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UR breakthrough gets a break
Rochester-based company SiMPore, Inc. will facilitate the transition of cutting-edge molecular filter technology, developed last year by UR scientists, from laboratory research to practical application in the marketplace. The New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation granted UR $473,000, an amount SiMPore will match, to support the state's economic development through investments in […]
Security Update
According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, on Sunday evening, a female student walking along the access drive to Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls reported that she saw a red-colored SUV-style vehicle, which was possibly a Jeep, being driven by someone she did not know. The vehicle pulled up close to her. The driver proceeded […]
Journalist talks of conflicts
Israeli-Arab Journalist Khaled Abu Toameh gave a speech on Tuesday in the Gowen Room in Wilson Commons about the issues concerning the conflict in the Middle East. Toameh, an Arab-Muslim living in Jerusalem, began his career as a translator, before becoming a correspondent and finally editor of a Palestinian Liberation Organization newspaper while he attended […]
D'lions celebrate 50th anniversary
There has been much discussion around campus lately pertaining to the D'Lion Organization. D'Lion Week took place from Feb. 9-16, culminating with a show on Friday night, called The Show, which took place in Strong Auditorium to celebrate the D'Lions 50th anniversary. Even after the week has ended, the topic of D'Lions is still one […]
Seligman presents issues
UR President Joel Seligman's February Town Hall meeting was a charged discussion about the quality of life here at UR and beyond these University grounds.Seligman greeted a small group of students and various heads of campus services with an invitation to eat the free food and for the students to suggest preliminary discussion topics.He began […]
D'Lions celebrate their 50th anniversary with The Show
Roars and cheers reverberated throughout Strong Auditorium as students filed in eagerly, ready to watch The Show, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the D'Lion Organization at UR. The entire auditorium was buzzing with excitement as emcees sophomores Jarrod Bogue, Janaque Fernando, Timothy Lindsay, senior Shane Campbell-Stanton, and D'Lion Organization President and sophomore Benjamin […]
NJR's show brings the '90s beats back to life
Friday, Feb. 15 proved to be a real blast from the past as No Jackets Required performed in the May Room of Wilson Commons and left the audience hopping and bopping to the hottest beats from the '90s at their raving pop show. The show lasted a whopping three hours with not a minute of […]
"Jumper" leaps to lofty heights as a taser-filled winter flick
Ask any respectable movie critic, and he will tell you the best movie in the "X-Men" franchise had to be "X-2: X-Men United." I would agree with this, if only for the fantastic scene in which the teleporting Nightcrawler beats the living daylights out of the entire U.S. Secret Service.If you feel similarly, then "Jumper," […]
Arts Festival brings Jewish culture to campus
he sounds and smells of Jewish food, music and culture can be experienced all around campus this week, courtesy of Hillel's very own Jewish Arts Festival. Sponsored by Rochester Hillel, the festival, spanning from Saturday, Feb. 16 to Friday, Feb. 22, is an outlet and celebration organized to expose Jewish students to new parts of […]
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