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The funding will sustain the two largest lasers at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics, and ensure that researchers can access these facilities well into the future.
Launched in late 2022, the Department of Black Studies at the University of Rochester has received a $3 million grant to expand its faculty.
Supporting Afghan women in the United States requires community involvement and empathy. Every gesture of support matters.
The local experimental folk group georgie explores the contradictions of intimacy and vulnerability.
More women are working in leadership roles than ever before, but gender pay gaps have barely budged in two decades, and gender bias persists. Women are ramping up mutual support. Can the next generation bring it to a new level?
The expected exit from receivership of East’s Upper School would mean a loss of $325,000 in funding.
NextCorps and M&T Bank have partnered on a scholarship opportunity to provide 15 to 20 entrepreneurs with business mentoring, education and resources.
The lift truck manufacturer plans to use the site to develop advanced energy solutions. The center will be operational in the spring, creating 40 new jobs.
Through community events, RIT professor Ernest Fokoué hopes to expand public awareness of data’s complexities and its power.
With homelessness rising, and our community’s children increasingly at risk, it’s time for the state to help address this burden.
Duke Galaxy and the Pipeliners celebrate the band’s 29th birthday and the release of a new CD collection of singles at Lux Lounge.
A total of 759 Rochester General Hospital nurses cast votes in the election, with 431 voting in favor of forming a union and 239 voting no.
The Police Accountability Board began accepting complaints in June, after long delays and staffing challenges. How does the agency plan to conduct investigations and maintain a productive relationship with the Rochester Police Department?
The Buffalo Bills are one of few NFL teams still hosting camps outside their own facilities. Tickets for practices will be available July 14.
The city recorded 28 homicides by firearm in the first six months of the year, the highest midyear number over the last two decades. Since July 1, three more fatal shootings have occurred.
Nearly 500 years after the Inquisition forced their ancestors to flee, Jews around the world are finally reclaiming their Portuguese citizenship. But not without plenty of red tape.
The Rochester Amateur Radio Association has roughly 500 members, whose skill can play a vital communications role in public emergencies.
Her new album, “Some of Us Are Brave,” has polished her music to a slick soul shine and groove.
Interim chief David Smith, a 30-year veteran, becomes the permanent leader of the Rochester Police Department.
A rally for social justice by the Poor People’s Campaign drew thousands, including a group from Rochester, to the nation’s capital on June 18.
The agreement will allow the Seattle-based firm to build out its operations at the UR Medical Center’s cell-based manufacturing facility to support research and development of investigational therapies.
The bookshop, which opened downtown in May, specializes in leftist titles from small presses with a focus on literature and translations. Running it has raised a series of philosophical conundrums for its founder.
After Mayor Malik Evans’ Housing Quality Task Force announced its 16 policy recommendations, the City-Wide Tenant Union said only one of its 10 proposals was considered.
