A new study by MCC’s Economic and Workforce Development Center underscores the need to be ready for businesses’ adoption of smart technologies like automation, artificial intelligence and the industrial internet of things.
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Delivering food to the front lines
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A group of health care industry professionals is raising funds to provide meals to oncology clinics, emergency departments and first responders.
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Helping cancer patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic
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GRYT Health, led by a two-time cancer survivor and oncology researcher, has launched the free online Cancer and COVID Live Interactive Series.
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Life where the outbreak began
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Longtime Rochesterian Jim Croop lives and works in China. He says shutting down the country worked to halt the spread of coronavirus.
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‘Big Shot’ event highlights women’s rights movement
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RIT will engage student and community volunteers to provide the light source for an image while photographers shoot an extended exposure in the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood the night of March 22.
Community
Aiming for even greater reinvestment
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ESL Federal Credit Union has stepped up its grantmaking and added seasoned professionals to its Community Impact team.
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His job is funding RIT’s future
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When Phil Castleberry takes over as vice president for development and alumni relations, a key task will be completing the $1 billion campaign launched in 2018.
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A gathering of feminist pragmatists
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A philosophy colloquium sponsored by St. John Fisher and RIT puts the spotlight on Rochester’s heritage in the feminist movement and a commitment to learning from and supporting those who are most vulnerable to exploitation.
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An innovative approach to helping the homeless
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RIT professor Caroline Easton has designed a program to provide addiction treatment and mental health services through videoconferencing and email.
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Why more VC dollars are flowing here
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Somak Chattopadhyay, whose firm recently led a funding round for locally based Jorsek, says upstate is seeing “an influx of young entrepreneurs (who) are eager to participate in the region and make it their home.”
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Honoring nonviolence
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Members of the Rochester community will mark Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary today. Kit Miller, director of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, believes Rochester has a big role to play in promoting nonviolence.