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Congress
Fenno remembered as scholar, teacher, and colleague
Fenno, who was vital to the development of UR’s political science department as one of the field’s best in the nation, died at the age of 93 on April 21, from what was deemed a likely case of COVID-19. Read More
Bread
CT Cooks: Baking bad to baking bread, Part 2
Hey everybody, it’s Jane, covering this week’s CT Cooks for Adina Goldstein. Welcome to the finale of a two part series about an addicting and old carbohydrate — bread! Today’s recipe is a simple, hard to mess up, no-knead yeasted bread that doesn’t require any fancy starters, special flours, or kneading. It’s definitely not artisanal […]
from the archives
From the Archives: The pig and the dropout
When Walter R. Brooks started at UR for college in 1904, it seemed like he was unhappily on track to go from there to medical school, and then become a doctor. But he’d never graduate UR and, in a few years he’d drop out of medical school altogether. Brooks would not become a doctor. Instead, […]
Bread
CT Cooks: Baking bad to breaking bread, Part 1
Hey everybody, it’s Jane, covering this week’s CT Cooks for Adina Goldstein. Welcome to a two part series about that good hot stuff we call bread! Bread is really old. Like, 30,000 years old. Like, “there’s an entire Wikipedia article about the history of bread” old. Entire human societies were built on the stuff. Revolutions have […]
finals
UR Snapshots Vol.13: Managing academics from home
The end of the school year is coming up, and that means exams, projects, essays, and everything else stressful. We asked students how they’re managing their academics from home as we buckle down for finals. Read More
clothing
Student t-shirt sales raise hundreds for coronavirus relief
Like many organizations that are creating programs, or modifying existing ones, UTees is helping fight the pandemic through donations. Now, we all attend the same school, and have the tee shirts to prove it. Read More
COVID-19
Food Pantry open to all UR students
For students still in Rochester, the Food Pantry is in full swing. In the first floor of Wilson Commons, the Pantry is stocked with free canned goods, dry goods, and other nonperishables. During normal operations, the Pantry is only open to students in the College of Arts, Science and Engineering, but in the face of […]
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Features
UR religious communities keep traditions remotely
Holy Week and Passover are traditionally times that bring communities together, but how do people come together in a time of social distancing? Read More
UR Snapshots
UR Snapshots Vol.12: Revisiting old hobbies
People have found a host of new ways to keep themselves busy and entertained while homebound. We asked our UR peers about any new or regained hobbies. Read More
Climate Change
Research at Rochester: Kazemi examines the problem of human-caused methane
Scientists like senior Roxana Kazemi have been studying the damage that methane has caused on the environmental forefront. Read More