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sculpture" tabindex="-1"></a></div> <div class="loop-item__inner"> <div class="wrapper_one"> <div class="loop-item__category">The Arts</div> <div class="loop-item__meta"> <div class="loop-item__date"> February 19, 2025 | 06:49 pm </div> </div> <h3 class="loop-item__title h5"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/what-is-involution-meaning-examples-sculpture-640522/" rel="bookmark"> Defining involution through sculpture </a> </h3> <div class="post-excerpt"> <p>A Rochester graduate student and acclaimed sculptor examines a topic that is increasingly relevant to Chinese society.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper_two"> <div class="loop-item__cta_link"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/what-is-involution-meaning-examples-sculpture-640522/" rel="bookmark">Read more <i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i></a> </div> <div class="loop-item__tags"> <span>topics: </span> Department of Art and Art History, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, </div> </div> </article> <article class="has_image loop-item loop-item--post"> <div role="img" aria-label="Diptych of the book cover art for "melvill" by rodrigo fresán and "muzzle for witches" dubravka ugresic, both translated published open letter press longlisted the national book critics circle translation prize." style =background-image:url('https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/fea-national-book-critics-circle-2024-barrios-book-in-translation-prize-longlist-open-letter-340x191.jpg'); class =loop-item__image><a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/open-letter-2024-barrios-prize-national-book-critics-circle-634222/" target="_self" title="Two Open Letter books nominated by National Book Critics Circle" tabindex="-1"></a></div> <div class="loop-item__inner"> <div class="wrapper_one"> <div class="loop-item__category">The Arts</div> <div class="loop-item__meta"> <div class="loop-item__date"> December 21, 2024 | 03:46 pm </div> </div> <h3 class="loop-item__title h5"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/open-letter-2024-barrios-prize-national-book-critics-circle-634222/" rel="bookmark"> Two Open Letter books nominated by National Book Critics Circle </a> </h3> <div class="post-excerpt"> <p>Rochester’s literary translation press edited and published two of the longlisted books for the organization’s 2024 Barrios Book in Translation Prize.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper_two"> <div class="loop-item__cta_link"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/open-letter-2024-barrios-prize-national-book-critics-circle-634222/" rel="bookmark">Read more <i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i></a> </div> <div class="loop-item__tags"> <span>topics: </span> alumni, Chad Post, Class of 2013, Department of English, literary translation, literature, Open Letter, School of Arts and Sciences, </div> </div> </article> <article class="has_image loop-item loop-item--post"> <div role="img" aria-label="Diptych featuring the book cover art for English translation of "the vegetarian" and a headshot of author han kang." style="background-image:url('https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/fea-han-kang-the-vegetarian-nobel-prize-in-literature_v3-340x191.jpg');" class="loop-item__image"><a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/han-kang-the-vegetarian-translation-controversy-nobel-prize-622392/" target="_self" title="<em>The Vegetarian</em> by Han Kang: A Nobel Prize, a Rochester press, and a translation controversy" tabindex="-1"></a></div> <div class="loop-item__inner"> <div class="wrapper_one"> <div class="loop-item__category">The Arts</div> <div class="loop-item__meta"> <div class="loop-item__date"> October 11, 2024 | 11:43 am </div> </div> <h3 class="loop-item__title h5"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/han-kang-the-vegetarian-translation-controversy-nobel-prize-622392/" rel="bookmark"> <em>The Vegetarian</em> by Han Kang: A Nobel Prize, a Rochester press, and a translation controversy </a> </h3> <div class="post-excerpt"> <p>The latest Nobel Prize in Literature laureate has unexpected ties to the University’s literary translation press.