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Kiplinger rates UR as one of best college values in the Mid-Atlantic
UR was ranked eigth in Kiplinger’s 30 Best College Values in the Mid-Atlantic for Private Colleges for 2014. Kiplinger uses two basic criteria to assign a rank to a college or university: academic quality and affordability. “Quality accounts for 56.25% and cost factors account for 43.75%,” reads Kiplinger’s website. For quality, the subcategories include competitiveness […]
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Professor wins inaugural history professorship in honor of UR alumnus
Professor of American Cultural History Joan Rubin accepted the inaugural Dexter Perkins Professorship in History on Thursday, March 6. The purpose of the Professorship is to honor the memory of Dexter Perkins, a well-known historian and UR alumnus, and to emphasize the importance of teaching the next generation. The Professorship was funded mostly by two […]
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UR completes self-study
UR reached a major milestone this past week in its successful review for reaccreditation. Every ten years, UR, along with many other colleges and universities, must undergo a reaccreditation process in order to maintain good standing as an institution of higher education. The completion of the University’s Middle States Self-Study, titled The Meliora Imperative, is […]
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Nigel Maister receives Russel and Ruth Peck Artistic Directorship
A new directorship in the UR Theatre Department was awarded to Artistic Director of the International Theatre Program Nigel Maister on February 28. The new award was established by alumni last month in honor of long-standing professor of English and John Hall Deane Professor of Rhetoric and Poetry Russell Peck and his wife Ruth. Maister […]
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Man urinates along bike path while intoxicated
1. On Sunday, March 23, at 5:23pm, a Public Safety Officer observed a man walking along the bike path near the footbridge. The man was observed via security camera urinating along the bike path. Officers made contact with the unaffiliated man who was cooperative but agitated. The man admitted that he was intoxicated. Officers secured […]
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Trustee funds renovation of Morey Hall
University Trustee Ronald Rettner has created the Ronald Rettner Campus Improvement Fund to refurbish and renovate existing buildings on campus. Construction on the third floor of Morey Hall will begin this summer. Plans include restoring the original structure of Morey Hall, which used to have a large foyer acting as a public leisure space at […]
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Sigma Alpha Mu faces trial
Sigma Alpha Mu, currently housed on the Fraternity Quadrangle, is currently facing charges of hazing. A decision will be made at a hearing on Friday, March 28. Public Safety and Communications were unable to comment because the investigation is ongoing. According to Samuel*, a pledging member of the frat, a few of the pledge brothers […]
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Students campaign for rape awarness
UR SEGway, a survivor empowerment group dedicated to bringing awareness to issues such as sexual assault and domestic violence on campus, hosted its first “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event in Rettner Hall this past Saturday, March 8. Students were welcomed to attend this international campaign and learn about the resources available to them […]
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Creative video prompts investment in higher education and research
A creative team at Colorado State University, on behalf of 14 organizations that support higher education and research, released a video on Thursday, Feb. 27 encouraging the Federal Governent to close “Innovation Deficit.” The innovation deficit is defined by the Close the Innovation Deficit website as “the widening gap between the actual level of federal […]
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Wise encourages open discussion of racial issues
Tim Wise, a nationally-acclaimed anti-racism speaker, spoke to a packed Hoyt Auditotium last Thursday, Feb. 27. He has spoken in all 50 states to students at over 800 high school and college campuses. Dean of the College Richard Feldman spoke about the importance of anti-racism discussions at a social event prior to Wise’s talk. We […]
