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Cash crossover
The new Interdisciplinary Fund, to be implemented in July 2008, will provide a $250,000 grant to support research that spans across academic departments. The money will be taken solely from the Presidential Venture Fund and other extra-departmental resources, and it will be administered by Provost Ralph Kuncl.As a research university, it is important that our […]
Pundits wage war on Gore
This past Friday, to the delight of the environmental awareness community and the dismay of his political opponents, Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize.As conservative pundits rhetorically ask what he has done to deserve this award, I ask: what has he done to deserve this treatment?Gore has made environmental protection a centerpiece issue throughout […]
Off-campus options abound
Ever since I first started thinking about college, I knew that I wanted to live on a campus near a major city. I wanted to find the excitement of city life and experience the unique culture that can't be found at a rural college. Now, Rochester may not be Boston or New York City, but […]
Interdisciplinary fund announced
On Oct. 11, UR President Joel Seligman sent a letter to the UR community announcing the creation of an Interdisciplinary Fund that will go into effect on July 1, 2008. Administered by Provost Ralph Kuncl, the fund will allocate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year to promote faculty research among multidisciplinary fields. The […]
Seligman holds open forum
On Oct. 10, UR President Joel Seligman hosted a Town Hall meeting to address issues and answer questions.He opened with concern over the death of Latasha Shaw, an employee in UR Dining Services. Shaw was fatally stabbed Sept. 29 while breaking up a fight."The death of Latasha tears my heart out," Seligman said. "She was […]
Stone gives talk on Cold War
Political Science Professor Randall Stone delivered a lecture on the Cold War to a crowd in the Welles-Brown room of Rush Rhees Library on Wednesday night. The theme of Stone's lecture, entitled "The Cold War as History," asked: What important lessons should post-Civil War generations draw from the experiences of the Cold War?"The Cold War […]
Wide variety of '08 candidates calls for scrutiny
It is time for bold change. As I watch us wade through what is possibly the longest election cycle in history, I wonder if the newly added length is adding to the scrutiny with which voters are viewing our next president or reducing it. The obvious assumption is that a longer election cycle, like the […]
Letter to the Editor: Contract settlement good
On Saturday, Oct. 6, after 14 hours of negotiations with a federal mediator, UR, SEIU 200 United and 1199 SEIU settled a three-year contract. We, the Service Employees International Union, voted on Wednesday, Oct. 10 to accept the contract. I want to thank the negotiating committees and the UR community of faculty, staff and students […]
From the Pressbox
The New York Yankees will not win the World Series this year and, already, the cries for change in the Bronx can be heard from Rochester. As always, the team is being thrashed by New York media for not bringing home a championship and, as always, the Yankees' front office - owner George Steinbrenner and […]
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