Archives - Micah Greenberg
COVID Semester in Review
COVID Semester in Review: Testing
“The only way you can say that we were really missing large numbers of infections is to hypothesize that [UR] students are endowed with magical powers and 90% of them when they’re infected never develop symptoms, and that’s absurd.”
COVID Semester in Review
COVID Semester in Review: How close were we to shutting down?
“I thought we had a good chance of going into a pause [last fall],” Director of Environmental Health & Safety and Coronavirus University Restart Team (CURT) co-chair Mark Cavanaugh said.
COVID Semester in Review
COVID Semester in Review: Dr. Chatbot
From mid September through late October, the percentage of students living on campus who filled it out hovered near 50% each day, reaching as low as 43.1%.
Campus
Students sent wrong information in degree audit mix up
UR Student — an online system for class registration, student finance, and record-keeping — was rolled out last April. Since the switch, students have pointed out a few growing pains.
Dr Chat Bot
Dr. Chatbot’s namesake: Jeremiah A. Chatbot III
When Jeremiah A. Chatbot III was just a young boy growing up in Brooklyn, his parents motivated him to do great things in life.
2020 Election
UR reacts to rocky election
On Nov. 3, millions of people from around the world — including much of the UR community — watched as the results of the American election began to trickle in. But some close states took days to count, causing increased anxiety and anticipation.
COVID-19
Students’ complicated relationship with WiFi
Students often joke about renaming the University’s WiFi network from “UR_Connected” to “UR_Not_Connected,” and I’m beginning to understand why.
Administration
A day in the life of University middle management
If you consult the delegation guidebook, you’ll see that crises on River Campus are delegated to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering.
election
A President who will cut the malarkey!
The Biden transition team has put forward a platform, “We pledge in our first 100 days to abolish the scourge of malarkey in all of its forms.”
Advancement
Arthur Satz: Visionary of the humanities
Earlier this month, UR announced the largest-ever endowed gift for the Humanities from alum Arthur Satz ‘51. Satz, who passed away two years ago at 89 years old, left the gift through his estate.
