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alumna
New commencement speaker unveiled after student feedback
Often beginning more than a year in advance, the meticulous planning for finding a commencement speaker is what often helps make the speech the highlight of students’ and families’ graduation experience. The quality of this year’s speaker is no different, with the University announcing that Jeannine Shao Collins ’86 will be delivering the school’s 176th […]
Dean
$10 million Gift Establishes Fund for Deanship
The Deanship of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has a new name in the wake of a $10 million donation from University Trustee Emeritus John Bruning ’24 (Honorary) and Barbara Bruning. The donation is intended to establish permanent funding for the position, according to a University News release. Named Dean in 2016, […]
logos
Debunking the Debranding
We are not “change-averse”: we simply desire ever better change. Read More
advertisement
On the responsibility of advertising
We cannot responsibly serve our audience while acting as a mouthpiece for something that has the potential to cause our readers harm. Read More
Class Action
UR settles lawsuit: partial tuition reimbursement offered to some students
Carstairs alleged that the University failed to provide its promised thirty additional hours of out-of-class student work per credit hour to students taking online classes during the pandemic. Read More
rochester
UR Softball continues dominance with sweeps of Alfred University and Ithaca College
The Yellowjackets swept Alfred University on the road Thursday, winning both games by a score of 5–4. Read More
Lacrosse
UR Womens’ Lacrosse trounces Nazareth 17-5
UR’s Womens’ Lacrosse team beat Nazareth University 17–5 on Tuesday at Fauver Stadium. Read More
Baseball
UR Baseball beats Hamilton and RIT
Yellowjackets baseball beat Hamilton College on Tuesday and RIT on Friday to the scores of 11–4 and 7–4, respectively. Read More
sustainability
Inside the planning process behind UR’s first sustainability plan
In 2019, Murphy and a small group of other students formed UR Students for a Climate Action Plan (URCAP) to push UR to follow its peers’ lead and adopt an urgently needed climate plan. Though student-driven, URCAP wasn’t affiliated with the University in any official capacity. Read More
SA
Students react to SA’s latest statement
The aim of this email, as stated in the opening paragraph, was to “clear up some misconceptions/share some important answers to [common] questions.” Read More