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UR Tech: Heartbleed exploit shocks internet community

[caption id="attachment_103582" align="alignleft" width="300"] Tiffany White, Illustrator[/caption] On April 9. a massive and unforeseen software lapse took the Internet protocol…

Students’ Association for Interfaith Cooperation: Encouraging curiosity

[caption id="attachment_103502" align="alignleft" width="300"] Courtesy of University of Rochester Interfaith Chapel[/caption] UR has always prided itself on the racial, religious…

Ask Estrada: Hookups, relationships, and ‘let’s talk about sex’

Is it irrational to fear telling a girl I’m a virgin? Choosing to share anything about your sexual history can…

UR Athletic Equipment Manager, man or legend?

Parents aren’t always right, but then sometimes they are. It can take us by surprise and often takes us a…

UR Robotics: Developing applicable technology

Long after most people have left for the weekend, a handful of students sit bent over keyboards and textbooks in…

UR Tech: All my vices are devices

Can hyperactive, online  communication decrease your focus and impact your study productivity? It’s a normal weekday afternoon when your head…

Foreign Focus: Malawi immersion seminar

[caption id="attachment_102512" align="alignleft" width="300"] Courtesy of Emily Widra ~ Widra sits with a local potter and some of the potter’s…

Female professors increasingly offered tenure

[caption id="attachment_102452" align="alignleft" width="300"] Courtesy of Provost Peter Lennie[/caption] Tenure is one of the most important distinctions for professors at…

National ‘Common Core’ standards, changing education on all levels

[caption id="attachment_102412" align="alignleft" width="300"] Liz Beson, Illustrator[/caption] The Common Core State Standards (CCSS), an educational initiative for kindergarten through 12th…

In memoriam: Students share their memories of Juliette Richard

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