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Rain garden to be installed behind Southside Living Center
After a year of planning, student environmental advocacy group Grassroots is working with UR Facilities this week to install a rain garden behind Southside Living Center. Facilities noted in an email that an external contractor will be working on the project, which involves excavating and landscaping a section of the field, until Sunday, Nov. 20. […]
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Eastman museum acquires Indian cinema collection
The George Eastman Museum, located in downtown Rochester, announced their acquisition of the world’s largest collection of contemporary Indian cinema on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The George Eastman Museum is an institution affiliated with UR; the UR website says that “the University of Rochester and George Eastman Museum have a long history of collaboration in both […]
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Almast takes SA Senate seat after ACJC decision
Anmol Almast sat in the gallery of the Gowen Room, a little anxious. “Never know how it’s going to go,” she said with a half-smile. It was Monday, Nov. 1, and the sophomore was waiting to take part in her first official meeting as a Students’ Association (SA) senator—the result of a decision delivered by […]
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Trustee to fund iZone renovation in Rush Rhees Library
This week, the University of Rochester Libraries announced that University trustee Barbara J. Burger ‘83 has made a $1 million commitment to the River Campus Libraries to go towards the creation and implementation of the iZone. The iZone is a proposed renovation project in Rush Rhees to fill the gap left by other programs and […]
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Burdick deconstructs financial aid process
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Dean of College Admission and Vice Provost for Enrollment Initiatives Jon Burdick hosted “Financial Aid and Fairness,” an evening workshop addressing the perceived mystery behind financial aid processing. In an effort to engage campus in conversation about the topic, Burdick told students how financial aid calculations work. Burdick shared the most […]
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Researchers find patterns in underage drinking through Instagram
A team of UR researchers found that Instagram profiles could be analyzed to monitor and find patterns in underage drinking habits. They presented their findings at the 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Conference on Big Data in Santa Clara, CA on Oct. 29, as well as in a paper named “Monitoring Adolescent […]
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All about College Town
What is true of aircraft carriers is also true of the University of Rochester—it’s like a small, self-contained city, with everything you need on board. Freshmen can find everything necessary to sustain themselves within a 15 minute walk from their dorm room, all without ever leaving the comfortable hemisphere of the River Campus. There’s a […]
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Dining forum details plans for new Douglass
UR’s Dining Committee gave a sneak peek of upcoming renovations to the Frederick Douglass Building on Tuesday, Oct. 27, focusing on the major changes coming to Douglass Dining Center. The current plan is to close the building on May 1 and reopen it in late August or early September of 2016, with the tentative goal […]
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Bernie Sanders National Student Town Hall live streamed on campus
On Oct. 28 at 7 p.m., senator from the state of Vermont and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders held a National Student Town Hall meeting at the Recreation & Athletic Complex of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Hundreds of students flooded the complex to listen to Sanders speak and show their support for his campaign. […]
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Warner School to train teachers in city schools with $2 million grant
The Warner School of Education has received $2 million in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further the Warner School’s work in improving science and math education in urban high schools. The grant will be used primarily to fund the Warner School’s urban science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education initiative, the […]