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper_two"> <div class="loop-item__cta_link"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/han-kang-the-vegetarian-translation-controversy-nobel-prize-622392/" rel="bookmark">Read more <i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i></a> </div> <div class="loop-item__tags"> <span>topics: </span> awards, Chat Post, Department of English, global engagement, literary translation, literature, Open Letter, School of Arts and Sciences, </div> </div> </article> <article class="has_image loop-item loop-item--post"> <div role="img" aria-label="Elevated view of ROC City Concert performs playing music for incarcerated individuals." style="background-image:url('https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fea-roc-city-concerts-2024-04-26_ESM_jail_concert_2166-340x191.jpg');" class="loop-item__image"><a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/eastman-roc-city-concerts-underserved-rochesterians-609262/" target="_self" title="Eastman brings music to underserved Rochesterians" tabindex="-1"></a></div> <div class="loop-item__inner"> <div class="wrapper_one"> <div class="loop-item__category">The Arts</div> <div class="loop-item__meta"> <div class="loop-item__date"> May 31, 2024 | 07:26 am </div> </div> <h3 class="loop-item__title h5"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/eastman-roc-city-concerts-underserved-rochesterians-609262/" rel="bookmark"> Eastman brings music to underserved Rochesterians </a> </h3> <div class="post-excerpt"> <p>ROC City Concerts brought performances to correctional facilities, recovery houses, and more this spring.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper_two"> <div class="loop-item__cta_link"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/eastman-roc-city-concerts-underserved-rochesterians-609262/" rel="bookmark">Read more <i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i></a> </div> <div class="loop-item__tags"> <span>topics: </span> community engagement, Eastman School of Music, </div> </div> </article> <article class="has_image loop-item loop-item--post"> <div role="img" aria-label="Man in cage reaches up toward piano player in scene from Paper Pianos." style="background-image:url('https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fea-pulitzer-nomination-paper-pianos-340x191.jpg');" class="loop-item__image"><a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/musical-documentary-paper-pianos-pulitzer-prize-605262/" target="_self" title="Musical documentary with Rochester roots gets a Pulitzer Prize nod" tabindex="-1"></a></div> <div class="loop-item__inner"> <div class="wrapper_one"> <div class="loop-item__category">The Arts</div> <div class="loop-item__meta"> <div class="loop-item__date"> May 8, 2024 | 01:49 pm </div> </div> <h3 class="loop-item__title h5"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/musical-documentary-paper-pianos-pulitzer-prize-605262/" rel="bookmark"> Musical documentary with Rochester roots gets a Pulitzer Prize nod </a> </h3> <div class="post-excerpt"> <p><em>Paper Pianos</em>, 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. </p> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper_two"> <div class="loop-item__cta_link"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/musical-documentary-paper-pianos-pulitzer-prize-605262/" rel="bookmark">Read more <i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i></a> </div> <div class="loop-item__tags"> <span>topics: </span> alumni, awards, Department of English, Eastman School of Music, Humanities Center, International Theatre Program, Nigel Maister, School of Arts and Sciences, </div> </div> </article> <article class="has_image loop-item loop-item--post"> <div role="img" aria-label="Closeup of Morris Eaves smiling with William Blake illustrations in the background." style="background-image:url('https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fea-morris-eaves-340x191.jpg');" class="loop-item__image"><a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/morris-eaves-english-professor-who-breathed-new-life-into-william-blake-scholarship-remembered-595342/" target="_self" title="Morris Eaves, English professor who breathed new life into William Blake scholarship, remembered" tabindex="-1"></a></div> <div class="loop-item__inner"> <div class="wrapper_one"> <div class="loop-item__category">The Arts</div> <div class="loop-item__meta"> <div class="loop-item__date"> February 27, 2024 | 03:50 pm </div> </div> <h3 class="loop-item__title h5"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/morris-eaves-english-professor-who-breathed-new-life-into-william-blake-scholarship-remembered-595342/" rel="bookmark"> Morris Eaves, English professor who breathed new life into William Blake scholarship, remembered </a> </h3> <div class="post-excerpt"> <p>The scholar made the British poet and “multimedia artist” accessible to a wide audience. </p> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper_two"> <div class="loop-item__cta_link"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/morris-eaves-english-professor-who-breathed-new-life-into-william-blake-scholarship-remembered-595342/" rel="bookmark">Read more <i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i></a> </div> <div class="loop-item__tags"> <span>topics: </span> Department of English, faculty, Morris Eaves, obituaries, School of Arts and Sciences, </div> </div> </article> <article class="has_image loop-item loop-item--post"> <div role="img" aria-label="Crystal Sellers Battle with her arms crossed in the Eastman School of Music's Miller Center." style="background-image:url('https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/fea-crystal-sellers-battle.jpg');" class="loop-item__image"><a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/music-schools-founded-on-western-classical-model-face-special-challenges-536442/" target="_self" title="Music