
Want to be a better doctor or nurse? Take a look at this painting.
Rochester’s Art of Observation program helps medical students and clinicians cultivate essential clinical skills.

Beyond the museum: An arts partnership inspires young minds
The Memorial Art Gallery and Rochester City School District’s Expanded Learning Collaboration cultivates creativity, curiosity, and connection.

Open Letter wins Republic of Consciousness Prize for English translation of Melvill
Rochester’s literary translation press published Rodrigo Fresán’s invented biography of Herman Melville, translated by alumnus Will Vanderhyden.

Defining involution through sculpture
A Rochester graduate student and acclaimed sculptor examines a topic that is increasingly relevant to Chinese society.

Two Open Letter books nominated by National Book Critics Circle
Rochester’s literary translation press edited and published two of the longlisted books for the organization’s 2024 Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

The Vegetarian by Han Kang: A Nobel Prize, a Rochester press, and a translation controversy
The latest Nobel Prize in Literature laureate has unexpected ties to the University’s literary translation press.

Eastman brings music to underserved Rochesterians
ROC City Concerts brought performances to correctional facilities, recovery houses, and more this spring.

Musical documentary with Rochester roots gets a Pulitzer Prize nod
Paper Pianos, a live-performance musical documentary written and co-created by the International Theatre Program’s Nigel Maister, tells the story of an Afghan musician and refugee Milad Yousufi.

Morris Eaves, English professor who breathed new life into William Blake scholarship, remembered
The scholar made the British poet and “multimedia artist” accessible to a wide audience.

Music schools founded on the Western classical model face special challenges
Crystal Sellers Battle articulates a path toward long-term cultural change at the Eastman School of Music.