Reflecting on the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Members of the University of Rochester community lend their voices to the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., reflecting the power of his message more than fifty years after his death.
‘You are some of the most powerful people in the world’
During this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemorative Address, political commentator Symone Sanders focused on Dr. King’s work after the civil rights movement of 1965, and emphasized his lifelong mission of challenging the status quo. “For young people particularly on college campuses,” she said, “I like to remind them that you are some of the most powerful people in the world.”
2016 video rewind
From viral buzzer beaters to student musicians performing on mountaintops, from 90-million-year-old bird fossils to 150-year-old archival collections coming to life. Rochester cameras captured it all in 2016.
Magic Johnson’s HIV bombshell, 25 years later
LaRon Nelson, assistant professor of nursing and associate director of international research at the University’s Center for AIDS Research, discusses how Johnson’s announcement changed public perceptions and how far have we come since then in addressing the HIV/AIDS public health crisis.
Music in the American Wild wraps up national parks tour
What began literally as a walk in the park has turned into a national tour of seven National Park Service sites plus other outdoor venues across the county, to honor the centennial year of the national parks.
World Population Day: Why focus on teenage girls?
In marking this year’s them, “Investing in Teenage Girls,” Catherine Cerulli, director of the Susan B. Anthony Center, offers her insights on the human rights issues that young women face today and what can be done to address these challenges.