Community
Eastman left mark as entrepreneur, inventor and optics industry leader
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Jay Eastman, who founded three Rochester-area tech firms and championed the optics industry, died in April.
Community
An entrepreneur and education philanthropist
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Joseph M. Lobozzo II, who died May 12, built JML Optical Industries from a one-man operation into a multimillion-dollar business. He also was a generous contributor to RIT and UR.
Health & Science
URMC team wins $4.9 million grant for Parkinson’s research
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Data collected in the 10-year project will help researchers better understand how Parkinson’s symptoms advance.
Justice & Public Safety
Lawyers assigned to represent poor criminal defendants get pay hike
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In the first increase since 2004, the rate paid to assigned counsel is doubling. But some say while the hike is overdue, it falls short.
Community
Will the real Columbus please stand up?
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After nearly 600 years, the Vatican has formally disowned the Doctrine of Discovery. But its legacy remains at the heart of the debate over European nations’ colonization of the New World—including Upstate New York—and whether to “cancel” Columbus.
Justice & Public Safety
Rochester plans suit targeting Kia, Hyundai
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Mayor Malik Evans announced plans to take legal action against the automakers over their failure to install immobilizing technology, resulting in a wave of car thefts.
Justice & Public Safety
Gannett, D&C hit with reverse discrimination claim
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The suit, filed by a former Democrat and Chronicle editor and content strategist who is white, seeks class action status.
Health & Science
UR telestroke program, spurred by the pandemic, develops quickly
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The “hub and spoke” stroke-treatment network that remotely connects a far-flung group of hospitals to Strong Memorial Hospital might be the most extensive of its type in the state.
Health & Science
Strong Memorial’s ‘fair share’ deficit among highest nationwide
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A new study says the hospital spends far less on charity care and community investment than the value it gains from its nonprofit tax exemption. Hospital officials strongly disagree with the study’s methodology.
Community
A leader in local philanthropy, business
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John “Dutch” Summers Jr., who died April 7 at 84, built a business empire and became a leading Rochester philanthropist, but he did so out of the spotlight.