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Pulitzer Prize-winning former UR student delivers Neilly Lecture
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar delivered a lecture entitled “American Dervish: Muslim American Culture and Family Life” on Monday, Nov. 10. The lecture was part of the Neilly Series hosted by River Campus Libraries. Akhtar attended UR during the 1989-1990 school year before transferring to Brown University, where he finished his degree in theater. Akhtar […]
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$50,000 goes to Warner professors for edTPA research
UR Warner School of Education professors Jeffrey Choppin and Kevin Meuwissen received a grant of nearly $50,000 from the Spencer Foundation for a period of one year to study the effectiveness of the Teaching Performance Assessment (edTPA). The Spencer Foundation is a national organization that awards grants to aid education research. The study began in […]
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World news recap: Nov. 6 – Nov. 13, 2014
Mexican protests: Outrage at the alleged massacre of 43 Mexican students as country-wide demonstrations continued this week. Amid growing demand for the resignation of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, demonstrators in Mexico City set fire to the door of the National Palace. Three gang members have confessed to the students’ murder. Iguala Mayor José Luis […]
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Veteran and Military Family Service Office opens on Veterans’ Day
President Joel Seligman, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jonathan Burdick, and UR Medical Center Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director Peter Robinson, welcomed veteran students, faculty, and staff to celebrate the opening of the new Veteran and Military Family Service Office in Wallis Hall on Tuesday Nov. 11. The main goal […]
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APA elects URMC professor
The American Psychological Association (APA) recently elected Susan H. McDaniel, PhD, of the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) as its new president. “It’s a great honor, and I’m very excited about it,” McDaniel said. McDaniel is a Dr. Laurie Sands Distinguished Professor of Families & Health, Associate Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, […]
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Tibetan politicians and refugees address UR
Author Gordon Chang was joined via Google Hangout by two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and two Tibetan refugees living in Nepal in a panel held on Thursday, Nov. 6 to discuss the political state of Tibet. The talk, entitled “Understanding the Tibetan Issue: Dialogue and Unity,” was organized by […]
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World news recap: Midterm edition
GOP sweeps: The midterm elections were an overwhelming victory for the Republican Party. They gained seven seats in the Senate, putting them in the majority with 52 seats overall. Mitch McConnell is poised to take control of the Senate as majority leader. The number of Republican representatives in the House is projected to reach levels […]
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Former URMC CEO founds professorship in Orthopaedics
Former Medical Center CEO C. McCollister Evarts, M.D. recently committed $1 million towards the establishment of a new professorship at URMC. The new professorship, entitled the Dr. C. McCollister Evarts Professorship in Orthopaedics, will focus on the advancement of the URMC’s Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation. The first recipient of the Evarts Professorship is Orthopaedic […]
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$6.1 million goes to lung research
The UR Medical Center (URMC) was recently selected as the recipient of $6.1 million to aid research in a longitudinal study on childhood lung development. The study, entitled LungMAP, is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and will be conducted over the course of five years. The LungMAP research team at URMC is […]
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UR receives $500k matching grant for humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has donated a matching grant of $500,000 to UR that will establish an endowment for the University’s continued partnership with the Central New York (CNY) Humanities Corridor. The University plans to raise $500,000 to match the Mellon Foundation grant by Jan. 1, 2018, to establish the CNY Humanities Corridor endowment […]
