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UR Warner School of Education professors Jeffrey Choppin and Kevin Meuwissen received a grant of nearly $50,000 from the Spencer Foundation for a period of one year to study the effectiveness of the Teaching Performance Assessment (edTPA). The Spencer Foundation is a national organization that awards grants to aid education research. The study began in […]

The UR Medical Center (URMC) was recently selected as the recipient of $6.1 million to aid research in a longitudinal study on childhood lung development. The study, entitled LungMAP, is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and will be conducted over the course of five years. The LungMAP research team at URMC is […]

UR Ventures’ Technology Development Fund (TDF) is entering its ninth round of funding this fall. TDF provides UR graduate and faculty researchers with anywhere from $40,000 to $100,000 to launch research ideas and proto-inventions into proof-of-concept and eventual success in the marketplace. Director of URVentures Scott Catlin states that TDF was started in 2010 at […]

UR fraternities and sororities spent the morning of Saturday, Sept. 13 doing outdoor community service at Mount Hope Cemetery and with the 19th Ward Community Association. Approximately 40 students assisted in the 19th Ward, while over 400 students serviced Mount Hope Cemetery. Junior and Vice President of Publicity for the Panhellenic Association Susan Talbot spearheaded […]