Culture
Galentine’s Day in a different light
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A local photographer hopes her take on the holiday popularized by the TV show “Parks and Recreation” can encourage body positivity among women.
Education
UR to offer tuition-free nursing education
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The UR Nursing Scholars Program will reimburse all tuition costs annually for 33 Accelerated Bachelor’s in Nursing students at the university.
Economy & Business
Pot of gold or tin cup? Economics of cannabis legalization
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The complexity of the 2021 Cannabis Law is reflected in the delayed implementation. But this much is clear: New York’s legalization is bedeviled by conflicting objectives.
Education
Ains make $1.5 million gift to Eastman School
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The gift from Eastman alumnus Susan Ain and her husband, Aron, establishes a newly endowed violin professorship. It comes during the school’s centennial campaign.
Community
Golisano Foundation leader Costello to retire
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Executive Director Ann Costello has spent 23 years at the helm of the foundation that Paychex founder Tom Golisano established in 1985 to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Economy & Business
N.Y. to provide matching funds to early-stage firms
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The Pre-Seed and Seed Matching Fund Program will offer eligible businesses $50,000 to $250,000 in growth assistance.
Justice & Public Safety
A mixed picture on Rochester crime in 2022
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Firearm homicides and property crime rose, but overall crime rates are lower than a decade ago.
Beacon Notes
Rochester Beacon surpasses NewsMatch goal
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Individual donors contributed nearly $25,000 to the Beacon during NewsMatch, the nation’s largest grassroots fundraising effort in support of nonprofit news organizations.
Economy & Business
At the D&C, the numbers tell the story
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Dramatic declines in circulation and newsroom staff, along with financial woes at parent company Gannett, have taken a toll on Rochester’s daily newspaper.
Education
RIT secures $2 million for lab upgrade
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Rochester Institute of Technology is slated to receive federal funds to update and expand its Semiconductor Fabrication Lab.