Archive: Dec 2006
URMC granted $40 million
The UR School of Medicine and Dentistry was recently awarded a $40 million grant by the National Institutes of Health. The NIH grant is the largest UR has received to date.The grant will be used to establish the Clinical and Translational Science Institute.As a part of the Medical Center, the Institute will provide an academic […]
Campus Briefs
The Times of London newspaper issued a list ranking UR 21st in the United States and 48th in the world. UR climbed the rankings considerably, rising from 78th overall last year.To construct this list, 3,703 academics from around the world were asked to choose 30 universities from around the world that were considered the best […]
No pretense, no pants, no prob
All too often we hear from our elders that "youth is wasted on the young." I, of course, like the rest of us, have always brushed off this statement. However, as I was traveling through Gilbert Hall recently, I came to my own realization that allows me to better identify with these older and wiser […]
Policing powers
Even as statistics show UR has a safe campus does not mean Security does not confront potentially dangerous, even lethal situations on a daily basis. As the University asks more of Security, it is time to reevaluate how they are trained and equipped. First, what level of safety and protection does the UR community need? […]
Playing politics
Fareed Zakaria came to UR this weekend to give an hour long address to anyone who could get their hands on a ticket. His speech was eloquent, intriguing and provocative. However, after he left the packed Palestra he was not finished. He continued his educational venture by sitting with a group of a dozen Political […]
Letters to the Editor
President disappointed with Club Card editorialWe are writing in response to "Card Counting" [Campus Times, October 5, 2006]. By what does this editorial staff measure the success and failure of the Varsity Club Cards? Why is the editorial board so quick to judge this initiative as a complete failure without giving us time to tweak […]
Professing professionally
As a junior and double major in Political Science and Economics, current events frequently come up in class. This discussion of what is happening in our "real" world on a daily basis often ends up being just as dry as the lecture. What I've always wished to hear during these discussion periods - and what […]
Party politics stands in the way of pork chopper
Earlier this week I received a call from a polling firm asking for my opinion on New York State's next attorney general. The woman on the phone read off a list of names and I felt a bit ashamed when I couldn't identify a single candidate. But then again, I doubt I am alone here. […]
Security Update
Cyclists were attacked in two separate incidents on Sunday while riding along South Plymouth Ave., according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty.The suspects are a group of four or five youths, also riding bicycles.In the first incident, a visitor to campus accompanied by his 12-year-old daughter was riding on a roadside path at around 5 […]
Zakaria talks political science on campus
International relations specialist and writer Fareed Zakaria delivered a speech entitled "The Future of Freedom" in the Palestra on Saturday, commenting on globalization, economic power and other topics. "I have never met anyone so knowledgeable about all affairs going on in the world," Political Science Undergraduate Council member and sophomore Dan Snow said. "He had […]