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Transition Opportunities at UR: Encouraging and motivating students with disabilites
An individual born with a mental disability is faced with many obstacles, many of which the majority cannot understand. Social stigmas against the disabled these individuals create the widespread idea that these individuals cannot succeed as much as their peers, an idea that often becomes internalized. Transition Opportunities at UR (TOUR) looks to help integrate […]
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Flu clinic strives to protect UR community
Each year, 5-20% of the American population is diagnosed with the flu. Approximately 200,000 citizens are hospitalized due to flu symptoms, and the illness results in anywhere from 3,000 to 49,000 mortalities annually. Flu season generally begins in October and may continue until as late as May. Medical professionals recommend cleanliness as a key preventive […]
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UR Tech: Text anxiety
You’ve just sent the text that will change your life. It might be to that girl you’ve had a crush on for a year, or that classmate you’re hoping will get you the industry connection that could make your career. Sending your hopes and dreams along with one little sentence, you wait. Three dots appear. […]
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Student groups seek to promote political participation
For many college-aged American citizens, this week’s election was the first of many opportunities to cast a ballot. Yet a large turnout was not expected. In recent elections, young people have been criticized for their lack of participation at the polls. In the 2012 presidential elections, approximately 35% of 18-20 year-olds and 40% of 21-24 […]
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Ask Jodi: A little respect
At my first frat party during freshmen year, I ran into an upperclassman acquaintance. I remember him saying to me, “Freshmen girls are just too easy. You know [that other freshman girl we both knew]? I slept with her already.” I wasn’t really sure how to respond, but thankfully his drunkenness meant that I didn’t […]
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After Rochester, Alumni Reflect
Amos Bloomberg, ’97: Amos Bloomberg was the first graduate of the UR’s Brain & Cognitive Sciences (BCS)program, where he also helped build the department’s first website. After graduation, he began work as a software engineer for both start-up companies and established tech firms. In the early 2000’s, Bloomberg decided to pursue a master’s degree at New […]
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The Haunting of UR: Classics of Rochester Halloween
Behind the masks and beneath the ghost and ghoul costumes, countless Halloween memories have been made at UR, whether in the halls of haunted houses or along the creeping corridors of corn mazes. Each year, a slew of seasonal traditions trickles in just in time for the students’ change of wardrobe from shorts and sundresses […]
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Ask Jodi: For the first time
Having sex for the first time can be scary – first time with a new partner, first time doing something new, or the first time ever. The way people who have had sex talk about their sexual experiences is intimidating and pervasive, especially on college campuses. Sex is such a sensitive topic that people don’t […]
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UR Tech: Better with brain power
When you ask which is the better thinking machine, a brain or a computer, it stands to reason you’ll get different answers depending on whom you ask. For a biologist, the question is obvious. The brain is a miracle of evolution, with over 100 billion neurons and another hundred trillion connections working in parallel to […]
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Ask Jodi: Don’t hold it in
Pee after sex. Just do it. It may be the most solid advice I can give you. Somehow, a bunch of us missed this message in sex ed, but it is super important. “Never hold your pee. Ever,” my mom always preached to me. Although this annoyed my father to no end on long family […]
