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Amsterdam lights up summer
If a man buys hallucinogenic mushrooms over the counter and nobody is there to arrest him, does it make a sound? That is (sort of) the question tourists from the United States and around the globe ponder if they venture to the mother of all vice cities: Amsterdam, Netherlands, home to legalized marijuana, legalized magic […]
Efforts to curb warming aren't without pitfalls
I didn't intend to write this article. It merely "jumped out" at me while perusing the popular scientific literature in the Carlson basement. I always keep an eye open for climate change articles and, in the past years or so, have been extremely pleased by the abundance of items addressing the issue with an inspiring […]
Campus Brief: UR scientists discover curious disk formation
UR astronomers, studying a select list of 30 of the brightest, youngest protostars, or stars in their early stages of development, have discovered one with a great deal of water falling into its accretion disk - a disk of interstellar material that collects around protostars. Professor of Physics and astronomy Dan Watson and other astronomers […]
New mascot discussed
At the year's first Town Hall Meeting, Vice President for Communications Bill Murphy presented new designs for URBee, the Yellowjacket mascot. The redesigned mascot is intended to coincide with the University's new logo and complement the new athletic "R" spirit mark - a square-serif varsity letter with a yellow body and a blue outline."We created […]
Campus Brief: URMC tests treatments for Huntington's disease
Researchers at the UR Medical Center have shown, through researching how canaries create certain brain cells and working with mice, that stem-cell therapy may someday be used to help treat Huntington's disease. This new finding was published on Sept. 20 in a paper in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.Huntington's is a disorder that results from […]
Month celebrates Hispanic diversity
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Latino-oriented groups at UR, under the direction of the Spanish and Latino Student Association and Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc., have planned events that will share various aspects of Latino culture with the UR community. The events include film screenings, art screenings and a Latino Cultural Fair.Plans for Hispanic […]
Plutzik Series begins with poet
In 1962, the English Department at UR began the Plutzik Memorial Reading Series to honor the life and career of poet and UR English professor Hyam Plutzik. The series, which features readings by contemporary literary artists, continues to this day as one of the longest-running reading series in the country. This year's reading season began […]
Think Safe now online
Last week, nearly 40,000 copies of the annual Think Safe bulletin, compiled by UR Security, were distributed to students and faculty at the University, as well as to new employees and student applicants.The Think Safe bulletin, published in the beginning of October of each year since 1992, includes information that is required by law to […]
Simon ranked fourth in nation
The annual Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive survey of the world's top business schools ranked the Simon Graduate School of Business fourth out of 51 schools in its regional category. The results of the survey were published in a special section of the Wall Street Journal on Sept. 17. This ranking represents a rise from sixth […]
URMC testing cancer vaccine
Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it had selected UR as one of four national sites charged with assessing the effectiveness and impact of the new Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine. The study is sponsored by the CDC and collaborates with the Emerging Infections Program - a nationwide network […]
