With roughly 32,000 workers, the University of Rochester employs more people in the state than Walmart, McDonald’s and Home Depot, a new report from the Center for Governmental Research says. It is the seventh-largest employer in New York.
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A magnet for Orthodox Jewish families
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Since its founding in 2004, Derech HaTorah of Rochester has grown steadily, in part by enabling parents who want a strong Torah-based education for their children to move here.
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A stronger global presence
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International students at Rochester universities weathered the “perfect storm” of 2020. In the coming academic year, enrollment numbers for first-year foreign students are on the rise again.
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Education capital projects receive state funds
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More than $4.8 million awarded to RIT, colleges in the Rochester region.
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The power of science
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The past year has illustrated that sound strategy, scientific methodology, and communicating research findings in a clear manner can help save lives.
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RIT’s cybersecurity institute bolstered by IBM gift
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The university’s Global Cybersecurity Institute will receive an in-kind donation of more than $3.3 million from the tech company. It will help train much-needed future professionals.
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Antiracist scholar to deliver UR address
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Ibram Kendi’s speech, the university’s 20th Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address, will be a free online event.
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UR nears goal of one-year financial campaign
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The university has raised $78.4 million toward its $100 million goal for Together for Rochester, an engagement and fundraising effort launched after the pandemic struck.
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COVID and the classroom
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The coronavirus pandemic has upended traditional forms of instruction and learning. As a result, teachers have been forced to adapt and find new ways to connect with students.
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RIT sponsored research hits another record high
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In its most recently completed fiscal year, RIT secured a $82 million in research grants, a 39 percent increase over its record-setting 2018-19 total.
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New leader of MCC named
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DeAnna Burt-Nanna will be the sixth president and first person of color to lead the college.