Amid a dip in completion rates and uncertainty at the federal level, the Rochester Beacon spoke with SUNY Chancellor John King to discuss college financial aid.
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A place for creativity, collaboration, and discovery
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RIT’s recently opened Student Hall for Exploration and Development serves as the intersection of technology, the arts and design on campus, its executive director says.
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The risks of relying on BMI
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Holly Russell M.D. of Highland Family Medicine says using body mass index as a diagnostic tool is misguided.
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Empowering women in need
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“There is still a tremendous need for safe affordable housing, access to affordable child care and resources to address food insecurity,” says Myra Henry, CEO of YWCA Rochester & Monroe County, who joined other community leaders at a White House event this month.
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Rochester’s strategic location before the Civil War
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In the last decades of slavery, Blacks in Rochester had a transnational identity, author and scholar Dann Broyld says.
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What ChatGPT ‘thinks’ about Rochester
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Seen as a tipping point for artificial intelligence, the trained large language model interacts with users through conversation. The Beacon posed four questions to see what ChatGPT would tell us about our community.
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A new focus for Unite NY
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The organization has shifted gears to focus on issues, not candidates. But its aim is the same: to create a more fair, open, and representative democracy.
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Digital Hyve’s next stage of growth
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Keith Betz, recently named president of the Butler/Till subsidiary, says “we’re in a unique position to help SMBs navigate these challenging economic times.”
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KORE Wireless ramps up Rochester-area operations
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The Georgia-based IoT company has opened a $1.2 million facility in Pittsford and forecasts continued employment growth here.
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One year after Jan. 6, American democracy remains at risk
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The potential for political violence continues to pose a threat to our democracy, says Gretchen Helmke, a University of Rochester political scientist and a founding member of Bright Line Watch.
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The journey of an ‘oblivious’ white man
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In his new memoir, Bill Wynne describes how he became a staunch advocate for racial and social justice.