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Alumnus Edward Gibson '59 helped UR become one of the partner schools of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). Read More

Ah, pesticide. As much as I appreciate insight into agricultural processes, I’m not a fan of tasting the crop-dust on apples — or maybe it’s not chemicals, maybe I’m tasting the industrial plastic the apples were shipped in. Or the oil from 10,000 hesitant, collegiate fingers. Whatever’s in my mouth, it could use a bath. […]

“‘Club meals’ are a thing of the past,” says UR Dining’s informational sheet about next year’s new meal plans. Indeed they are: Starting next semester, meal plans will switch over to “Unlimited Plans,” which grant daily all-you-can-eat access to Douglass Dining Center and Danforth, as well as a declining balance. As for how the Unlimited […]

As it currently exists, the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development is essentially confined to a small section in the basement of Dewey Hall. According to the Warner School’s website there are about 3,000 students split between the Eastman School of Music, the School of Medicine and Dentistry, the William E. Simon […]

UR bested SUNY Oneonta, 7-2, in men's tennis on Saturday. Read More

The Yellowjackets did everything they could, but in the end it wasn't enough to down No. 12 Middlebury or No. 19 Skidmore. Read More

When that lush greenery blooms among the 1800s industrial-style architecture in the first week of spring, students can at least take in the sunlight and forget for a little while about their workloads. Even the banks of the Genesee, despite the widespread jokes about the river’s contents and radioactivity level, look positively inviting once the […]

With widespread “Go Green” water bottle refill stations and “two [campus] buildings that meet LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Certified standards, one that meets LEED Silver standards and seven others that meet Energy Star criteria,” according to The College Sustainability Report, one could consider UR an environmentally conscious campus. Yet the University could […]

I was surprised when I searched for other books that UR Professor Eldred H. Chimowitz had written and “Introduction to Critical Phenomena in Fluids” came up. Read More

The helmets of football players at UR over summer and next fall will be equipped with sensors to evaluate head injuries. Read More