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SEIU locals at UR ratify contracts
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Both bargaining units’ contracts expired Oct. 31. The new agreements run until Sept. 5, 2026.
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Union, UR reach tentative agreement
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Two Service Employee International Union units representing some 1,800 River Campus and UR Medical Center workers have been negotiating with the university since their contracts expired at the end of October.
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Linehan to succeed Taubman as URMC CEO
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A surgical oncologist, David Linehan will also serve as dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry. His appointment is effective Feb. 1.
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UR Medicine opens acute brain injury rehab unit
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The 11-bed Acute Brain Injury NeuroRehabilitation Unit at Strong Memorial Hospital is designed to serve patients recovering from strokes, traumatic brain injuries, and other types of acute acquired brain injuries.
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SEIU members poised for walkout at UR
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Barring a settlement, some 1,800 union members plan a one-day job action at the University of Rochester’s River Campus and UR Medical Center facilities.
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Wilmot, Roswell get additional grants totaling $13.5 million
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The two cancer centers will continue to explore racial disparities in the use of immunotherapy.
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The search for distant signs of life
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In his new book, University of Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank chronicles the quest to find evidence of extraterrestrial life and intelligence.
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Rochester General, nurses reach tentative pact
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The agreement comes three days before the nurses, the first to successfully organize a union in Rochester, planned a five-day strike.
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Excellus to lose schools’ retiree health plan
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The Rochester Area School Health Plan, encompassing all of Monroe County’s 17 school districts and two BOCES organizations, will move its retiree health plan from Excellus to Aetna.
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Rochester General nurses poised for second strike
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Ninety-one percent of the union’s members voted to authorize the action, but both sides say they are committed to keep negotiating.