Editor’s note: In this new feature, you can find interesting events that happened this week in past editions of the Campus Times.

Feb. 14, 1979

The Student Activities Office installed the first computer in the country used to keep track of room reservations in Wilson Commons. The computer included an ISMAI 8080 processor.

Feb. 16, 1981

UR Medical School doctors were reported to have approved of unsafe exposure levels to uranium in the 1940s with relation to development of the atomic bomb.

Feb. 18, 1993

The New York Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by former UR student William Griffin to overturn his murder conviction. As a freshman in 1987, Griffin stabbed three students while drunk in the Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls. One of the students later died as a result.

Feb. 17, 2000

The Men’s Track team set two new UR records at the York University Open. The 4×400 relay team beat the previous record of 3:24.68. The 4×200 relay team set a new record of 1:33.83, beating its old record by 0.12 seconds.

Feb 13, 2014

UR is nominated by PETA for 2014 “Favorite Vegan Friendly College.”



This week in the Campus Times: Feb. 12

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

This week in the Campus Times: Feb. 12

The LLE received $13.7 million to enter the final design phase for the U.S. National Science Foundation Optical Parametric Amplifier Line (NSF OPAL), to make it an even more powerful academic laser facility.  Read More

This week in the Campus Times: Feb. 12

For birds, the cycle of migration occurs annually and is linked with the changing of the seasons as well as the abundance of food.  Read More