Club
A look into the Mexican Students’ Association, where students find ‘a home on campus’
The group gained approval midway through the Fall 2024 semester, and throughout last year, Martinez and Andrade-Gonzales tabled at the Activities Fair, held e-board elections, and were finally able to officially reserve on-campus spaces for the club to meet. Read More
building
Construction significantly underway on campus Catholic center
The Joseph P. Mack Catholic Center began construction earlier this year after a groundbreaking ceremony in February and is set to be completed spring 2026. Read More
healthcare
UR Medicine homecare workers and the road to unionization
Workers have been put in “a really rotten spot” due to having to squeeze more work into the same time that they previously had. Read More
economics
Banning sweatshops won’t fix poverty, says visiting professor
“Welfare of the workers is the goal,” Powell said. “... We [must] have a means-end discussion about what policies deliver on that." Read More
Graduate Student Union
UR graduate students hold protest for unionization
Graduate student organizers are ready to do “whatever it takes” to form a union. “We feel like there's an extreme need here to get it done as quickly as possible,” said organizer Katie Gregory, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. “Up to and including a strike, everything's on the table.” Read More
Research Rochester
What lurks behind video games: A look into senior Kendal Jordan’s research
Senior Kendal Jordan has been involved with research on campus since her freshman year, working on several projects almost all centered on the same topic: video games. Read More
Center for Community Engagement
Fighting against poverty in Rochester with the Urban Fellows Program
Urban Fellows, an annual program hosted by the Center for Community Engagement (CCE) and funded by Americorp, gives undergraduate students the opportunity to work with local nonprofits over the summer — and get paid for it. Read More
first-gen
Inside the Kearns Center, Rochester’s community for first-gen students
The David T. Kearns Center, located in Dewey Hall, is a support network for first-generation and low-income students to learn about the different resources available to them and provide a safe space on campus for the scholars. Read More
