Archives - Julianne McAdams

The Frederick Douglass Building will undergo renovations throughout the coming year and will reopen in fall 2016 as the last step in the 10-year process of updating UR’s dining facilities. “This is the final and most important puzzle piece for our program,” Marketing Manager Kevin Aubrey said. Director of Dining Services and Auxiliary Operations Cameron […]

Campus Activities Board (CAB) hosted a Q&A with Josh Peck this past Thursday, Feb. 26, bringing the UR community back to their grade school days of watching “Drake and Josh” and “The Amanda Show.” Although times are changing, and we only see the remnants of Josh Nichols in Peck’s Vines, Snapchat and action movies with […]

Joe Testani, who is currently the director of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)’s Career Center,  will be replacing the current Director of the Gwen M. Greene Career Center Burt Nadler, who recently announced his retirement after 16 years at UR. Testani will assume the role in June 2015. Testani led efforts to gather data for […]

Actor, writer and comedian Bill Hader, most famous for his time on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL), came to Strong Auditorium on Saturday night to participate in a Q&A as the Winterfest Weekend comedian. Organized by Campus Activities Board (CAB), the event was largely advertised as featuring the “Winterfest Comedian Bill Hader.” Although this did not […]

It is Saturday night once again, and the more reserved of you college students who stayed in to watch a movie and read Cosmo magazines on Friday night are most likely sitting around your freshman hall’s lounge in anticipation of a socially appropriate hour to leave for the fraternity parties (I refrain from the colloquial […]

The American Psychological Association (APA) recently elected Susan H. McDaniel, PhD, of the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) as its new president. “It’s a great honor, and I’m very excited about it,” McDaniel said. McDaniel is a Dr. Laurie Sands Distinguished Professor of Families & Health, Associate Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, […]

Mass graves in Mexico investigated:  Another mass grave was discovered near the town of Iguala in the Mexican state of Guerrero, where 43 students went missing last month. A forensic team is working to identify the bodies. Mexican authorities have discovered more than 10 mass graves since their search for the students began. 56 people […]

Junior Mechanical Engineering student William Green received NASA’s $10,000 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Award. Green was lauded for his outstanding accomplishments and his drive toward a creative career looking to advance scientific knowledge and technology. NASA Astronaut Sam Gemar presented Green with this award. Green thanked his family, friends, professors, and the foundation for helping him […]

This is the story of the kid I allegedly bullied in elementary school. I remember Robert very well, but I don’t remember having any terribly negative impact on his life. People know me as bubbly and hyperactive, but not mean. Not a “bully,” by any standards. But there I was, senior year of high school, […]

The student group Peaceful Protest of the Financial Aid System staged a series of events during Meliora Weekend, including tabling in Wilson Commons and silent protests outside. The protests were the next phase in the group’s new initiative to spearhead change in the Office of Financial Aid. Their central goals are to foster transparency and […]