After almost 10 years, Mary Ann Mavrinac has served her last day as vice provost and Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of the University of Rochester Libraries. She has officially begun her retirement and taken up her status as emeritus dean.
Claudius Aelianus (165/70-230/5 AD); Heraclides Lembus (2nd cent. BC); Marcus Antonius Polemon (c. 88-144 AD); Adamantius (4th cent. AD); Melampus (3rd cent. BC).
Variae historiae libri, XIIII. Ex Heraclide de rebus publicis commentarium. Polemonis Physionomia. Adamantii physionomia. Melampodis ex palpitationibus divinatio. De neuis. Rome: Antonio Blado, 1545.
November marks the celebration of Native American Heritage month. To honor the occasion, RBSCP will highlight a historical yet conflicting figure in the Native American sphere: Arthur Caswell Parker (1881-1955). As a Seneca Indian himself, he was as an advocate for American Indian Day, which became declared in New York State by May 1916. Over seven decades later, the initial designation of November as National American Indian Heritage Month became approved and has evolved to how we know it today.1
The Ask the Archivist column in the Winter 2020 Rochester Review explored the six deaf students described in the newspaper clipping from the September 17, 1921, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle--all graduates of the Rochester School for the Deaf--who went on to attend the University at the same time. You can read the article here.
To find Lindsay Cronk, assistant dean of Scholarly Resources and Curation for the River Campus Libraries, enter Rush Rhees Library from the Eastman Quad and continue through the Roger B. Friedlander Lobby. Take the stairs to your right (or left), and go into the Great Hall.
COVID-19’s ubiquitous presence and media coverage can have a blinding/muffling effect on other local, national, and even global issues. And because it’s new(ish) and happening right now, there’s an accompanying urgency and significance that commands attention and activism.
This is how we felt about HIV/AIDS 35 years ago.
Hello, reader of this story. I’m your writer, Matt Cook, senior communications officer of the libraries and collections. I’m also the editor of the newsletter for the University of Rochester Libraries, Tower Talk.
I made something for you.
Before you get all, “Oh, you shouldn’t have,” you should know that it’s kind of a re-gift. But it did take a year to make. That’s worth something, right?
In the Northern Hemisphere, winter doesn’t officially begin until December 21. That means, as of this story’s publication, it’s still fall. THAT MEANS it’s still Hot Library Fall.
