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The following article contained an error in the print edition that has been corrected for the online version. The article originally stated that the mural was written in Hebrew and English. Rather, the mural was written in Yiddish and English (Updated: May 1, 2015) Working with local mural artist Shawn Dunwoody, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity […]

UR Hillel will host an Interfaith workshop on Saturday, April 18 to discuss means of differentiating between anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiment. The event was organized in response to a March 31 incident on campus, in which an unknown person or persons taped a pro-Palestine flyer onto a flyer that had been posted by UR’s Israel […]

SPARK Entrepreneurs, an undergraduate club focused on promoting creative business ideas among UR undergraduates, held their first annual conference on Saturday, April 11. The Greater Rochester Entrepreneurship Conference, held in Simon Business School from 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., attracted undergraduates from UR as well as RIT, Roberts Wesleyan College, St. John Fisher’s College, Finger […]

Radiance Dance Theatre hosted their spring show “Dancing Thru Life” last Thursday. The show got off to a gradual and somewhat disjointed start, but Radiance was soon captivating the audience with dance after original dance. Guest performances by the Midnight Ramblers, UR Stylez and Strong Jugglers did nothing to dull the mood over the course […]

The Center for Energy and the Environment (CEE), a new research group at the University of Rochester, will bring together faculty from multiple departments to work on problems related to climate change, renewable energy and public health. The CEE will encourage faculty collaboration, with help from the Laboratory for Laser Energetics and the new Institute […]

In an email sent to the University community on Tuesday, Vice Provost and Director of University Health Service (UHS) Dr. Ralph Manchester said that a River Campus student had been hospitalized with bacterial meningitis. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), meningitis involves an infection of the cerebrospinal fluid, which causes inflammation in the […]

Rochester-based artist Sarah Rutherford, who was hired by the University to paint a mural on campus, is at work this week in the tunnel system under Dewey Hall. The mural, entitled “Her Voice Carries,” depicts a young and an old version of 19th- and 20th-century women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony. Rutherford is working in […]

Ongoing vandalism in the bathrooms of Burton Hall has prompted an investigation by Public Safety and Residential Life. Since the beginning of this semester, vomit, feces and used tampons have been left in the second-floor Burton bathrooms on a near daily basis. Burton is an upperclassmen living hall, with 15 to 20 residents sharing four […]

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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand visited the University of Rochester on Monday to participate in a roundtable discussion on ending sexual violence. In a meeting with UR staff and students, Rochester officials and visitors from neighboring colleges, Gillibrand discussed a new bill that would provide stricter sanctions against campus sexual violence. Representing the UR studentry were […]