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SA officially launched and announced the beta version of IMPACT, a petition site “for students by students,” on Tuesday, Feb. 24. SA President’s Cabinet member and senior Ryan Puffer coded the site and Technology & Web Coordinator Sarah Hedrych designed it and will serve to guide future teams of students in maintaining the site. Once […]

1. On Saturday, Feb. 21 at 2:11 a.m., Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers were advised by a visitor that her coat and personal belongings had been taken while she attended an event in Douglass Dining Center. The visitor left her coat unattended while at the event. As the visitor described her coat, a DPS […]

1. On Saturday, Feb. 21 at 2:11 a.m., Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers were advised by a visitor that her coat and personal belongings had been taken while she attended an event in Douglass Dining Center. The visitor left her coat unattended while at the event. As the visitor described her coat, a DPS […]

SA officially launched and announced the beta version of IMPACT, a petition site “for students by students,” on Tuesday, Feb. 24. SA President’s Cabinet member and senior Ryan Puffer coded the site and Technology & Web Coordinator Sarah Hedrych designed it and will serve to guide future teams of students in maintaining the site. Once […]

The Medieval Academy of America recently chose Russell Peck, John Hall Deane Professor of English, as the recipient of the 2015 Robert L. Kindrick-CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies. Peck will be sending Susanna Fein, who is the head of The Chaucer Review, to receive the award in his place at the University […]

1. On Feb. 13 at 2:12 p.m., a Department of Public Safety (DPS) officer responded to the report of a person flying a drone in the Eastman Quadrangle area. The officer made contact with a student who was flying a drone on the quad. The student was advised that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has […]

Yik Yak, a popular, anonymous social media application that lets users post and vote on “yaks” within a ten mile radius, allows people to share and detach themselves from their thoughts. Since downloading it last semester, I sometimes feel a faint sense of shame when I open it, whether it’s while I’m waiting in line […]

The UR Students’ Association (SA) collaborated with UR Communications to release a video featuring students, administrators and staff on Tuesday, Feb. 10, launching the University’s “It’s On Us” campaign against sexual violence. SA President and senior Antoinette Esce said that she and SA Vice President and junior David Stark took “a little bit longer to […]

The River Campus Libraries recently created a website for its data purchase program, making data more accessible to faculty and students. Faculty, academic professionals and students wishing to request or recommend purchases of datasets can do so by email. The price, budget, accessibility and likely usefulness to other researchers are considered before data are purchased, […]

1. On Feb. 9 at 11:26 a.m., Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers responded to the report of an employee injury at Danforth Dining Hall. Upon arrival, officers found that a staff member had fallen approximately four feet onto the top of the elevator. The elevator had malfunctioned and the doors opened without the elevator […]