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The Eastman Dental Center has announced the launch of the Ronald McDonald House Charities SMILEmobile, according to a press release put out by the UR Medical Center. SMILEmobile is a mobile dental office that will provide dental care to children in Rochester schools.According to the press release, this unit is the fourth active SMILEmobile and […]

A junior was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 1:22 a.m. at the Theta Chi Fraternity house. He was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty. UR Security officers and Rochester Police Department officers were already present at the house to investigate underage drinking. They shut down the […]

The Center for Electronic Imaging Systems, a New York State Center for Advanced Technology located on campus in Taylor Hall, recently announced a record economic impact total of $120 million for the 2006-07 fiscal year. In brief, this number indicates that research performed by CEIS-affiliated scientists has directly created $120 million of new economic activity […]

Last night, the Campus Activities Board presented the 73rd annual Boar's Head Dinner in Douglass Dining Center, which featured a winter feast and accompanying entertainment."I have never been to [a Boar's Head Dinner] and I am so happy that I finally got to go," senior Jessica Sorrentino said. "Everybody should go at least once while […]

The National Nuclear Security Association (NNSA) confirmed on Wednesday, Nov. 21 the approval of a five-year contract to continue its funding of UR's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE). According to the press release last Wednesday that announced the contract's renewal, the NNSA has agreed to donate $351 million to LLE to help the lab continue […]

Alumni, faculty, students and community members convened in front of Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department Gerald Gamm and Assistant Professor David Primo for a 2008 presidential election discussion sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations."Alumni were here from graduating classes from the 1940s, as well as people from the class of […]

Last week, the University's Sustainability Task Force released a report, which concluded that the University, though it has taken some steps toward decreasing its negative environmental impact, can do much to improve."Despite an impressive list of individual initiatives, the task force observes that the University's efforts have not been as systematic and as well communicated […]

I recently read somewhere that people who happen to be Scorpios are suited to be butchers. Which is fine, because the Lord knows I love me some red meat. But it did get me thinking: if I don't become a butcher, will the powers upstairs be displeased and curse me with a dull knife for […]

Early on in the semester, students were faced with problems resulting from the transition to the new First Transit bus service, including late and no-show buses. In recent weeks, however, First Transit has proved to be responsive to the issues presented by UR students and faculty and has taken substantial measures to correct these problems […]

Earlier this week, the Simon Graduate School of Business announced a new partnership with the Professional Pricing Society to create the Center for Pricing at Simon. Under this new initiative, Simon School M.B.A. graduates concentrating in pricing will be able to learn how to direct and execute pricing strategy in any industry. The Center for […]