schools founded on the Western classical model face special challenges" tabindex="-1"></a></div> <div class="loop-item__inner"> <div class="wrapper_one"> <div class="loop-item__category">The Arts</div> <div class="loop-item__meta"> <div class="loop-item__date"> February 26, 2024 | 02:38 pm </div> </div> <h3 class="loop-item__title h5"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/music-schools-founded-on-western-classical-model-face-special-challenges-536442/" rel="bookmark"> Music schools founded on the Western classical model face special challenges </a> </h3> <div class="post-excerpt"> <p>Crystal Sellers Battle articulates a path toward long-term cultural change at the Eastman School of Music.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper_two"> <div class="loop-item__cta_link"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/music-schools-founded-on-western-classical-model-face-special-challenges-536442/" rel="bookmark">Read more <i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i></a> </div> <div class="loop-item__tags"> <span>topics: </span> Crystal Sellers Battle, diversity, Eastman School of Music, faculty, staff, </div> </div> </article> <article class="has_image loop-item loop-item--post"> <div role="img" aria-label="Still from Psycho horror film showing Norman Bates greeting Marion Crane and Sam Loomis at hotel desk." style="background-image:url('https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fea-work-labor-horror-films-340x191.jpg');" class="loop-item__image"><a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/work-labor-modern-american-horror-films-593652/" target="_self" title="The work of horror films" tabindex="-1"></a></div> <div class="loop-item__inner"> <div class="wrapper_one"> <div class="loop-item__category">The Arts</div> <div class="loop-item__meta"> <div class="loop-item__date"> February 20, 2024 | 12:04 pm </div> </div> <h3 class="loop-item__title h5"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/work-labor-modern-american-horror-films-593652/" rel="bookmark"> The work of horror films </a> </h3> <div class="post-excerpt"> <p>A collection of essays coedited by Jason Middleton explores the “monster” of late capitalism lurking in modern American horror films. </p> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper_two"> <div class="loop-item__cta_link"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/work-labor-modern-american-horror-films-593652/" rel="bookmark">Read more <i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i></a> </div> <div class="loop-item__tags"> <span>topics: </span> Department of English, Film and Media Studies Program, Jason Middleton, Joel Burges, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, </div> </div> </article> <article class="has_image loop-item loop-item--post"> <div role="img" aria-label="Detail of Caravaggio's "the conversion of saint paul" shows saul sprawled on ground beneath a horse's legs, blinded and with his arms raised. crop painting serves as cover art for jennifer grotz's "still falling: poems."" style =background-image:url('https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fea-caravaggio-conversion-of-saint-paul-340x191.jpg'); class =loop-item__image><a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/still-falling-poems-meditation-on-loss-light-legacy-593662/" target="_self" title="A poet’s meditation on loss, light, and legacy" tabindex="-1"></a></div> <div class="loop-item__inner"> <div class="wrapper_one"> <div class="loop-item__category">The Arts</div> <div class="loop-item__meta"> <div class="loop-item__date"> February 20, 2024 | 07:56 am </div> </div> <h3 class="loop-item__title h5"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/still-falling-poems-meditation-on-loss-light-legacy-593662/" rel="bookmark"> A poet’s meditation on loss, light, and legacy </a> </h3> <div class="post-excerpt"> <p><em>Still Falling</em>, English professor Jennifer Grotz’s fourth collection of poems, illuminates the connection between art and time.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper_two"> <div class="loop-item__cta_link"> <a href="https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/still-falling-poems-meditation-on-loss-light-legacy-593662/" rel="bookmark">Read more <i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i></a> </div> <div class="loop-item__tags"> <span>topics: </span> Department of English, Jennifer Grotz, literature, School of Arts and Sciences, </div> </div> </article> <article class="has_image loop-item loop-item--post"> <div role="img" aria-label="Ezra Tawil in a yellow and black checkered shirt smiles at the camera in a room with wood-paneled walls." style="background-image:url('https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fea-ezra-tawil-2-340x191.jpg');" class="loop-item__image"><a 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