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UR President Thomas Jackson's decision to step down at the end of the next academic year received mixed reactions from students and faculty. Announcing that he would retire at the end of his 11th year as president on March 5, Jackson gave the university a year of advance notice to find a replacement. While many […]

The Pan-African Expo titled "Turning the Pages: History of Black Identity" was held at 6 p.m. in Strong Auditorium on Feb. 28. The Expo, a celebration of black culture and history, was co-sponsored by the Black Students' Union and Students for Social Justice and included dance performances by the Spanish and Latino Students' Association.According to […]

Recently, Provost Charles Phelps clarified some technical details of the deal UR signed with the online music retailer, Napster.Phelps, the chair of a Task Force on Technology for the Joint Committee on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing, revealed the motivation for signing a deal with Napster. "The committee was set up to control bandwidth usage in places […]

A 1993 Honda Civic was stolen from University Lot sometime between Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 21 at 1 p.m., according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty. The vehicle belongs to a graduate student and was recovered by Rochester Police Department officers, who took the car to an impound lot for safekeeping. The […]

What do the names Truman, Goldwater, Fulbright and Churchill have in common? They are all names of famous people but, more importantly, they are also fellowships offered at our university. With recent increases in tuition not only at UR but also elsewhere, the importance of these financial gifts is unquestionable. At UR and other universities, […]

Over the last few weeks, several UR students were awarded two different scholarships. The prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship was rewarded to junior Jesse Bailey. Meanwhile, juniors Joseph Galante and Christopher Supranowitz and Take Five scholar Zhuohan Liang all received the Goldwater Scholarships, named after former Senator Barry M. Goldwater.Fellowships Coordinator and Academic Counselor Belinda […]

UR's annual spring festival, Dandelion Day will take place on April 24 this year with a few changes. Concerns over the numerous incidents of intoxication last year resulted in the creation of a Dandelion Day Oversight Committee this year, by Dean of Students Jody Asbury. As Event Chair of the Campus Activities Board and junior […]

"That was the stupidest idea I've heard in a long time," fellow freshman Anthony Catenaro said when I told him about my plan to revive the once-active UR cricket club. On a hopeful suggestion that revised cricket rules might actually attract Americans to watch - and maybe play - the game, he proposed that I […]

Arie Bodek, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, received the 2004 W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics from the American Physical Society, the nation's top association of physicists. This prestigious prize in high-energy physics consists of a certificate acknowledging Bodek's accomplishments and a $5,000 cash prize. In a […]

The William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration recently ranked 35th in the world and 22nd among U.S. schools by the Financial Times of London. Based on alumni recommendations, the newspaper also ranked Simon fifth for economics and second for finance in the world, next only to the Leonard N. Stern School of Business. […]