Campus
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.”
pre-trial
New pre-trial date set for expelled students charged for the ‘wanted’ posters
At the hearing, the prosecution asked for an extension until the next pre-trial date, which was granted. The next date is set for April 1 — eight weeks from this most recent hearing.
labor
Hourly minimum wage increases 50 cents
New York State’s minimum wage increased by $0.50 on Jan. 1 to from $15.00 to $15.50.
addiction
URMC provides opioid overdose prevention training
Naloxone displaces the opioid from the brain receptors, which stops the effects of the overdose for sixty to ninety minutes. This allows time for a hospital to intervene.
Graduate Student Union
Students protest against incoming presidential administration, calling it “fascist”
Held in the days following President Trump’s inauguration, the rally featured a combination of prepared speeches, calls to action, an open forum, and chanting.
library
UR Libraries show ways to find books for free
There are three main options for students to find low-to-no cost course materials: Course Reserves, UR and Public Libraries, and open web sources.
Health Promotion Office
Naloxone, also known as Narcan, can save your life from an overdose. And you can get it for free, anonymously, on campus.
The Health Promotion Office is currently working with University Facilities on the installation of three more boxes: one in the lobby of the Goergen Athletic Center and two in the Rush Rhees library.
Ceasefire
Students gather in unregistered protest of administration’s alleged complicity in the war in Gaza
Speakers at the protest on campus told the audience that the “temporary ceasefire” was a reprieve, but that the “fight” was not over.
Boar's Head Dinner
Masked protesters disrupt Boar’s Head, protest charges against students
Protesters gathered in front of the Highe Table and urged the University to drop the criminal charges against the four students recently charged with second-degree criminal mischief, saying that the University’s response is disproportionate compared to other bias-related incident reports.
arrest
Students’ Association passes resolution on administration’s response to “wanted” posters, demands charges dropped
On Monday evenings, the Gowen Room is usually nearly empty aside from the senators at the weekly Students’ Association Senate meeting. But on Nov. 18, nearly every seat was filled.
