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Sally Roche Earns Second Annual Messinger Award
To make way for the new Gleason Library, more than half of all Rush Rhees Library staff had to be relocated, yet the library hardly missed a beat.
The credit for that seamless transition, said Stanley Wilder, associate dean of River Campus Libraries, goes in large part to Sally Roche. A
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Kenneth Arnold, University of Rochester Adjunct Professor, Dies
Kenneth Arnold, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Rochester, died suddenly on Oct. 1 at age 51.
Bringing into the classroom 26 years of professional experience with Eastman Kodak, Arnold taught undergraduate courses as an adjunct instructor. \"Pr
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International Theatre Program Presents You Can't Take It With You
Classic Play Celebrates Key American Family Value: Individualism
Snakes, illegal fireworks, and impulsive wrestling are just a few of the Sycamore family\'s eccentric passions in Moss Hart\'s and George S. Kaufman\'s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy You Can\'t
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'Be the Change Day' Gives Rochester Children Taste of College Life
Rochester area children will come to the University of Rochester\'s River Campus to participate in national \"Be the Change Day\" activities on Saturday, Oct. 4, from noon to 4 p.m. The volunteer event is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi\'s famous words, \"be the change you wish to see in t
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Actor, Director Jerzy Stuhr Opens Polish Film Festival
Five of the Famed Thespian\'s Films to Be Screened Nov. 15 to 19
The Polish Film Festival is hitting the big time.
This year, the five-day festival will not only showcase some of Poland\'s best cinematic treasures as it has for the past dozen ye
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Local 14-Year-Old Social Entrepreneur's Story Featured in Success Magazine
YEA! Student Gains National Recognition
Ani Patel, a 14-year-old freshman at Mendon High School, is spotlighted in the November issue of Success magazine for his efforts to bring English lessons to students in a rural district in Southwestern India. The issu
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Novel Anti-Cancer Mechanism Found in Long-Lived Rodents
Biologists at the University of Rochester have found that small-bodied rodents with long lifespans have evolved a previously unknown anti-cancer mechanism that appears to be different from any anticancer mechanisms employed by humans or other large mammals. The findings are published in today\'s
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Nobel Laureate Tony Leggett will give a public talk on the nature of time
Everything we know about science says that physics should work just as well backwards as forwards, so why is it that time always moves forward? Why is it so easy to scramble an egg but impossible to unscramble it?
Nobel Laureate Anthony J. Leggett will give a public talk titled &quo
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University Health Service Building Opens With Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
The University Health Services opened their new building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 18. Formerly, UHS had offices in five different locations throughout the University campus, now the new facility, which is located next to Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls, brings together UHS med
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University Pledges Full Scholarships to U.S. Armed Forces Veterans
Beginning in fall 2009, qualified veterans may attend the University of Rochester\'s College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering and the Eastman School of Music undergraduate studies program and the School of Nursing\'s RN completion (RN to BS) program tuition free. Their tuition will be funded th
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