Campus Life
Jack Downey: Family tragedy channeled into a passion for social justice
The associate professor of religion helps shape the perspectives of his undergraduates not only at the University, but also at area prisons.
Society & Culture
Rochester’s college-in-prison program becomes western New York’s prison education hub
The Mellon Foundation has renewed its support for the Rochester Education Justice Initiative with an additional three-year, $1 million grant.
Society & Culture
University prison education initiative awarded major grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The University’s cornerstone prison education initiative receives a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to expand and further develop its programming.