President Trump’s 2019 Federal Budget proposal calls for shutting down the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics over the next three years. The Department of Energy budget proposal would gradually ramp down the federal contribution to the high-energy laser facility by 2021. The laboratory was formed in 1970 and is used in research projects […]
Outgoing University of Rochester President Joel Seligman says the university’s best days are yet to come…but the UR will have to spend some time focusing on healing before it resumes the way forward. Seligman delivered his farewell address this afternoon at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, saying he’s looking forward to becoming a […]
The University of Rochester has filed a motion to dismiss the EEOC lawsuit, brought by professors and graduate students who say the UR botched its investigation into sexual harassment complaints against Professor Florian Jaeger. A report by a law firm hired by the University says Jaeger did nothing criminal, but showed inappropriate behavior towards […]