Tagged - rochester
american politics
A tale of two cities
Rochester champions people who fought for the less fortunate, and perhaps that makes it more able to accept that things need to change, rather than simply looking the other way.
COVID-19
All of Rochester is depending on all of us
There is a special kind of irony in a student receiving the privilege of a higher education transmitting a deadly disease to some of the most vulnerable people in the nation.
President
Mangelsdorf talks background and plans
For President Sarah Mangelsdorf, college life started before she enrolled. Her childhood home was close to Swarthmore College, where her…
rochester
Striving for change, lecturer reflects on Rochester’s gentrified history
Fourth-grade elementary teacher Shane Wiegand teaches everything to his students except for art and gym. But Wiegand’s curriculum plan includes…
rochester
Community organization seeks to help Rochester’s refugees
“I didn’t want to leave my country,” Omar told the crowd. “I was forced to leave.”
city
Get off campus!
Like a lot of people reading this, I came to UR with the impression that I was somehow going to a “good school” in a “bad location.”