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The University of Rochester’s Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences (CEIS) was recently  reinstated as a New York State Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) and awarded $9.2 million in funding over 10 years. CAT, which is supported by the New York State Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), was created in 1983 to support […]

As the holidays approach, UR students might begin wondering how they will be traveling home. Traveling by train is one option, but this November and December, the Amtrak station in Rochester will be demolished, and the new station isn’t expected to be ready for passengers until September 2017. This news could leave students who travel […]

When tickets for Norah Jones’s November performance at Eastman Theatre went on sale on Sep. 9, fans went wild and the show sold out in less than 38 minutes. Three years have passed since nine-time Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Norah Jones last came to Rochester. However, on Friday, Nov. 6, Jones came back to […]

“Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out???????? It’s kind of long but full of surprise (crying with laughter emoji) (crying emoji).” Thus begins what’s come to be known as the “Zola Story” (or sometimes just “Zola”), a scintillating tale of sex, drugs, debauchery, suicide, murder and good old […]

Classical music plays as Mark Rothko stands in the middle of the stage smoking a cigarette. The painting studio set behind him features a few completed paintings, a few blank canvases and boarded up windows. Rothko sees none if it: He’s staring out at the audience. His young new assistant Ken enters and Rothko demands, […]

Since September, people have murmured about the changes to Rush Rhees Library as part of the new Evans Lam Square—compliments, complaints and recommendations alike. During the Nov. 10 forum, which predominantly focused on changes to the library aesthetic, students favored the incorporation of traditional design elements—rich, moody colors and regal, stoic woods—in the vision for […]

Have you ever seen the video of Ray Rice punching Janay Palmer in the face? The security camera footage is completely silent, but you can tell from their body language that they’re having a fight, even before they walk into the elevator. Once they get in there, they begin to shove each other. Rice moves […]

A few weeks ago, Yale University’s Intercultural Affairs Committee sent an email to students reminding them to be culturally sensitive in selecting their Halloween costumes. The president’s action was an attempt to be conscious of the well-being of all Yale students and stemmed from the diversity of that university’s campus, a trait Yale and UR […]

Have you ever seen the video of Ray Rice punching Janay Palmer in the face? The security camera footage is completely silent, but you can tell from their body language that they’re having a fight, even before they walk into the elevator. Once they get in there, they begin to shove each other. Rice moves […]