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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 […]
Security Update
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 […]
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“Heartbleed” ails web security
Earlier this month, UR’s network, along with millions of other websites that use the same software package, were been exposed to have a major security susceptibility in its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) program called Heartbleed. An SSL is an encryption scheme used to make web sources secure for services such as banking and login services. […]
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Visiting nurses praised for quality care
Program Director of Development at Visiting Nurse Service of Rochester and Monroe County (VNS) Brenda Bartock, along with the Telehealth team, recently received the 2014 Quality Team of the Year Award at the Visiting Nurse Associations of America’s 32nd Annual Meeting. The award was given for the program’s involvement in a two-year project to expand […]
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Carlson Library houses new visualization center
The construction of a new visualization technology center in the lower level of Carlson Library called the VISTA Collaboratory began April 1. VISTA stands for Visualization-Innovation-Science-Technology-Application. According to Vice Provost and Executive Director of the Health Sciences Center for Computational Innovation (HSCCI) David Topham, who has been leading the development of the VISTA Collaboratory, the […]
