Addressing what has been a controversial issue concerning public safety on the University of Rochester campus’s various sites, President Richard Feldman has decided that armed Department of Public Safety “supervisors” will have unrestricted access to all parts of the UR’s campuses. But in a written statement released today, Feldman has decided against adding an armed […]
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Highland’s growth worries neighbors
If City Council approves a rezoning request next week, Highland Hospital will be able to move forward with its estimated $70 million plan to add four stories to the existing three-story building. The City Planning Commission approved Highland’s application last month to rezone the hospital’s 9.27-acre site from an Institutional Planned Development District to a […]
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Unlocking Alzheimer’s blood-pressure connection
Last year, more than five million people in the US were living with Alzheimer’s Disease, the most common form of dementia, and that number is expected to grow to 14 million by 2050. Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of adult deaths in the US, more than breast and prostate cancer combined. And the cost […]
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Kidd leaves UR over sexual harassment case
Celeste Kidd, the University of Rochester assistant professor who was one of the women that complained about sexual harassment from Professor T. Florian Jaeger, has formally resigned from the school. In a scathing letter to the university, Kidd recounted many of the previously reported charges against Jaeger, noting that he is still employed by the […]
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Mt. Hope braces for big build
City Council is expected to vote on legislation that would change the zoning code by limiting the height of new buildings along a stretch of Mt. Hope Avenue that is mostly residential, with the exception of a chiropractor office. But even if Council approves the measure, it won’t stop a highly controversial project from being […]
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UR laser lab survives Trump threat, stays in energy race
The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics is one of the most important scientific research facilities in the country.
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From flour to photonics
Today’s tech businesses have roots in the city’s river-powered mills
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Urban Action 3/7
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) ROCLA focuses on Venezuela The Rochester Committee on Latin America will present “What’s the Matter with Venezuela?” on Wednesday, March 7. Alexander Main, senior associate for international policy at the Center for Economic […]
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UR Faculty Senate censured Professor Florian Jaeger
In a vote earlier this week, the University of Rochester’s Faculty Senate formally censured Florian Jaeger, the professor at the center of the university’s sexual harassment scandal. Jaeger is accused of alleged inappropriate sexual behavior in his interactions with former students and colleagues from 2007 to 2013. The allegations led to a lawsuit in federal […]
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The complex legacy of Joel Seligman
Joel Seligman will step down as the University of Rochester’s president next week, a move that he clearly didn’t want to take but decided the University needed. The controversy over sexual harassment accusations against Professor Jaeger was simply too big, and Seligman made his decision even before outside investigators released their report about the University’s […]
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Seligman says goodbye – for the moment – to the UR
In an often emotional speech on Thursday, University of Rochester President Joel Seligman gave a farewell address to a packed auditorium at the Memorial Art Gallery.
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The UR’s #MeToo Moment
An investigation into sexual misconduct charges at the University of Rochester criticized the behavior of Professor Florian Jaeger’s actions but found that university officials acted appropriately. For the university and everyone in its community, though, the story is far from over.
