By: Justin Fleming

National agency awards UR research contract UR Research, a program initially designed to provide researchers a place to digitally store their work, has been expanded to include new features for faculty, students and the general public. Features offered by...

By: Emily Berkowitz

Ford drops out of Democratic Primary election Harold Ford, Jr., former Tennessee representative, who spoke at UR last week, has recently decided not to challenge Senator Kristen Gillibrand in the Democratic primary this coming September. Ford cited his be...

By: Mark Fleming

Israel Peace Week, a movement co-founded by UR student sophomore Anna Richlin in January, came to the River Campus this week to educate students about Israel’s contributions to peace, along with other information about the nation....

By: Ross Brenneman

When Futurity launched just under six months ago, it had the support of 35 research universities, all located in North America. Now Futurity has gone transatlantic....

By: by Sandra Barbosu

Following long months of rehabilitation after a severe bicycling accident last May, CEO of UR Medical Center Brad Berk returned to his position on Monday, March 1, while still undergoing a few hours of physical and occupational therapy every day.  &n...

By: Rebecca Leber

Earlier this month, The Association of University Technology Managers released the institutions that received the most royalty revenue from licensed technologies in in early February of 2008.  ...

By: Justin Fleming

The UR Debate team had a solid showing at their regional championship last weekend, which included several members making elimination rounds and one earning a Top Speaker award.  ...

By: Emily Berkowitz

The efforts of UR students to find a solution to a common environmental obstacle were rewarded when their project, UR Biodiesel, received the Excellence in Innovations for Sustainability Award by the Association of College Unions International (ACUI). &nb...

By: Justin Fleming

Two suspects caught lurking Ban forms were issued to two of three suspicious individuals who were attempting to enter Gilbert and Tiernan Halls on Saturday, Feb. 27. According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, while a student reported this beha...

By: Emily Berkowitz

Super glue causes emergency A graduate student reported that while she was sleeping in the lounge on the fourth floor of Wilson Commons an unidentified suspect poured super glue into one of her ear cavities at 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The victim rep...

By: Emily Berkowitz

UR trustee and active community member passes away University trustee Gilbert C. McCurdy passedaway Tuesday Feb. 16. He was 87 years old. McCurdy was a lifelong trustee of UR as well as a trustee of Roberts Wesleyan College. In addition to leading his fam...

By: Justin Fleming

Local groups seeking funding for after-school activities Across the Rochester area, funding for after-school programs has been drastically cut in recent months. The “Community Coalition,” a group formed to develop long-term solutions to this p...

By: Emily Berkowitz

The National Science Foundation (NSF), which selects the recipients based on how innovative the proposals are and how well the proposals combine research and education, awarded this honor to the two UR professors....

By: Justin Fleming

At the Mock Trial Regional Championship at Syracuse University last weekend, UR’s program qualified two teams for the National Championship, which will be held in mid-March at Miami University of Ohio....

By: Jerome Nathaniel

After kicking off his campaign last Saturday morning at Hofstra University, Governor David Paterson came to Rochester Laborers Local 435 on Fourth St. — where Rochester’s youth drum line, the Mighty Liberators, marched him into a room of over ...

By: Willie Clark

Former UR professor William Fals-Stewart, 48, who was arrested last week on felony charges, died suddenly on Tuesday afternoon.Fals-Stewart was pronounced dead at his Eden, N.Y. home. As of press time, the cause of death had not been determined and Eden P...

By: Ryan Smith

Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. delivered a keynote address at the Interfaith Chapel Thursday night as part of UR’s celebration of Black History Month, which was sponsored by the Black Students’ Union....

By: Conor Willis

Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy’s plan for control of the Rochester City School District received a stamp of approval from 19 area college presidents, including UR President Joel Seligman, on Tuesday....

By: Emily Berkowitz

Local Rochester hockey hero makes it to the Olympics New York Rangers player, Ryan Callahan, 24, will be representing Rochester, N.Y. on the U.S. hockey team at the 2010 Olympics. Callahan, who is the sole athlete from the Rochester area on the U.S. hocke...

By: Justin Fleming

Simon School offers scholarships to winners of contest On March 5, The William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration will launch an online competition with a grand prize of full tuition for one business student. The competition will require ...