Education
Literacy Rochester eyes new growth
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Its managed-service arrangement with LiteracyCNY in Syracuse is one of several initiatives with an aim of expanded programming.
Education
Constructing RIT’s future
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The university’s Student Hall for Exploration and Development, its largest project on campus in more than 50 years, is just one hub of building activity fueled by RIT’s 2025 strategic plan.
Education
ESL, Bank of America assist low-income students
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The two financial institutions are funding efforts to help these students pursue an education and close workforce gaps.
Education
RIT’s sponsored research tops $76 million
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Though research efforts were impacted by the pandemic, the university attracted more than $38 million in federal monies.
Education
A strong voice for the nursing profession
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Kathy Rideout, who will step down as dean of University of Rochester School of Nursing in June, says in this “season of stress” the focus must remain on the critical importance of the profession’s educators and frontline workers.
Education
RCSD honors an education pioneer
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School No. 3 has been renamed Dr. Alice Holloway Young School of Excellence, recognizing the pioneer who tore down barriers that prevented poor, underserved minority and disabled children from receiving a quality education.
Economy & Business
UR retains spot as region’s top employer
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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.
Education
UR performing arts center to debut
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The new Sloan Center is the first building on the River Campus designed to serve the performing arts.
Education
Using COVID to change science education
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A three-year UR Warner School study focused on justice-centered science teaching recently received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Education
The challenge of sexual violence on campus
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The number of reported incidents at Rochester-area colleges and universities is rising. Prevention efforts also are growing.