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Loose lips do much more than sink ships
Sex is fun to talk about. I love writing this column every week and the lovely juicy discussions that I get to have with people who react to it. There are about a billion jokes about sex and tons of funny terms for sexual acts. Sitting around with friends and discussing what's going on in […]
Teacher feature: Kathleen Parth
Kathleen Parth is a professor of Russian and the director of Russian studies at UR. A frequent world traveler, she has made many trips overseas to Russia.What made you go into Russian studies as a field?Growing up during the Cold War and being in school when Sputnik went up. Suddenly, everything about my education changed […]
Security Update: UR security officers keep potential jumper at bay
UR security officers helped dissuade a potential jumper from leaping off of the Elmwood Avenue Bridge into the Genesee River early Saturday morning.According to Director of UR Security Walter Mauldin, UR Security received a phone call from the Blue Light emergency phone located at the corner of Wilson Boulevard and Trustee Road at 3:32 a.m. […]
Students advocate nonviolence
The first student-run nonviolence conference, sponsored by Nonviolent On Campus, created a forum for students to react to their peers' research on nonviolence. Nonviolent on Campus was formed in the fall of 2006 by seniors Eliza Kaye, Emily Zevon and Lindsey Lewis.Lewis, the conference coordinator, explained that student presenters impressed academics with their papers at […]
Gandhi Institute faces challenges
Professor of Philosophy Robert Holmes has played an integral role in fostering UR's nonviolence awareness and academic programs, but his decision to retire at the end of this academic year leaves the M.K. Gandhi Nonviolence Institute with new challenges to overcome. Holmes's departure marks the University's second loss of a prominent nonviolence advocate since the […]
Society awards optics community members
The Optical Society of America, a locally-based optics group, celebrated its 92nd anniversary at Rochester's Riverside Convention Center from Oct. 19-23.In this year's celebration, known as Frontiers in Optics, OSA was joined by the American Physical Society's Division of Laser Science.There was an exhibition by the 100 leading local optics companies on innovative technology. More […]
New medical center under construction
The UR Medical Center broke ground this week on the Clinical and Translational Science Building, which will be the newest addition to the UR Medical Center campus.This building will host the facilities for research into the prevention, treatment and remedy of diseases. Planned program areas include cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, pediatrics and cancer, among others.Of […]
Coworkers remember UR Dining employee
On Oct. 16, Desiree Curry, a UR Dining Services employee, was murdered in a fatal stabbing in her Remington Street home, where she lived with her 2-year-old daughter, Maz, and her grandmother, Bertha Douglas. She was 22. Curry worked in Wilson Commons on weekend nights and occasionally during the week. She started working for Dining […]
Seligman speaks to U.S. Congress
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, UR President Joel Seligman testified in front of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, offering his suggestions on changing financial regulation in order to avoid a future economic crisis. Seligman is considered an expert on securities law, having authored numerous books and papers about financial regulation.'We are really in […]
Clinton rallies local voters at Monroe Community College
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) urged Monroe County voters, as well as voters across New York State, to support Democratic Party candidates' bids in next Tuesday's elections during a speech given at Monroe Community College on Wednesday. She urged the audience to also take time to encourage others to vote for the Democratic party as […]