Campus
Debate
Debaters discuss sex robots
While no winner was declared, a poll was held both before and after the debate to see if attendees felt that sexbots did more harm than good. Before the debate even started, the initial audience, about two-dozen people, was close to equally divided on the issue. Read More
Engineering
Workshop inspires ingenuity in local girls
The breakout sessions, designed for educative amusement, featured a mechanical engineering lab that involved making a rocket with Coke and mentos, an optics lesson on why stars twinkle, a chemical engineering lesson on making solar cells with berry juice, and more. Read More
business
African business conference mixes heritage and finance
At times provocative and at others encouraging, speakers used the conference as an opportunity to share wisdom and advice with fellow aspiring African changemakers. Read More
Earth Hour
Wilson Commons and Douglass go dark for Earth Hour
The event was put together by the Astronomy Club in hopes of gathering support for a lighting system throughout campus that is more environmentally conscious. It also aimed to inform students of the dangers of climate change and the need for sustainability now. Read More
Awareness
Amid campus climate, SEGway gets more inclusive with 5th annual walk a mile
Following the performances and speeches, a new addition to the event included the members of SEGway reading aloud anonymous quotes collected from on campus survivors. Read More
news
Activist alum speaks on LGBT issues in military
Perkowski works as a legal director for Outserve-SLDN, a non-profit association which serves members of the LGBT military community — a career he got into “by accident,” when a friend invited him to be on the board of the organization. Read More
dogs
Dogs in Goergen bring paw-sitive vibes to campus
Popular belief and some research suggests interacting with pets can be therapeutic. Playing with animals, especially therapy animals trained to be calm and stoic, releases endorphins for an individual, which reduces overall stress levels in the body. Read More
criminal system
Author Forman talks transforming the criminal system
His narrative focused on the political, historical, and imaginative constraints on these local leaders, which he used in explaining how a legal system with ample black leadership could still lead to the mass incarceration of African-Americans. Read More
jaeger
Faculty senate censures Jaeger
It went on to pledge that the Faculty Senate would take a leadership role in implementing the recommendations of the UR-commissioned investigative report, released in January, examining the school’s handling of complaints against Jaeger. Read More
LLE
Laser lab faces possible closure
The lab has also been home to a number of Ph.D. students, not only from UR, but from universities worldwide. Students have gotten the opportunity to work at the “OMEGA” facility with state-of-the-art lasers, one being one of the most powerful high-energy lasers in the world. Read More
