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Professor of Philosophy Robert Holmes has played an integral role in fostering UR's nonviolence awareness and academic programs, but his decision to retire at the end of this academic year leaves the M.K. Gandhi Nonviolence Institute with new challenges to overcome. Holmes's departure marks the University's second loss of a prominent nonviolence advocate since the […]

The Optical Society of America, a locally-based optics group, celebrated its 92nd anniversary at Rochester's Riverside Convention Center from Oct. 19-23.In this year's celebration, known as Frontiers in Optics, OSA was joined by the American Physical Society's Division of Laser Science.There was an exhibition by the 100 leading local optics companies on innovative technology. More […]

The UR Medical Center broke ground this week on the Clinical and Translational Science Building, which will be the newest addition to the UR Medical Center campus.This building will host the facilities for research into the prevention, treatment and remedy of diseases. Planned program areas include cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, pediatrics and cancer, among others.Of […]

On Oct. 16, Desiree Curry, a UR Dining Services employee, was murdered in a fatal stabbing in her Remington Street home, where she lived with her 2-year-old daughter, Maz, and her grandmother, Bertha Douglas. She was 22. Curry worked in Wilson Commons on weekend nights and occasionally during the week. She started working for Dining […]

On Tuesday, Oct. 21, UR President Joel Seligman testified in front of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, offering his suggestions on changing financial regulation in order to avoid a future economic crisis. Seligman is considered an expert on securities law, having authored numerous books and papers about financial regulation.'We are really in […]

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) urged Monroe County voters, as well as voters across New York State, to support Democratic Party candidates' bids in next Tuesday's elections during a speech given at Monroe Community College on Wednesday. She urged the audience to also take time to encourage others to vote for the Democratic party as […]

The Pride Network sponsored a panel of four local activists and politicians to speak about important gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) legislation in New York. Approximately 40 students attended a two-hour panel last Thursday about the importance of GLBT issues in local and national elections.The panel discussed many New York legislation bills, including bills […]

The speakers at Monday night's 'Health Care and the 2008 Election" panel addressed the growing problems with the current U.S. health care system and the effectiveness of Senators Barack Obama and John McCain's proposals to resolve these issues.The Charles Drew Pre-Health Society (CDrew) sponsored the panel of speakers that included Simon Graduate School of Business […]

The M.K. Gandhi Nonviolence Institute faces an uncertain future in its second year at UR because, in addition to its founder's sudden resignation last year, Professor of Philosophy Robert Holmes is retiring after this year. Holmes is responsible for piquing University interest in nonviolence. With Holmes gone, the Institute faces the dual challenges of remaining […]

A university's endowment goes a long way in fostering growth at a school. At UR, the endowment funds medical research, University renovations and the needs of UR faculty, among other projects. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa recently proposed in an editorial that the 135 schools in the nation UR being one of them with endowments […]