Archive: Nov 2011

Plausibility of ethanol as UR energy source

A student examines the feasibility of UR investing in ethanol as a renewable resource. Read More

Towers construction powers through delays

Construction on the new residence hall near Towers experienced slight delays this fall, but Residential Life says that the setbacks should not impact students or the overall progress of the project. Read More

UR digitizes collection of AIDS posters to spread awareness

UR's Rare Books Library has digitized a collection of 6,200 AIDS awareness posters to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the identification of AIDS as a disease. Read More

Campus/In Rochester Briefs

Fiction award goes to Native American writer The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies at UR has awarded the 2011 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize to author Linda LeGarde Grover for her debut short story collection “The Dance Boots.” Grover, a professor of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, was presented […]

ASL Club members sign their hearts out

This year's "Sign Idol" featured signers of varying skill levels and experiencing. Read More

ESM students bang out expert rendition of ‘Assassins’

Eastman School of Music students took the stage at Kilbourn Hall in a production of “Assassins,” presented by the Eastman Opera Theatre. Read More

CT Recommends MuseScore

MuseScore is a cost-effective option for digital music notation, printing and exporting on par with competing programs like Sibelius and Finale. Read More

‘Bad as Me’ as good as expected

Tom Waits has been coasting in rather unusual way. Read More

Characterization in Fox’s ‘Terra Nova’ covers no new ground

The pattern of new television shows this season seems to be that none of them have a wow factor Read More

UR's Forgotten Hours: An exploration of campus between 3 and 6 a.m.

What goes on during those forgotten hours of the early morning on campus? This is a rarely asked question, but one that not many people will truly know the answer to. Maybe you’ve pulled an all-nighter or two, come home late on a Saturday night or just don’t sleep, but I’ll bet my bonnet that […]