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Trustees approve five-year Strategic Plan
On Oct. 11, the University Board of Trustees approved the Strategic Plan for 2013-18, which outlines UR’s vision for the next five years. Drafted by President Joel Seligman and Provost and Dean of Faculty Peter Lennie, the plan is a comprehensive framework detailing goals to strengthen UR’s position as a leader in research, implementation of […]
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Data Science gets additional $50 million
In a strategic move to keep pace with the burgeoning field of data science, University President Joel Seligman committed an additional $50 million to expanding the University’s resources in this area last Friday. The announcement included details of how this funding will be appropriated: UR plans to create an Institute for Data Science with a […]
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Vasilii receives fellowship for ice core research
Professor Vasilii Petrenko wins the David and Lucille Packard Foundation scholarship to extend his research studying ice cores. Read More
Security Update
MERT gets four calls during rugby match
1. On Saturday, Oct. 19, between 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) received four calls from Fauver Stadium during an ongoing rugby match. The first call was for a visiting player who had dislocated his shoulder. His parents took him to the Strong Memorial Hospital Emergency Department. The second call was […]
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Senate to consider expanding bus lines
SA has begun to process recent data in the efforts to expand the UR shuttle services. Read More
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Gates delivers Mel Weekend address on gov. shutdown, national security
Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Robert Gates delivered this year’s Meliora Weekend address on Saturday, Oct. 12 in Kodak Hall. Topics discussed included the federal government shutdown, Gates’ tenure in Washington, and his thoughts on the challenges facing national security. “This morning I’d like to go beyond the daily headlines and share some thoughts […]
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SA approves Blue Crew
The Students’ Association Senate approved BlueCrew as a club at its meeting on Monday, Oct. 14. The approval came after BlueCrew’s appeal of the Policy & Review Committee’s decision last semester to deny the club final status. BlueCrew is a self-described “bottoms-up” organization with numerous ties to Senate. Senator-at-Large and junior Vanessa Sanchez is BlueCrew’s […]
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Recipients of Goergen Award receive $15K bonus
On Wednesday, Oct. 9, the University awarded the 2013 Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching to Associate Professor of Political Science Bonnie Meguid, Senior Lecturer in Religion and Director of Undergraduate Studies Anne Merideth, and Professor of English and Visual and Cultural Studies John Michael. The award receives its namesake after UR Trustee Robert […]
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Frank, Miller talk politics at Presidential Symposium
On Oct. 12, former U.S. House of Representatives Congressma Barney Frank and New York University Law Professor Arthur R. Miller ’56 tackled political issues both past and present during Meliora Weekend’s annual Presidential Symposium, “Great Issues of the 21st Century.” Alumni, students, and other Meliora Weekend guests filled Strong Auditorium Saturday afternoon for the 90-minute […]
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Intercultural Center opens over Mel Weekend
UR’s new Intercultural Center was launched last Saturday as part of Meliora Weekend. Founders of UR’s 1960s “International Club” Dorothea E. de Zafra Atwell ´63, Brian Fleming ’63 and Payne Masuku ’65 were in attendance. “The Center will build on that history by encouraging domestic and international students to learn from each other and build […]
