The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

Editorial

The Legend Staff October 25, 2016
"we are likely witnessing not a departure from our old values, but an affirmation of the Urban identity"
Rendering by Pfau Long Architecture

Rooms With a View

Zachary Ngin, Staff Writer March 17, 2016

Urban’s North Campus, the so-called “Blueprint for the Future,” is opening next year. The 63,000-square-foot building will include seven classrooms, two student commons, a college counseling center,...

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20 Great Reads of 2015

Zachary Ngin, Book Critic December 16, 2015

Here is a sampling of the best nonfiction articles of the year.       MEET THE AMERICAN VIGILANTES WHO ARE FIGHTING ISIS Jennifer Percy – The New York Times Magazine “Like...

The Brain Exhibit is located in the Exploratoriums West Gallery, which features exhibits focused on art, science, and human perception. Photo courtesy of SF Exploratorium/used with permission.

San Francisco Exploratorium’s new digs at Pier 15 opening today — and they’re worth visiting

Ella McLeod, Staff Writer April 17, 2013

Missing the astronaut ice cream at the Exploratorium? Well, it’s back. After vacating its well-known habitat of 44 years at the Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium has swiftly relocated to Pier...

Cupcakes made by Urban student Anna Boyer for the FACE AIDS bakesale. Photo by Anna Boyer.

New Urban School group seeks to have students FACE AIDS

Marney Kline, Staff Writer February 1, 2012

Juniors Isabel Fife-Cook (’13) and Nicki Greenberg (’13) have started a chapter of FACE AIDS, a youth-led organization helping to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS worldwide, but particularly...

1. A thin structure made of bio-friendly fibers acts as the skeleton of the layer of tissue being printed.  2 and 3. Cell matter is careful deposited on the layer in a computer-controlled pattern, and new sheets of fiber are layed down periodically. 4. The fiber skeleton dissolves and the layers of tissue fuse together.

Is organ printing the future of regenerative medicine?

Hannah Gorman, Staff writer April 7, 2011

Could a laser printer save the lives of people waiting for organ donations? As of 2008, there were 105,567 patients waiting for an organ donation, a nearly sixfold increase from 1998, according to the...

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