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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 […]

Senate to consider expanding bus lines

SA has begun to process recent data in the efforts to expand the UR shuttle services. Read More

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]