class of 2017, Humanities Fellow Every fall semester, LOGOS hosts one of its popular panels. These events get to the heart of issues creative minds at Rochester…

Orhan Pamuk Visits Rochester

January 19, 2018

by Sara Kowalski, Class of 2017, Humanities Fellow As part of their Memory and Forgetting series, the Humanities Center has hosted and will continue to host some amazing guests this…

David Berry Visits Rochester

January 16, 2018

by Sara Kowalski, Class of 2017, Humanities Fellow Last month, National Humanities Medalist and University of Rochester alumnus David Berry gave a guest lecture at the Humanities Center titled “Humanities…