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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.  Read More

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. Read More

Editor’s note (4/27/2025): this story is accurate as of 4/27. Later updates may not be reflected. In light of the recent executive orders issued by the present presidential administration, student visas have become a hot topic of discussion throughout the country. Numerous college campuses — including Columbia University, Brown University, and more — have experienced […]

The University will start offering housing opportunities for graduate and fifth-year students in previously undergraduate-exclusive living spaces starting Fall 2025. This new program, aimed mostly towards fifth-year students, will draw on what was previously undergraduate housing, Executive Director of Residential Life & Housing Services Dan Watts explained in an email to the Campus Times. “As […]

Nicole Sampson, professor of chemistry, was named University Provost January, effective Feb. 1.  Read More

The service dubbed the “personal campus Uber” by some made a comeback last month with the rollout of “Tripshot” – a new and convenient app. The University’s ‘Safe Ride’ program serves to help students travel between and around the University between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.  Read More

Off-roading has always been something that I have found fascinating: feeling the car bobbing side to side while at the same time trying to make sure the car doesn't get stuck or break down has always been thrilling to me. When looking for places near Rochester that would cater to this adventure, I stumbled upon […]

Three out of the four arrested students have been suspended from the University for two years and the other was expelled. Read More

Congestion pricing is a promising idea, and I have no problems with it in and of itself, but the MTA should  have expanded its service and responded to its underlying safety issues before pushing people into its system. Read More

Despite the University's initial seemingly skittish response to the use of AI, UR has now started embracing this advancing technology through the release of its own chatbot. Last month, the University released chat.rochester.edu, a variation of the ubiquitous ChatGPT licensed from OpenAI, an American company known for developing the GPT family of AI tools, through […]