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Alumni
Economics now a STEM major thanks to two alumni
Is Economics a STEM major? It is now, according to UR — which might make all the difference for international students looking to work in the U.S. And for alumni Alhassan Omar ‘18 and Vitraag Mehta ‘17, two international students who majored in economics, that might become their unexpected legacy. Foreign students on F-1 visas […]
MLK
Symone Sanders encourages radical change in Dr. King commemorative address
Symone Sanders, former national press secretary for Senator Bernie Sanders, urged attendees to be agents of change when she delivered the University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address this past Wednesday. Addressing a packed audience, Sanders, who now works as a political commentator for CNN, encouraged listeners to brave discomfort by shedding light on […]
Gun Violence
Scholar-journalist Blanchfield rejects US culture of ‘Gunpower’
Journalist and academic Patrick Blanchfield encouraged listeners to abandon partisan responses and called attention to U.S. gun violence and the reactions it prompts, which he presented as a phenomenon called “Gunpower,” also the name of his upcoming book. In his presentation, in the Hawkins-Carlson room on Tuesday, Blanchfield described Gunpower as a way in which […]
Education
Progressive ideas flow at Title IX comment party
Students and organizers crafted comments at a comment party co-hosted by the Title IX office and the Commission on Women and Gender Equity in Academia. Read More
Dining
Dining vendors share new tastes
Resealable Mountain Dew cans and cauliflower crust pizza are just a few of the incoming innovations UR students had the opportunity to test out this past Wednesday at the Dining Vendor Fair. A collaboration between Dining Services and Wilson Commons Student Activities (WCSA), the fair, held in Hirst Lounge, kicked off the “Welcome Back” programming […]
Guns
From a variety of backgrounds, ad hoc committee members mostly avoid stance on gun proposal
In response to UR administration’s announcement of the members of the ad hoc committee, tasked with addressing Public Safety’s proposal to arm officers on the River and Eastman Campuses, the Campus Times spoke with 10 of the 27 committee members. Each had detailed unique backgrounds and perspectives, was hopeful about the results, and for the […]
New Dean
New Warner dean outlines vision for inclusivity
A first-generation Indian immigrant, Marri explained to attendees that he went into education to help underprivileged students. Read More
President
Sarah Mangelsdorf makes history as next UR president
Sarah Mangelsdorf has been named the 11th University president. She will be the first woman to lead the school. Read More
DPS
Takeaways from the DPS forum
In case you missed it, and have not yet found two hours to go through the CT Facebook Live recording, here are our bitesize highlights. Read More
DPS
MSAB finds DPS forum lacking
They blamed the administration for a limiting format as well as unsatisfactory responses. Read More