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Through its Battery Prototyping Center, the university will be part of New Energy New York, a state hub for new battery innovation, manufacturing, and workforce development led by SUNY Binghamton.
A scholarship program, Nurses for Our Future, is open for applications. It will cover tuition for 1,000 new or current health care workers.
The variant, which has arrived here, may produce less serious illness, but it is much more infectious and could increase the number of people requiring hospitalization.
At Brighton’s Council Rock Primary School, “Jingle Bells” has been removed from the repertoire because it has “the potential to be controversial or offensive.” Is it a wise step or well-intentioned overreach?
The $30 million statewide program is designed to establish a network of builders and developers that commit to adopting carbon neutrality in single-family housing.
In a court action, she claims the automaker instead allowed the sale of Henderson Ford to a rival dealership “owned and operated by a male.”
Public- and private-sector leaders in Monroe County call on the community to “Vax-Boost-Mask” to curb the spread of the virus and avoid another economic shutdown.
More than 200 organizations have joined the call to ensure the Rochester region uses the $800 million in federal and state funds headed here to build an inclusive recovery.
Teaching Artists ROC aims to create and provide meaningful arts learning experiences for students across age groups.
Corruption—legal and illegal—undermines faith in government. Public officials often dismiss small ethical lapses, but that paves the way for worse misconduct with bigger consequences.
It was only a few months ago that the University of Rochester’s Laser Lab was uncertain about its future. Now, it has joined eight other high-intensity laser facilities tasked with restoring the nation’s competitive edge in laser research.
In the latest statewide public school test results, New York’s charter schools once again outperformed their local school districts as well as the state as a whole. To those who oppose the charter school movement, here’s simple question: “What is your proposed solution to the urban education crisis?”
Darrell Huff’s “How to Lie with Statistics” was an instant classic following its publication in 1954. Do widely quoted figures on K-12 education tell the whole story?
This year marks a half-century since RIT relocated from downtown to Henrietta. What began as a move born of necessity paved the way to realize a more modern, progressive vision for the institute.
If there is a single barrier to district improvement, it is the diffusion of power. Well-intentioned empowerment of students, parents and teachers leaves little power for school leaders.
While the number of children diagnosed with some cognitive disorders is rising, a definitive answer to what causes them has remained elusive. A local researcher hopes to investigate at the prenatal stage.
Despite a growing movement to reconnect cities and their waterfronts, Rochester struggles to engage its riverfront. ROC the Riverway hopes to change that.
The “winner take all” system for guiding the votes of a state’s electors is responsible for most of difference between the national popular vote and the Electoral College result. The blame, however, rests with the states, not the Constitution.
The Luminate NY competitors in town this week did not find it remarkable or surprising that the world’s largest OPI accelerator would be in Rochester.
Candidates in the 25th and 27th District congressional races collectively boosted their campaign coffers with $1.5 million in special interest money. Who were the biggest donors?
Though Amazon says publicly that the Long Island City site for “HQ2½”—half of Amazon’s proposed second headquarters—was not determined by state incentives, would Long Island City have won its bid without them?
Any attempt to exemplify decency and civility in Washington is likely to be mocked as naïve and Capraesque. As he heads to Congress, does Joe Morelle have the courage to champion civility?
More than $4,000 for a ticket to “Hamilton” during its 2019 Rochester run? That’s the going rate online for some seats. Prospective buyers beware: Secondary sellers not only charge much more than the ticket’s face value; they often don’t possess the tickets they are selling.
