Once again, the men’s and women’s cross country teams registered solid performances. The men posted a fifth-place finish at St. Lawrence University on Saturday. The women also had a strong showing, finishing sixth. The fields were by far the largest of the season, as the men and women competed against 16 and 18 other teams, respectively. Junior Christina Michael paced the women’s team, finishing in ninth place overall with a time of 23:45. Senior Dan Duett led the men’s team, finishing in 11th place with a time of 26:43. This week, both teams head to SUNY Geneseo before returning home.Swidler can be reached at dswidler@campustimes.org.
medication
Cross Country
As recently as the early 2010s, it was standard practice for surgeons to provide 30 to 40 or more opioid pills for common, minimally invasive procedures. Most of these pills, however, would remain untouched, left over in the patient’s medical cabinet or kitchen pantries for potential misuse. A team of researchers led by URMC’s Dr. Jacob Moalem set out to reduce these opioid overprescriptions. Read More
cultural identity
Cross Country
President and senior Mennatallah “Mennah” Mohamed shared that this dinner was a “time to highlight how Arab culture is so interconnected.” Read More
campus brat
Cross Country
The first realization of my own age hit me in the months before I started college. I was helping my dad clean the small office he’d occupied in Rush Rhees longer than I’d been alive. The walls of which boasted childhood drawings that my sister and I had crayoned. Even though I was looking at my distant past, I realized I would soon be starting a new page of my future. Read More