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Joanne Shenandoah next to a representation of the carillon chimes
Pop-Up

Celebrating Women, Music, and Culture

Two March events will feature Joanne Shenandoah and the carillon
Winners of the Research Initiative Award
FURL

I'll Be There for U-R-L

Friends have provided the libraries with support for almost 50 years
Icons of programs offered by TinkerSpace
TinkerSpace

Tinker, Solder, Program, Code

Rochester’s TinkerSpace is what Meliora is all about
Woman taking notes
Students

A Seat at the Table

Students have a voice in the libraries’ policies, initiatives, and future.
Gleason Library around 4:45 a.m.
Spaces

'No-Sleepover' at Gleason: Part II

Tower Talk Editor Matt Cook stayed up with Gleason to see what never closing looks like
A teen from the Middle Ages stealing fruit (Psalter, c.1325-40)
Middle Ages

Here We Are Now, Can You Train Us?

A new Rossell Hope Robbins Library exhibit explores adolescent life in the 14th and 15th centuries
Lead the Future Dever
iZone

Lead the Future

The Rochester alumnus, fresh out of the publishing process, talks about what makes book-writing difficult, why anyone can do it, and why he did.
Illustration of hand with thumbs up
News

Editor's Picks: Tower Talk 2019

We asked Tower Talk Editor Matt Cook to choose some stories worth seeking out

Potree
History

Potree in Motion

The Digital Scholarship Lab’s Josh Romphf and Blair Tinker share how they help visualize the data and the tools they use to do it
Gleason library in full swing in the middle of the night
Spaces

'No-Sleepover' at Gleason: Part I

Tower Talk Editor Matt Cook stayed up with Gleason to see what never closing looks like
Cover of Elaine Marieb and Katja Hoehn’s textbook Human Anatomy & Physiology
Open Resource

Open for Learning

A biology professor has turned his class resources into "freesources" by making the shift to open education
Exhibition: To Reach Our Farthest Star: Leading the University of Rochester, 1850–2019
History

To Reach Our Farthest Star

As Rochester prepares to inaugurate Sarah Mangelsdorf as its eleventh president, a new exhibit helps put University leadership in context

William’s 600-page manuscript, De universo (On the Universe)
Middle Ages

One scholar’s universe is another scholar’s treasure

Students and the faculty are marveling at a 15th-century manuscript on the cosmos. And it's not just because it's close to 600 years old.
Lauren Dimonte
Research

Lauren Di Monte is protecting Rochester's scholarly rep

A conversation on disambiguation, bibliometrics, and University of Rochester research-related initiatives
Photo of renowned Zimbabwean mbira player, oral historian, and ritual specialist Sekuru Tute Chigamba
Humanities

Sekuru’s Stories

A digital humanities project featuring the renowned Zimbabwean mbira player, oral historian, and ritual specialist Sekuru Tute Chigamba.