Chloe Yokitis
Staff Writer
Class of 2028
cyokitis@u.rochester.edu
economics
Banning sweatshops won’t fix poverty, says visiting professor
“Welfare of the workers is the goal,” Powell said. “... We [must] have a means-end discussion about what policies deliver on that."
Graduate Student Union
UR graduate students hold protest for unionization
Graduate student organizers are ready to do “whatever it takes” to form a union. “We feel like there's an extreme need here to get it done as quickly as possible,” said organizer Katie Gregory, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. “Up to and including a strike, everything's on the table.”
Research Rochester
What lurks behind video games: A look into senior Kendal Jordan’s research
Senior Kendal Jordan has been involved with research on campus since her freshman year, working on several projects almost all centered on the same topic: video games.
Center for Community Engagement
Fighting against poverty in Rochester with the Urban Fellows Program
Urban Fellows, an annual program hosted by the Center for Community Engagement (CCE) and funded by Americorp, gives undergraduate students the opportunity to work with local nonprofits over the summer — and get paid for it.
first-gen
Inside the Kearns Center, Rochester’s community for first-gen students
The David T. Kearns Center, located in Dewey Hall, is a support network for first-generation and low-income students to learn about the different resources available to them and provide a safe space on campus for the scholars.