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Graduate Student Union
UR graduate students hold protest for unionization
Graduate student organizers are ready to do “whatever it takes” to form a union. “We feel like there's an extreme need here to get it done as quickly as possible,” said organizer Katie Gregory, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. “Up to and including a strike, everything's on the table.” Read More
Congestion Pricing
Congestion pricing is clearly the way to go
The data has proved it: congestion pricing is good for commuters and residents alike. Read More
labor
Hourly minimum wage increases 50 cents
New York State’s minimum wage increased by $0.50 on Jan. 1 to from $15.00 to $15.50. Read More
employee
University transitions from HRMS, introduces myURHR
myURHR will remove many of the paper forms involved in University employment, switching them instead to digital processes designed to be more intuitive and efficient. Read More
add/drop
Add/drop that (cl)ass
If UR wants to keep a month-long add/drop period, there needs to be a more streamlined process of providing support for students trying to add new courses. Read More
Congressman Joe Morelle
Party for Socialism and Liberation protest DoD-sponsored event outside MAG
“Free Palestine! The military-industrial complex is complicit in genocide. All of you are complicit. Free Palestine!” This was what protest co-organizer CJ Militello shouted as security dragged him out of the Memorial Art (MAG) Gallery Sept. 16. Read More
food
Westside holds annual College Night
The market presents a cheap opportunity to get fresh food, especially for broke college students. Read More
Administration
Eastman students protest administration’s Title IX response
Second-year doctoral student Rebecca Bryant Novak stood in front of Eastman School of Music’s concert hall last Monday to protest against misogyny. Read More
Administration
Recording shows University statement inaccurate about Gaza encampment meeting
The Campus Times obtained a recording of the April 24 meeting between Gaza solidarity encampment protesters and administrators. A look inside the discussions. Read More
clothesline
The Clothesline Project gives a voice to the unheard
The Clothesline Project was started in 1990 when founder Carol Chichetto hung a clothesline with 31 shirts designed by survivors of domestic abuse, rape, and childhood sexual assault. Read More