Teddy Almond
Photo Editor
Class of 2028
ealmond@u.rochester.edu
Teddy Almond is a member of the class of 2028 at the University majoring in English: Language, Media, and Communication. Teddy serves as a Photo Editor and Social Media Editor at the Campus Times. Outside of CT, Teddy has written and photographed for numerous publications in the New York Metropolitan area.
announcement
University concedes: Alumni promised Gmail access until 2029
University alumni will retain access to their Gmail accounts through 2029, the University announced in an email Oct. 30 after receiving criticism from alumni over the decision to terminate access to email accounts.
emails
Alumni set to lose access to their UR emails, graduates displeased
All alumni University of Rochester Google Gmail accounts will be deactivated effective Nov. 4 2025, as announced in an email sent out to alumni Oct. 8.
Boundless Possibility 2030 Strategic Plan
‘A brand is not just a logo’: University leadership explain new marketing strategy
The University announced a new set of logos and other branding elements as part of an overhaul of their branding…
Board of Trustees
New University branding campaign launches, logo to be released
While the overall campaign initiative was public knowledge since the start of the year, questions arose as to how much was being changed when an anonymous user on the social media platform Fizz posted what appeared to be logos and brand elements from a Board of Trustees slideshow presentation.
academics
New engineering honor society joins campus
As of now, in order to join you must be an undergraduate, graduate student, or faculty at the University, have a minimum GPA of 3.7 (for students), and be involved in a qualifying major. The chapter’s founding president, senior Kyle Perlman, wants to change that.
attendance
UR adopts new non-participation policy
The University expects that the new policy will alert students early in the semester if their participation does not meet the standards of one or more of their professors.
ICE
U.S. Customs and Border Protection raid downtown sparks unrest amongst Rochesterians
A roof-top showdown between U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and immigrant construction workers went down Tuesday, Sept. 9, on Westminster Road near the corner of East Avenue.
Dining
University assumes self-operation model of campus dining
“For many years, University Dining Services, including the dining centers, retail, catering and on-campus eateries on River Campus and Eastman School Campus, have been managed and operated through a contracted vendor,” Miller said.
budget cuts
UR closes Fraternity Quad kitchens
For these fraternities, members living on the fraternity quad were automatically opted into the fraternity dining plan, which covered the cost of all meals offered by designated in-house chefs. However, the remaining staffed kitchens on the UR Fraternity Quad began to be decommissioned July 1.
Class Action
UR settles lawsuit: partial tuition reimbursement offered to some students
Carstairs alleged that the University failed to provide its promised thirty additional hours of out-of-class student work per credit hour to students taking online classes during the pandemic.
