Archives - Hailie Higgins
COVID-19
A letter from the Editor
So why do we do this? Why bother adding our amateur-hour content to the information overload? Because it's fun to care.
flag display
Flag display temporarily removed, put under review
The flags were taken down at the request of President Sarah Mangelsdorf and Provost Robert Clark in response to “concerns raised about the display in past semesters."
Campus
Frederick Douglass Institute director appointed after two-year search
Jeffrey Q. McCune will become the Director of the Frederick Douglass Institute (FDI) on June 1, 2021.
Beyond Rochester
Judge rules international students are able to take a fully online semester in United States
ICE guidelines are now set to the emergency guidelines issued in march, which are relaxed to allow students to take all courses online in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Beyond Rochester
ICE guidelines and UR lawsuit support explained in town hall
“This is terrible policy guidance and terribly written” Gatewood said, also calling the actions “xenophobic and pernicious.”
Campus
Flags will be lowered for UR employee death
Steven Merriam, a technician for the School of Medicine and Dentistry, died May 19.
COVID-19
Fall 2020 plans tentatively announced in the face of COVID-19
Classes will start in late August, and be offered in-person and online through Thanksgiving, according to the email.
clothing
Student t-shirt sales raise hundreds for coronavirus relief
Like many organizations that are creating programs, or modifying existing ones, UTees is helping fight the pandemic through donations. Now, we all attend the same school, and have the tee shirts to prove it.
Basic Needs Hub
Following the funds: The origins and purpose of the Basic Needs Hub
Since COVID-19 has put so many students into extenuating circumstances, the Hub has drastically changed how it operates.
COVID-19
Food Pantry open to all UR students
For students still in Rochester, the Food Pantry is in full swing. In the first floor of Wilson Commons, the…
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