Archives - Sam Passanisi

In the latest installment of the River Campus Libraries’ Neilly Lecture Series, executive editor of Scientific American magazine Fred Guterl addressed students and community members on Wednesday, Feb. 26 in the Hawkins-Carlson Room. Guterl discussed his book, “The Fate of the Species,” a speculative non-fiction work about potential human extinction events. Assistant Dean of River […]

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Researchers in the Department of Chemical Engineering at UR recently developed a new type of synthetic, shape-shifting material that exhibits many improvements over the existing technology. Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Mitchell Anthamatten worked with Chemical Engineering graduate student Yuan Meng and senior Jisu Jiang to design and synthesize the new polymer, a material consisting […]

Black Student Union (BSU) hosted their 12th Annual Step Show on Saturday, Feb. 7, drawing performers and spectators from across the greater Rochester area. The show, which was themed “You Can't Step With Us,” featured step teams from area high schools and several performances from UR. The show consisted of three parts. The opening performance […]

The City of Rochester was announced as one of three finalists for the location of a new Integrated Photonics Institute for Manufacturing Innovation (IPIMI) on Jan. 30, 2015. The proposed Institute was announced by President Barack Obama on Oct. 3, 2014 and will create a vertically integrated manufacturing system for photonics and optics technology in […]

Most Americans are fairly knowledgeable about their nation’s flag, having been drilled through the Pledge of Allegiance daily in school and instructed in some form about “flag etiquette,” the rules and guidelines that surround proper use and display of the standard. These rules are enumerated in Title IV, Chapter One of the U.S. Code. Most […]

In a resolution passed on Monday, Feb. 2, Students’ Association (SA) Senate advocated for the development of all-gender restrooms on the River Campus. The resolution was written by SA Senator and Chair of the Academics Committee Stephen Wegman, a sophomore, and senior David Markakis. All-gender restrooms are usually single-user facilities that can be used by […]

The University has selected educational strategist Deborah Bial as the Commencement Speaker at the 165th College Commencement, which will take place on Sunday, May 17. Bial is the founder and president of the Posse Foundation, a New York City-based organization that sends outstanding high school graduates to top universities on scholarship. The University of Rochester […]

Researchers in the University of Rochester’s Department of Computer Science and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) recently developed new technology that can gauge a user’s mood by observing them through a webcam and assessing the tone of their social media output. In a recent paper titled “Tackling Mental […]

Two UR students arrested last semester on drug charges made a court appearance Tuesday morning before Rochester City Court judge Honorable Melchor Castro. Sophomore Justin Delgado, charged with three counts of the criminal sale of marijuana, is scheduled to appear next before a grand jury in the Monroe County court system. Sophomore Megan Chapman, charged […]