To donate blood is to give someone the gift of life. The Red Cross has used this motto for years to increase and promote blood donations nationwide. Never has this statement been more true than now. Blood banks are routinely below needed levels with their resources heavily stressed by everyday medical demands. Please go donate blood at area Red Cross facilities and hospitals now and on a regular basis to avoid such shortages in times of need.
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Editorial Board: Donate blood
URochester’s 2026-27 Medical Amnesty Policy now includes student organizations seeking medical help on behalf of their members. The policy says that students, and now student organizations, who reach out for help with substance-related medical emergencies will not suffer consequences for the possession or consumption of alcohol and other drugs in violation of University policy. Read More
Editorial Board: Donate blood
Many people predict the imminent death of journalism, but Nawaz believes that the field will instead evolve with changing times. “Literally every year in my career, someone's talking about the death of journalism,” she said. “And yet, there is more journalism and more news and information content making its way out to people on this planet than at any other time in our history of humankind.” Read More
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Editorial Board: Donate blood
URochester undergraduate students in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) program have been working to find and develop a solution to this problem. Read More