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Sophomore Andrew Rosenthal met Rochester Institute of Technology student Joseph Ferraro on the Hillel-sponsored ?Birthright Israel? trip. Ferraro contracted meningitis on the trip and died shortly after his return. Here is Rosenthal?s personal account.He sat down next to me, slowly taking off his headphones. ?Someone took my seat, so I think I?ll talk to you. […]

It can strike without warning, leaving its victim helpless against its debilitating effects. And it can be spread as easily as breathing the air.This disease is meningitis. It is the disease that killed 20-year-old Rochester Institute of Technology student Joseph Ferraro this past June, after he returned from the Hillel-sponsored ?Birthright Israel? trip.Now, UR health […]

Two men impersonating ResNet consultants entered a locked second-floor room in Tiernan Hall without permission on Friday, Sept. 8. One of the room?s residents found them when she returned to the room around 3:30 p.m. She asked the men why they were there. They told her they were ResNet consultants who had been called to […]

Plans for a pub on the third floor of Wilson Commons have been put on hold indefinitely.Quentin Roach, director of purchasing and auxiliary operations for the university, said that the pub has been put on the ?back burner? because of the recent remodeling done to Danforth Dining Center and Douglass Food Court.?The main priorities [over […]

The largest number of applicants in university history applied for admission this year ? 10,080 students, up 17 percent from 8,656 last year. The number of applicants who filed for early decision also increased to 17 percent of all applications, up from 12 percent last year.Many colleges are receiving more applications, but UR?s numbers are […]

In the aftermath of a student protests from the spring of 1999, the university this year has reinstated the Frederick Douglass Institute, UR?s center for African and African-American studies.Founded in 1986 by Professor of Religion Karen Fields, the institute intended to promote the development of African and African-American studies through research.Its formation followed a 1985 […]

With clouds lingering above, the university formally dedicated the new Dandelion Square at its 151st convocation last Friday. The ceremony, which kicks off the academic school year, was also a time to recognize faculty and departments for their contribution to undergraduate education.UR President Thomas Jackson said in his opening remarks that the newly dedicated square […]

One current and three former students filed a lawsuit against the university in late April after being arrested last year in an incident outside CLARC that some believe was racially motivated.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, charges the university and UR Security officers James Clukey and Raymond Pipitone with seven causes of action: false […]

All-freshman housing will replace all of the special interest housing on the Residential Quad next year. In addition, freshmen will no longer be able to live in special interest housing as a result of the Freshman Housing Implementation Committee?s recent decision. This decision counters the Residential College Com-mission?s spring 1999 recommendations, which praised special interest […]

Hispanic Business magazine named the William E. Simon School of Business Administration the No. 1 U.S. graduate business school for Hispanic students seeking their master?s degree in business administration in its September 2000 issue.The magazine recognized the Simon School for its participation in diversity programs, its efforts to recruit highly qualified Hispanic students and its […]