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Recently, The New York Times reported that French President Jacques Chirac is seeking to impose a carbon tax on the United States for its failure to sign the Kyoto Climate Protocol. Then again, this man is so intent on protecting the environment that he restarted nuclear weapons testing when he entered office in the mid-1990s. […]

Because we live on a campus isolated by barriers on three sides, we often forget that we are part of a greater community - the city of Rochester. As members of this community, we have a duty to work with the city residents toward its betterment, and this is something at which we have struggled […]

Researchers at the UR Medical Center have purportedly discovered a new way to fight cancers of the esophagus, liver, skin, colon and rectum. The researchers inadvertently discovered that a collection of compounds known as peroxisome-proliferator-activated-receptor-gamma (PPARy) inhibitors have cancer-fighting characteristics (particularly against colorectal cancer cell lines). The team, headed by Katherine Schaefer, Ph.D., recently published […]

Stephanie Katz has been named senior director of UR's George Eastman Society. The GES is a newly established fundraising society that organizes and collects monetary gifts for the University. Katz, who has extensive experience in advancement, including a stint as associate director of the Harvard College Fund, will be in charge of the formation and […]

A visitor to the school was transported from Rush Rhees Library to the Strong Memorial Hospital Emergency Department with a laceration to his leg on Monday, according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty.Security officers as well as MERT personnel responded to assist the victim at 1:07 p.m.The victim said that the injury occurred when he […]

On Monday, Feb. 5, UR kicked off Education Week, a campus-wide endeavor to alert people of the needs of the Rochester City School District and programs in which they can get involved."I feel that many people at Rochester are inspired to change the world once they get out of college, but not many realize the […]

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The squash team climbed a little higher, clearing the 20 and over spots to hit No. 19. It was the first time since 1998, when the team was ranked No. 18 at the start of the '98-'99 season. The team kicked off their week against No. 18 Hamilton College looking to prove they belonged to […]

On Friday, the women's indoor track and field team earned two more spots in the Eastern College Athletic Conference championship meet. Participating in the non-scoring Rochester Institute of Technology Tiger Invitational, the 'Jackets had 17 finishes in the top six, five of which were first place finishes."It was another great meet for us," women's head […]

At times, the human body seems almost limitless in its potential. After scaling an exhausting trail of 1,576 steps over the course of 86 floors, Thomas Dold of Germany won the 30th annual Empire State Building Run-up in a mere 10 minutes, 25 seconds.To break that down for you mathematically, each floor has approximately 18 […]