The Urban Legend

No boys allowed: Urban introduces an all-girls engineering class

October 25, 2018

Women occupy only 24 percent of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) related jobs in the world. The science teachers at Urban have noticed a significant gender imbalance in science...

Try out the brand new Urban Legend crossword, now with answers!

Kian Nassre, Editor in Chief of Visuals • October 24, 2017

Clues Answers Are you sure you want to look at the answers? Are you 100% certain? You gotta be sure before you look at them, so are you? Last chance,...

Concern for national science funding in the face of the new administration

Blake Case, Staff Writer • August 22, 2017

Scientific coalitions nationwide, including the Society for Freshwater Science, The American Geophysical Union, and the American Association of Geographers, are concerned that the Trump administration...

An annoying sophomore’s take on his “favorite” Urban classes

Kian Nassre, staff writer • May 18, 2017

Computer Science 1 & 2 My name for it: there are 10 types of people in this world, people who get binary and people who don’t. Computer Science is rather hard to explain, so I will define some...

Next generation of science class

Kian Nassre, Staff Writer • February 7, 2017

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS,) created in 2013 by 26 states, represents the consensus on scientific education of world-class scientists, the National Research Council, the National Science...

This is your brain on gut bacteria

Alyssa Romo, Staff Writer • February 7, 2017

Have you ever felt your stomach drop before a big presentation? Does seeing a picture of your favorite food make your stomach growl? Does meeting eyes with that special someone in the hallway give...