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UR President Joel Seligman assumed duties on July 1, but an inauguration didn't make sense without students and faculty present, according to Vice President and General Secretary Paul Burgett, who co-chaired the inaugural planning committee."We scheduled the inauguration during Meliora Weekend in an effort to help attract alumni who would be here for homecoming and […]

Hundreds of members of the UR community witnessed the inauguration of UR's 10th president, Joel Seligman, Sunday afternoon at the Eastman Theatre. In his 26-minute inaugural address, Seligman drew on four values "that are responsible for this and other universities being among the most significant social institutions in the world today.""An inaugural address is an […]

Members of Service Employees International Union Locals 1199 and 200United picketed and handed out flyers at events throughout Meliora Weekend to draw support for their contract negotiations with UR.Negotiations have failed to yield a resolution over the last few weeks. Workers have been without a contract since Oct. 1. Picketing began Friday outside of Strong […]

UR Security responded to an alarm failure in Hutchison Hall at 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, according to Director of UR Security Walter Mauldin. Officers discovered that most of the south half of the building was without power. Facilities staff were in the building on a work project at the time, according to Mauldin. Temporary power […]

The Meet the Speakers Reception featured many distinguished alumni and personalities representing minority leadership."The main issue today is the future of minority leadership in this country," associate professor of political science and Director of the Frederick Douglass Center for African and American Studies Fredrick Harris said. The panel members included author Julianne Malveaux, A'lelia Bundles, […]

Journalist and host of MSNBC's "Hardball" Chris Matthews entertained an enthusiastic crowd of students, alumni and parents this past Saturday. As one of the marquee events of this year's Meliora Weekend, Matthews' speech nearly filled the Palestra to capacity. Matthews began his speech with a few jokes, alluding to Darrell Hammond's parodies of the "Hardball" […]

Alumni Thomas Sloan '65, '67 (Mas) and Kathy N. Waller '80, '83S (MBA) shared their success stories upon leaving UR and offered advice on how to prepare for the real world on Friday."Success has a whole range of meanings," Dean of The College William Green said. As host of the event, he presented both Sloan […]

Nine candidates for Rochester City Council met in the Interfaith Chapel for a forum attended by community members and UR students on Monday. "It is great to have such willing candidates," member of Students for Liberty and senior Eric Miller said. "They readily gave up their business time to be here."In all, 17 candidates are […]

UR adopted a new prescription drug program to assist students without existing coverage. The new program will help alleviate the financial burden for students without existing coverage. The coverage is provided by the Aetna Pharmacy Network Access Card Program, a subsidiary of The Chickering Group - a company that specialized in covering the health insurance […]

Senior Associate Vice President and Dean for College Advancement Rebecca Fox was recently named to the newly created position of Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement and Executive Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations within the new University Advancement organization.Fox will be reporting to Senior Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer Jim Thompson, who is […]