Kate Sheeran, the eighth dean in the Eastman School of Music’s storied century-old history, is “an educator with a very high artistic threshold.”
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Mangelsdorf puts her mark on UR
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President Sarah Mangelsdorf, who has led the University of Rochester through a pandemic and painful campus protests, is praised for her collaborative style. Now, after two years of record fundraising, she is focused on the strategy for UR’s next chapter.
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Group interviews planned for RCSD superintendent search
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Stakeholder interviews conducted by consultant Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates will begin soon in the search process.
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Details of the RCSD superintendent search emerge
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Surveys and stakeholder interviews will likely begin later this month, with the new city schools chief possibly hired as early as March 2025.
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RCSD continues to weigh stop-arm cameras
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Several suburban school districts installed camera systems for their buses last year, but the Rochester City School District might not do so until fall 2025.
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Expanded Max Lowenthal Hall opens its doors at RIT
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A $25 million project brings new space and features to the home of the Saunders College of Business.
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A tool for election education
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In the leadup to the 2024 presidential election, Rochester company Second Avenue Learning has a tool for students to learn about the political process.
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RIT receives $3 million grant to train grad students
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The university expects to prepare more than 170 semiconductor engineers and scientists to help close the workforce gap and strengthen the nation’s semiconductor technology leadership.
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The Golisano Institute’s first-year lessons
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The leaders of the Golisano Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship, which currently has 60 enrolled students, are confident they will achieve the promise of their educational startup.
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MCC continues work to ‘rightsize’ budget
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From 2012 to 2023, the college’s enrollment dropped more than 50 percent. Last month, voluntary retirement and separation opportunities for eligible full-time teaching faculty were announced.
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How Demario Strickland views his new RCSD role
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Demario Strickland became the Rochester school district’s interim superintendent this month. The Beacon posed four questions to see how he views the task before him and how he plans to work with both the community and the school board.