New research by Simon Business School Huaxia Rui shows how crowdsourced fact-checking may help turn the tide against the flood of misleading content on social media.
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Where does the PAB go from here?
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Following a recent court decision, the executive director of Rochester’s Police Accountability Board says its tools have changed, but not its mission.
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King: Why FAFSA is critical for students
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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.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Summit for entrepreneurial women slates an encore
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With its focus on collective empowerment, innovative thought and creativity, the second Elevate Women’s Business Summit this week is expected again to draw some 300 attendees.
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A push to position 11,000 youth for upward mobility
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In its 12th State of Our Children report card, the ROC the Future Alliance has set an ambitious five-year goal.
Education
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.
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A story of lifting African children out of poverty
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In his new book “And the Children Shall Lead Us,” Barry Childs recounts the roots of Africa Bridge and shares the nonprofit’s model for eradicating extreme poverty.
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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.