Archive: Oct 2011

Students advocate education

Sophomore Eduardo Quiñonez and senior Trevor Baaisden are working towards starting a chapter of Students for Education Reform, which they hope will help combat educational needs in the Rochester community. Read More

Amid scandal, views on standardized tests vary

UR faculty and students react to the the recent SAT cheating crime of Emory University sophomore Samuel Eshaghoff. Read More

Campus Briefs

Warner School Dean elected for third five-year term Dean of the Warner School of Education Raffaella Borasi was appointed to serve a third five-year term on Monday, Oct. 3, and is being lauded by University officials for her dynamic leadership during a period of robust growth for the school. Borasi holds the Frederica Warner Professorship […]

Eastman’s 90 year time capsule: Archival exhibits at ESM trace a dynamic history

In celebration of their 90th anniversary, the Eastman School of Music is putting together an archival exhibit. Read More

Bench broken, origin still a mystery

Your weekly does of broken benches, concussions and loitering juveniles. Read More

The flight for life

A day in the life of the Mercy Flight Central patient transport service. Read More

Urban Explorers venture to abandoned subway

Into the depths of Rochester — the abandoned urban subway system. Read More

Janelle Monáe’s Palestra performance was out of this world

On Saturday in the Palestra, Janelle Monáe and her band, the ArchOrchestra, put on an astoundingly unique, interactive and otherworldly concert. Read More

ABC’s ‘Suburgatory’ is one hell of a good new show

ABC’s new show “Suburgatory” takes everything I hate about small, white picket-fenced towns and amplifies it by 100. Read More

Hartnett Gallery connects UR to nationwide art

Club spotlight on the student-run art gallery on campus. Read More