Education
Expansion to Buffalo marks natural step for Golisano Institute
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The business and entrepreneurship school, launched here in 2023, is expected to welcome students to its second location in fall 2026.
Education
RCSD tensions over Oracle payroll issues continue to run high
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A motion about the school board’s monthly newsletter spiraled into a heated debate about payroll issues.
GUEST OPINION
Why has Rochester chosen to criminalize poverty?
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Our city is following Trump’s playbook on homelessness: Being unhoused with substance-use disorder is treated as a criminal act instead of the public health issue it is.
Beacon Notes
The Beacon begins its eighth year
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Launched on Oct. 18, 2018, the Rochester Beacon continues to grow, with total website pageviews nearing 3 million.
Community
Rochester prepares to roll out R-Future Fund pilot
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The program, which aims to support economic mobility and equity for children and their families, will provide each city kindergartner with a $50 seed deposit into a savings account.
Culture
‘Jubilant forever’: the RPO’s upcoming Beethoven Festival
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The orchestra will perform a dozen masterpieces by the world’s most popular composer in four different concerts.
Culture
From Hungarian diaspora to American photo excellence
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The George Eastman Museum exhibit “American, born Hungary” celebrates the tremendous impact of Hungarian immigrants on American photography.
Government & Politics
A race redefined
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A split among candidates on the right and a shifting enrollment trend inject unpredictability into a once-solid Republican county legislative district.
Education
UR students launch hunger strike
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Participants call on the University of Rochester to recognize the genocide in Gaza and sever its alleged ties to the Israeli war effort and settlement movement.
Counterpoint
Two views on charter schools
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Liberal Rick Dollinger and conservative Geoff Rosenberger agree on this point: Parents will decide the future of charter schools.