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After two decades of commercial work, RIT alum Paul Tracy wants to make that focus on storytelling, starting with his passion project about sex addiction, divorce, recovery and restoration.
The Pop-Off, a collective endeavor launched by hip hop artist Noah Fense, is a bridge between visual artists and musicians.
With homicide rates increasing in Rochester, the mayor hopes expanded strategies will stop the violence.
The county will make naloxone, the generic form of Narcan, more readily available, among other moves.
For more than four decades, labor organizing efforts at Rochester General had fallen short. But this time was different.
Following in his father’s footsteps, Tom Parkes has taken the reins at O’Connell Electric, one of the area’s largest private businesses and among the top electrical contractors in the U.S.
The positions in the College of Science were made possible by a $2 million gift from alumnus Jeffrey Harris and his partner, Joyce Pratt.
Poised for its official opening, Playhouse on Park aims to widen the theater experience for both aspiring actors and audiences alike.
A hearing on the Catholic Diocese of Rochester’s $147.75 million bid to settle claims brought by sexual-abuse survivors will take place on Jan. 27, 2023.
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 St. John Fisher College program offers employees at partner organizations a 20 percent tuition discount on a range of masters and doctoral programs.
Their plan, “The Common Source,” was geared to help Rochester’s M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence—this year’s partner for the Project Management Institute’s competition held by the local chapter.
The resurgence in Rochester of ska music, a mix of joyful sounds and social awareness, brings with it a message that remains an ideal, not yet reality.
Victoria Visiko alleges she suffered sexual abuse at the hands of her high school music teacher. She is the only accuser to come out publicly with her real name.
The latest five-year data shows some improvement both overall and among children under the age of 18.
Instead of properly managing Medicaid, the governor subverted his own reforms, which led directly to the state’s worst deficits since the Great Recession.
Geneva startup RealEats America, led by Dan Wise, won the $1 million top prize in this year’s Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Business Competition. It also illustrates how food and agriculture can deliver results for the regional economy.
Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience believe they have identified why brain-cancer patients who have cranial radiotherapy experience cognitive impairment.
The collaborative spirit that infuses Rochester’s thriving coffee scene offers a lesson for all businesses.
The firm claims the Canandaigua Finger Lakes Resort, slated for opening next year, owes it a $370,000 consulting fee.
Financial stress drives health inequities that undermine wellness and increase early mortality more than any other single cause. In our region, the toll in added health care expenses and lost economic productivity tops $1 billion annually.
The founding executive director of the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative plans to step down in June after five years at the helm.
Chief Technical Officer Terry Taber joined Kodak in 1980, as its Rochester employment peaked. Though its local staff today is dramatically reduced, Taber sees plenty of opportunity for Kodak to continue to innovate.
Fewer than a half-dozen ‘superstar’ tech hubs today account for nearly all innovation-sector job growth—and Rochester is not one of them. But with help from Washington, could our region become a future star?