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Event

Scare Fair 2024: A Haunted Journey Through the Heart of River Campus Libraries

Annual library event brought spooky fun to River Campus Libraries, blending Halloween thrills with library exploration and community connection.

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Students

Student Employee Spotlight: Liv Ritz ’25

How Liv Ritz ’25 turned hands-on experience at the River Campus Libraries into a blueprint for her future career in marketing

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Illustration promoting 'Star-Stuck: iZone’s Escape Room Experience.' The image features a minimalist design with a dark background. A partially open door with a keyhole is on the left, casting light into the scene. Footprints lead to a vintage film camera on a tripod, positioned on the right. The title 'Star-Stuck' is written in bold red text at the top, with the subtitle 'iZone’s Escape Room Experience' in smaller red and yellow text beneath it. The iZone logo is in the bottom-right corner.
iZone

The iZone Escape Room: A Star-Stuck Success Story

Student-led event tests participants' creative problem solving skills

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Group photo of eight smiling individuals sitting together indoors. Four people are seated in the back row, and four are in the front, with one person sitting cross-legged on the floor. A large silver balloon in the shape of the number '2' is visible on the right side of the image. The group appears to be enjoying a relaxed and cheerful moment.
Students

Memories to Last a Lifetime in the Library

Student Spotlight: Kevin Hu

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News

Middle English Text Series launches new and improved website

A major step in expanding free access to Middle English literature, the METS initiative now hosts over 1,000 digital texts on a new platform

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FURL

Recognizing Excellence: The Undergraduate Research Initiative Awards

Celebrating the 2023-2024 Undergraduate Research Initiative Award winners at the University of Rochester

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Students

Make It Happen Grants

University of Rochester Libraries gifted seed funding to support 13 enterprising students and alumni who successfully pitched innovative projects

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Exhibit

University Libraries celebrates Arthurian Legend

“Visualizing Camelot” exhibit aims to draw new audiences by engaging them through such art as paintings, illustrated books, films, toys, and comics

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Students

Nautilus: Take Five Student Creates Wellness Pop-Up

Student creates refuge during stressful exam periods—hopes it sparks an annual design contest to address student stress during finals

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Karp

Karp Fellows Cohort IV Help UR & Beyond

Fellows take on projects that expand their knowledge and skillset, while contributing to the libraries, the University, and the Rochester community

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Students

Summer Interns Take on the Library

The 2024 University of Rochester Libraries summer interns’ work ranges from event planning and curriculum design to health literacy and social media

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Staff

Anna Siebach-Larsen receives 2023 Messinger Award

Since 2017, Siebach-Larsen has had a transformative effect on the River Campus Libraries and the daily experiences of students, faculty, and staff.

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Rinaldo Walcott
Neilly Series

Neilly Author Series: Rinaldo Walcott

A widely published scholar of interdisciplinary Black studies, Walcott examines the history of Black emancipation and the struggle for freedom.

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The three data grant recipients with social science librarian Kathy Wu
Students

Fall 2023 data grants

River Campus Libraries data grants enabled student research on the gender gap in STEM, website fingerprinting, and automation.

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Neilly Series

Neilly Author Series: William Sturkey

A historian of the post-1865 United States, Sturkey offers a compelling exploration of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in the shadow of Jim Crow.

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Spaces

Meet the newer Physics-Optics-Astronomy Library

A comprehensive refresh helped bring the 50-year-old library into the 21st century—and added some new features.

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Neilly Series

Neilly Author Series: Joy James

The political philosopher offers a rich and poetic view of oppressive structures and those who resist them.

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Metzdorf Award

Metzdorf Award goes to iZone namesake

Friends of the University of Rochester Libraries recognize the longtime advocacy, counsel, and support of University Trustee Barbara Burger ʼ83.

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Staff

2023 Library staff awards

The University libraries recognized individuals from the River Campus, Miner, and Sibley Libraries for their superior librarianship.

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Students

Spring 2023 data grants

Student research on VPNs, knowledge distillation, and nurse staffing regulation gets a boost from grants

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Neilly Series

Neilly Author Series: Julius B. Fleming Jr.

A scholar of Black performance studies, Fleming delivers a bold view of the civil rights movement through the lens of Black theater.

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