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Gym closure displaces frequent visitors
Sections of the Goergen Athletic Center (GAC) are closed this month for renovations to the upstairs weight room. The “Fitness Center Improvement Project” is scheduled to take place from Sept. 8 to Sept. 22 and will involve UR Facilities workers installing a new floor in the Bloch Fitness Center. It became necessary to repair cracks […]
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Students wait in hotels for completion of Brooks Crossing
Brooks Crossing residents will move out of hotels and into the new building next week, as decided by a team of UR officials who reviewed the building on Wednesday, Sept. 10. While awaiting the building’s completion, the building’s residents are being housed at Staybridge Suites and the Radisson Hotel Rochester downtown. The construction, organized […]
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Rochester Optical makes prescription Google Glass
Rochester Optical announced its commercial release of digital lens-optimized prescription lenses for Google Glass on Tuesday, April 15. “A Google search will reveal that Rochester Optical is on the forefront of digital vision and prescription lenses,” Rochester Optical Smart Glass Team member Tim Moore said. Named Smart GOLD (Glass Optimized Lens Design), the lens is […]
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UR literary award wins recognition at London Book Fair
UR received recognition for one of its literary programs at the prestigious London Book Fair earlier this month. The University’s Three Percent website seeks to expand recognition of international and non-English literature. The somewhat unusual name is a reference to the fact that only three percent of all books published in the U.S. were originally […]
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Public Safety’s proactive stance
UR Public Safety has begun to take a proactive approach in the last few weeks following recent incidents and in preparation for Dandelion Day this week. A team of two officers was assigned to proactive duty last weekend and will continue proactive duty for the next few weekends. Brothers of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity […]
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Research evaluates football injuries
A recent study on UR football players by Jeffrey Bazarian M.D. of the UR Medical Center (URMC) found that football players who experience repetitive head impacts (RHIs) over the course of a season display changes in the brain consistent with mild brain injury. The changes do not go away even after six months, the length […]
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Professor addresses missing plane
Relating to the ongoing search for Fight 370, the Malaysian Airlines flight that disappeared on March 8. Optical Engineering Professor Dr. Duncan Moore released a video explaining the reasons for the difficulty in locating the plane. Following an National Public Radio (NPR) interview on Tuesday, April 17, Dr. Moore expressed concerns that listeners would have […]
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SAVVY hosts peta2’s touring ‘Glass Wall’ exhibit
Peta2, the youth division of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) teamed up with the Student Association for Vegan and Vegetarian Youth (SAVVY) this Monday, April 21 and Tuesday, April 22 to portray the environment of a factory farm with the “Glass Wall” exhibit. Peta2 set up a 20 by 30 foot tent […]
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STEM invites community to Family Science Day
The Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Initiative organization on campus hosted their first annual Family Science Day for young students and their families at the Goergen BME Building this past Saturday, April 19. The event was co-sponsored by eighteen different clubs and organizations, including some off-campus organizations like the Rochester Academy of Science, which […]
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Tools disappear in Riverview
1. On Tuesday, April 8 between 8:00am and 5:00pm, a maintenance worker reported $232 worth of tools stolen from his unlocked car which was parked in Riverview Lot. There are no suspects at this time. Public Safety would like to remind students and staff to remember to remove all packages and items of value from […]
