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SA launches IMPACT website for student petitions

SA officially launched and announced the beta version of IMPACT, a petition site “for students by students,” on Tuesday, Feb. 24. SA President’s Cabinet member and senior Ryan Puffer coded the site and Technology & Web Coordinator Sarah Hedrych designed it and will serve to guide future teams of students in maintaining the site. Once […]

Security Update: Student takes unwitting visitor’s coat

1. On Saturday, Feb. 21 at 2:11 a.m., Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers were advised by a visitor that her coat and personal belongings had been taken while she attended an event in Douglass Dining Center. The visitor left her coat unattended while at the event. As the visitor described her coat, a DPS […]

Scientific American editor and UR alumnus Fred Guterl gives lecture

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 […]

Sig Ep, Drama House and DLH staying on Frat Quad

This week, UR Residential Life finalized its selection process for the Academic Living Centers (ALCs) housed on the Fraternity Quadrangle. The ALC program was started in 2002 to, as Dean Feldman wrote, “provide unique facilities for groups to create integrated educational experiences in a residence-based community.” For the last three years, Sigma Phi Epsilon (Sig […]

Career Center names new director

Joe Testani, who is currently the director of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)’s Career Center,  will be replacing the current Director of the Gwen M. Greene Career Center Burt Nadler, who recently announced his retirement after 16 years at UR. Testani will assume the role in June 2015. Testani led efforts to gather data for […]

Editor of Scientific American gives library lecture

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 […]

Career Center names new director

Joe Testani, who is currently the director of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)’s Career Center,  will be replacing the current Director of the Gwen M. Greene Career Center Burt Nadler, who recently announced his retirement after 16 years at UR. Testani will assume the role in June 2015. Testani led efforts to gather data for […]

Newly discovered star “flew by” our solar system

A newly discovered binary star system was found to have passed exceedingly close to our solar system within the last 70,000 years. Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Eric Mamajek recently authored a paper, published in The Astrophysical Journal, detailing the trajectory of the star system WISE J072003.20-084651.2, or “Scholz’s Star.” The star, named after […]

Student takes unwitting visitor’s coat

1. On Saturday, Feb. 21 at 2:11 a.m., Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers were advised by a visitor that her coat and personal belongings had been taken while she attended an event in Douglass Dining Center. The visitor left her coat unattended while at the event. As the visitor described her coat, a DPS […]

SA launches IMPACT website for student petitions

SA officially launched and announced the beta version of IMPACT, a petition site “for students by students,” on Tuesday, Feb. 24. SA President’s Cabinet member and senior Ryan Puffer coded the site and Technology & Web Coordinator Sarah Hedrych designed it and will serve to guide future teams of students in maintaining the site. Once […]