SunDensity has closed on $2.5 million in initial financing and is establishing its presence in Rochester.
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Luminate pivots amid the pandemic
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Organizers of the startup accelerator focused on advancing next-generation optics, photonics and imaging-enabled companies have been retooling to meet a new reality. One change: The 2020 Luminate NY Finals will be held online.
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Gearing up for Industry 4.0
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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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Rochester police union chief: Change is needed
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Michael Mazzeo acknowledges systemic racism and the need for reform. But he says “we also cannot make a profession better by demoralizing and demeaning it.”
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Focusing on community needs
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Morgan Properties, which owns a number of apartment communities locally, is expected to donate a portion of residents’ May and June rents to Rochester Regional Health and Foodlink.
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How change creates opportunity
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David Brown, who has partnered with Dennis DeLeo to launch a new venture fund in Rochester, says “it’s one of the best times in history to be starting a company.”
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The importance of nonviolence now
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Kit Miller, director of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, says her group’s new campaign presents nonviolence as a solution for young people—a matter of increased urgency after last weekend’s rioting in Rochester.
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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.