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Students misread tuition report
Every year, UR releases its annual cost of attendance estimation for international students so they can plan for the potential costs of attending a foreign school. This year’s estimate of $67,890 is a significant increase over last year’s, which was around the $61,000 dollar mark. Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid Jonathan Burdick said that […]
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Loiterers found using computers at Eastman
1. On Friday, Oct. 11, at 5:12 p.m., Public Safety officers found two men loitering in a stairwell at the Eastman School of Music. The men, who were not affiliated with UR, said they had come to use the computers in the basement lab and that there was a third person still there. Officers escorted […]
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UR mourns loss of Eastman Dean Douglas Lowry
Douglas Lowry, the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean Emeritus of the Eastman School of Music, died early Wednesday morning surrounded by his family. He was 62. Lowry’s passing came as a shock to many after his resignation just over a week ago in which he cited health reasons. Lowry, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma […]
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Clark subs for Olek, BIO 110, 112 merge
Last Thursday, Chair of the Biology Department John Jaenike informed students enrolled in Biology 110 that their instructor, Anthony Olek, would no longer be teaching the course. Consequently, the department agreed to merge BIO 110 with BIO 112, with professor Michael Clark taking over instructing duties for both sections. According to Jaenike, these drastic and […]
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Humanities Project gets additional $100K
The Humanities Project, an endeavor dedicated to funding humanistic research by UR faculty, has recently been allocated $100,000 more to its current annual budget of $150,000. According to its website, the Humanities Project strives to “showcase some of the best and most up-to-date research dedicated to the critical examination of the documents and objects that […]
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SA’s $5K Challenge to kick off Oct. 9
On Wednesday, Oct. 9, the Students’ Association (SA) will launch its $5K Challenge, an initiative to solicit student proposals to improve campus life. The winning proposal will receive $5,000, which will be drawn from SA’s reserve. “The whole point of the program is to encourage students to talk to us about what they want from […]
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SA to fund religious, political groups
The Students’ Association (SA) has approved a proposal to provide political and religious student organizations with a flat fund for organizing events open to the student body. Previously, the SA was concerned when providing funding for student organizations associated with political and religious causes due to fears that it would raise concerns over how the […]
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Career Center, RCCL, Study Abroad office adjust to new surroundings
Over the past few months, several important offices have changed locations on campus. The Rochester Center for Community Leadership (RCCL), the Career Center, and the Study Abroad offices have moved locations for this academic year. The RCCL office has moved from the fifth floor of Wilson Commons down to the basement of Lattimore Hall. Assistant […]
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Campus employee found asleep at the wheel
1. A Public Safety officer saw a car traveling southbound on Joseph C. Wilson Boulevard when the car left the road and parked on the grassy area near Hill Court. The officer identified the driver as a campus employee who told the officer that he had fallen asleep while driving. The driver was alone and […]
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Student parties migrate off campus
Due to a recent University crackdown on parties primarily on the Fraternity Quadrangle as well as increased repercussions for hosting on-campus parties, students have migrated into the nearby neighborhoods across the Genesee River. Off-campus events leave UR with little control, and with an increase in the off-campus student population, the administration is forced to confront […]
