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URMC receives $26 million grant
The National Institutes of Health has recently awarded the UR Medical Center $26 million to found an influenza research center. The grant, provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is set to be alloted over seven years and will fund the initiation as well as the research efforts of the New York […]
Campus opened for Class of 2011
Prospective students and their families visited UR's River Campus during the first Spring Open Campus events last Friday and Monday. SOC is a time when the Office of Admissions officers open up the campus to recently accepted students so that they can get a taste of what the Rochester experience is all about. This year, […]
Suicide attempt in Hylan Hall
A UR graduate student threatened to commit suicide in Hylan Hall late Sunday night. The student broke a window on the ninth floor and stood in the frame for at least three hours, apparently contemplating jumping out of the building, while law enforcement and emergency crews worked to alleviate the situation.At approximately 11:30 p.m. on […]
Officer Program finishes first year
As the first year of the Lead Officer Program begins to draw to a close, students, administrators and members of UR Security alike are pleased with the progress the program has made. "It has been a very successful year and we have received nothing but positive feedback," Lead Officer Jimmy Teckle said. "We are all […]
SA Candidates debate
This year's elections week for the 2007-08 Students' Association President, Vice-President, Senate and Class Councils played host to a new event - the Convention - followed by a Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debate. The Convention and Debate, whose combined duration was three hours, took place last night in Hirst Lounge and the Gowen Room, respectively. The […]
Security Update
An undergraduate student was transported from the campus bookstore to Strong Memorial Hospital after experiencing an apparent seizure, according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty.Officers responding to the scene found the student to be breathing but not responsive upon their arrival. The student had fallen to the floor.MERT personnel were called, as well as an […]
Campus Brief: UR Fulbright Scholar to teach in Malaysia
Senior Michael Potere has been named a 2007-08 Fulbright Scholar. He is the first UR student to receive the honor. He will spend the next academic year in Malaysia, teaching conversational English in rural Terengganu Province.The Fulbright Program was started after World War II. The program originally sent students to Germany to foster goodwill between […]
Remember Me? Joe Lanning
Joe Lanning, who graduated UR in 2000, has managed to branch out and succeed while still remaining active in the UR community. Lanning, who grew up in Fairport, N.Y., decided to stay in Rochester after graduation and has since become the Associate Director of College Enrollment for UR. In addition, he is an assistant varsity […]
Hillary v. Barack poses representational quandry
For some unknown reason (to me, at least), we are already several months into the 2008 presidential campaign season - eight months before the actual primaries - and several frontrunners have been speculated within each party, even if some of those people haven't officially declared that they will be running in 2008.Within the Democratic Party, […]
Conventional gender roles rejected by feminist
Man haters. We've all heard the phrase. I've only been identifying myself as a feminist for a few years now, but I've heard it a lot.And I suppose if you glance at all the essays, speeches, books and videos that rail against the patriarchy or The Man, it's not a difficult label to attach to […]
