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Laser Lab awarded $72.6m
The UR Laboratory for Laser Energetics recently received $72.6 million in federal funding to continue construction on the Extended Performance Omega Laser and Inertial Confinement Fusion project as part of the National Nuclear Security Administration's high energy-density physics program.Of the total funding allocated through the Energy and Water Appropriations Act, $25 million is assigned to […]
Campus burglar apprehended
Rochester area resident Kidtrell Blocker, 33, was apprehended and charged with robbery and grand larceny after removing a laptop computer and bicycle from Wallis Hall on Dec. 26. The suspect was indicted by a grand jury on Jan. 10 and will face trial. "We don't know how he gained access to the building," UR Security […]
Webmail glitch repaired
Beginning early in the morning of Thursday, Jan. 19, the university community experienced a Webmail outage which provided many students, faculty and staff with limited access to their campus e-mail accounts. The quandary was caused by a Storage Area Network failure, which increased in severity, reaching its worst point toward the end of the day. […]
Psychology ranks 2nd in nation
In a recent study published by the academic journal "Research in Developmental Disabilities," the UR Department of Clinical Psychology ranked second in the nation out of all graduate clinical programs.Researcher Johnny Matson of Louisiana State University was the lead author in the study, which ranked national Ph.D. programs by faculty publications in addition to myriad […]
Jack Bauer gives a life lesson
During winter break, with the chance to relax a little, I indulged myself in the sweet trappings of television. During this period of mind reorganization - killing brain cells - my brother and I spent quality time together watching the entire fourth season of "24." I savored the irony of watching Jack Bauer save the […]
Blind senators, blind justice
The conduct of Senate Democrats can be explained by my philosophy on women - no matter what you do, they'll never be satisfied.As evidence, I submit their attitude toward judicial nominees' and Roe v. Wade. Democrats have adamantly opposed many of Bush's nominees, despite any qualifications he/she may have had, whom they perceived as having […]
Inter-house brawl erupts on fraternity quad
Officers were summoned to the Fraternity Quad for the report of a fight in the Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity House at 3:20 a.m. on Sun., according to UR Security Investigator Dan Lafferty. Upon arrival, officers were approached by two Delta Kappa Epsilon members who told officers while in the basement of SAM, they were approached […]
Dean of faculty announced
UR President Joel Seligman announced Monday the selection of the newest member of the university's administration, Dean of the Faculty Peter Lennie. Lennie rejoins UR after a seven-year absence during which he served as Dean for Science at New York University. Prior to working at NYU, Lennie was Chair of the UR Department of Brain […]
Fine levied after death
Ferguson Hall, a contracting company working for UR, recently met with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to contest a $70,000 fine. The fine came when OSHA determined that Ferguson Hall willfully ignored safety precautions in an excavation cave-in that killed a worker last summer.Brandon McLane, 21, was killed at UR on July 20 when […]
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