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At a recent RocGrowth event, Marnie LaVigne of LaunchNY and Nasir Ali of Upstate Venture Connect described what their nonprofit organizations are doing to help entrepreneurs be successful in Upstate New York. (video)
Board members and a referendum calling for state intervention are on the November ballot. Meanwhile, the district’s distinguished educator has quit and the state education commissioner who appointed him plans to leave. What’s next?
Most MBA programs reflect the rational and scientific management theories of the 20th century. In the new era of disruptive change, however, competitive advantage lies with maximizing human potential in organizations through leadership.
Her resignation, effective Aug. 31, creates an additional level of uncertainty for the Rochester City School District, which for months has faced the possibility that Elia could order a state takeover of the district.
A multiyear investment in Oscine Therapeutics will advance the firm’s efforts to combat degenerative diseases that eat away at the central nervous system.
Socioeconomic factors explain most of the differences in student performance between school districts—but not all. Even with these factors taken into account, school districts in Rochester and other large New York cities underperform.
Kendra Evans helped organize the 2016 Unity Walk against racism in Pittsford and co-founded PittsForward, a nonpartisan, grassroots initiative. Now she is running on the Democratic line against incumbent Supervisor Bill Smith, a Republican. Evans says she wants to spur “meaningful movement forward,” but can she win over those who believe efforts like PittsForward polarize the town?
A new RIT study of 2018 opioid overdoses in Monroe County details the scope—and deadliness—of this public health crisis. Opioid fatalities surpass deaths from many types of common cancers, and even car accidents.
Possible interventions are identified to stabilize and improve housing conditions for Rochester’s poorest residents. Unfortunately, they are not adequate to meet the challenge.
The Rochester Community Players, New York’s oldest community theater group, will stage Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” over two weeks in July.
At a recent RocGrowth event, Marnie LaVigne of LaunchNY and Nasir Ali of Upstate Venture Connect described what their nonprofit organizations are doing to help entrepreneurs be successful in Upstate New York. (video)
Most MBA programs reflect the rational and scientific management theories of the 20th century. In the new era of disruptive change, however, competitive advantage lies with maximizing human potential in organizations through leadership.
Her resignation, effective Aug. 31, creates an additional level of uncertainty for the Rochester City School District, which for months has faced the possibility that Elia could order a state takeover of the district.
A multiyear investment in Oscine Therapeutics will advance the firm’s efforts to combat degenerative diseases that eat away at the central nervous system.
Socioeconomic factors explain most of the differences in student performance between school districts—but not all. Even with these factors taken into account, school districts in Rochester and other large New York cities underperform.
Kendra Evans helped organize the 2016 Unity Walk against racism in Pittsford and co-founded PittsForward, a nonpartisan, grassroots initiative. Now she is running on the Democratic line against incumbent Supervisor Bill Smith, a Republican. Evans says she wants to spur “meaningful movement forward,” but can she win over those who believe efforts like PittsForward polarize the town?
A new RIT study of 2018 opioid overdoses in Monroe County details the scope—and deadliness—of this public health crisis. Opioid fatalities surpass deaths from many types of common cancers, and even car accidents.
Possible interventions are identified to stabilize and improve housing conditions for Rochester’s poorest residents. Unfortunately, they are not adequate to meet the challenge.
The Rochester Community Players, New York’s oldest community theater group, will stage Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” over two weeks in July.
Has the share of income going to the top 1 percent in the U.S. jumped dramatically in the last half-century? Recent research throws doubt on that belief.
Small, independent brewing operations have boomed in Rochester and statewide, but overall beer consumption nationwide has stalled. Are craft brewers also nearing a saturation point?
The JCC Ames Amzalak Rochester Jewish Film Festival begins July 7. Andrea Miller, director of the festival, says that for many people the weeklong event is their way of celebrating and learning about their culture.
Joseph Munno contends Mayor Lovely Warren’s statements on why Jaisaan Lovett did not give his valedictorian speech were false and politically motivated. A local jury could make the final determination.
Where the Erie Canal Trail rests on raised earthen embankment dams, safety must come first as thousands of people live under the threat of a breach.