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Beyond Rochester
Roger Ferguson gives advice for graduates, defends Fed
Current TIAA CEO and former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson sits down with the CT. Read More
Norovirus
Students react to Norovirus
The recent Norovirus outbreak, which sickened over 140 students and cost the University roughly $30,000 a day on cleaning and supplies, has inconvenienced an already disgruntled student body as the semester comes to an end. Read More
Norovirus
Norovirus costs climb to six figures as infections drop
UR is spending an estimated $30,000 a day on external cleaning and supplies for their response to the Norovirus outbreak—and that’s only with about a quarter of infected students reporting. Read More
Race
Students launch response campaign to “We’re Better Than THAT”
“We’ve all kind of heard, ‘we’re working on it. Wait, it will get better,’ but as we show with the timeline on the site, we’ve been waiting and we felt it was time to respond,” they said. Read More
Campus
An interview with David J. Peterson
David J. Peterson, best known as the creator of of the fictional languages Dothraki and High Valyrian for HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” spoke at UR as a part of the River Campus Libraries’ Neilly Lecture Series. Read More
Race
Keynote speaker Shaun King yaks Seligman on non-ban
Shaun King, Senior Social Justice Writer for the New York Daily News and prominent Black Lives Matter activist, criticized University President Joel Seligman’s decision not to ban Yik Yak in a speech last Friday about racial issues in America. Read More
5K Challenge
5K contest faces challenges
The winning proposal for this year’s Students’ Association (SA) Government 5K Challenge has been scrapped in favor of swing sets because of a liability issue with hot water dispensers—which are being phased out entirely from campus. Read More
D-Day
‘Matt and Kim’ to perform on D-Day
UR Concerts announced on Wednesday that indie pop group Matt and Kim is set to headline this year’s Springfest on Dandelion Day, contrary to perennial suspicions that late ‘90s band Smash Mouth would perform. Read More
Campus
FASA holds first fest
The UR Filipino American Students’ Association (FASA) transformed Hirst Lounge Sunday afternoon for a Filipino field day as it hosted its first annual FASAFEST. Read More
