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UR cross country hosted its annual Yellowjacket Invitational at Genesee Valley Park this past weekend. For both teams, Meliora Weekend started off with a bang.The men's team ran hard for an impressive sixth-place finish out of 15 teams. It totaled 130 points, with the top three coming in at 18th, 24th and 25th place. The […]

Meliora Weekend proved to be a great weekend for a swim meet. Both UR's men's and women's swim teams traveled to Hartwick College for the Hartwick Relays on Saturday. This meet was a little unusual, because it consisted of only relay events. Both teams placed second and logged a number of impressive performances.The men's team […]

Assistant Professor of Biology Daven Presgraves has won a David and Lucile Packard Foundation fellowship. Presgraves will use his $875,000 fellowship to explore the speciation genes that thwart cross-species hybrids from reproducing.Presgraves focuses on the barriers that prevent different species from exchanging genetic material. This is called the 'large X-effect" and pushes two species on […]

According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, UR Security identified the suspect who placed a suspicious-looking item under a student's car on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Last week, the Campus Times reported that junior Meaghan Woods found a pipe wedged under her car tire, and a security officer reported it to police authorities, who found nothing […]

Two Rochester-area authors received UR's Andrew Eiseman Writers Award this year. The recipients, Susan Williams '81 and Bill Kauffman '81, won for their work in young adult literature and nonfiction categories, respectively.Williams's story, 'Wind Rider," is about a girl from Central Asia 6,000 years ago who learns how to ride a horse, which breaks her […]

A Town Hall meeting yesterday allowed students to share feedback on Dining Services on River Campus. At the meeting, three Dining administrators spoke with students about the plans for a Wilson Commons renovation and other improvements in Dining.The meeting focused mainly on the Pit, Douglass Dining Center and Danforth Dining Center. However, Hillside Caf, Pura […]

Rochester Students for Life (RSFL) invited local Professor Michael Filozof to share his views on the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision last Monday.Professor Michael Filozof, who obtained a doctorate in political science from the University of Buffalo in 2000 and has taught at Monroe Community College, SUNY Brockport and Niagara County Community College, argued that […]

Due to multiple complaints, the Office of University Parking and Transportation Services recently hosted several meetings between administrators and students. On Nov. 19 and 20, students got a chance to divulge their opinions over a series of four focus groups. Held inside a Fauver Stadium conference room, the focus groups were held with the intention […]

Members of Students for a Democratic Society organized a sit-in at the Career Center to protest Lockheed Martin Corp. recruiters on River Campus. Lockheed Martin is a defense contractor that has been contracted to produce weapons for the Iraq War.SDS initiated the protest, entitled 'UR Making Peace Not War." The co-coordinator of this event, graduate […]

Boulder Coffee Co., the newly opened coffee shop on the corner of Genesee Street and Brooks Avenue, will be adding the URos system shortly. Boulder Coffee is part of a wave of local businesses that have been adding the URos system.Centerstage Caf, The Distillery, Pellegrino's, Aja Noodle, Mt. Hope Diner and Quiznos currently accept URos. […]