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The latest gift from the entrepreneur, whose donations to the university now top $25 million, will fund a major renovation and expansion at the Saunders College of Business.
With its 1921 decision to buy 110 acres of open field along Scottsville Road, Rochester became one of the first cities in the nation to own an airport.
RIT professor Caroline Easton has designed a program to provide addiction treatment and mental health services through videoconferencing and email.
An influx of immigrants has helped stabilize the Rochester region’s overall population. However, the number of foreign-born residents now has dropped in two of the last three years.
Use of virtual reality and augmented reality in health care is limited today. Local researchers say that could change in a big way.
A team working on infections and overactive immune responses and another at the Wilmot Cancer Institute received the grants.
James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Solomonov and business partner Steven Cook will be in Rochester as part of the festival’s two-day focus on food.
Beth Berlin is slated to leave Nov. 15. Her former boss, MaryEllen Elia, stepped down as commissioner at the end of August.
Over nearly two decades, the nation’s large metros as a group have outpaced Rochester’s job creation. And they still do.
Blackstone Group executive Wayne Berman has built a highly successful career as a lobbyist and Republican political operative. But the Rochester native’s hometown remains one of his favorite conversation topics.
A team working on infections and overactive immune responses and another at the Wilmot Cancer Institute received the grants.
James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Solomonov and business partner Steven Cook will be in Rochester as part of the festival’s two-day focus on food.
Beth Berlin is slated to leave Nov. 15. Her former boss, MaryEllen Elia, stepped down as commissioner at the end of August.
Over nearly two decades, the nation’s large metros as a group have outpaced Rochester’s job creation. And they still do.
Blackstone Group executive Wayne Berman has built a highly successful career as a lobbyist and Republican political operative. But the Rochester native’s hometown remains one of his favorite conversation topics.
Since launching on Oct. 18, 2018, the Rochester Beacon has built a substantial readership by staying true to its mission. Second-year goals include expanded coverage and achieving long-term sustainability.
A $5 million grant from the charitable foundation will fund a new approach to addressing barriers related to poverty and improving quality of life.
James Moore, New York’s longest-serving inmate, has been in prison since pleading guilty in 1963 to the murder of a Penfield teenager. Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley submitted a petition opposing his release.
In the first meeting with creditors since the diocese filed for bankruptcy, Bishop Salvatore Matano was asked if some Catholic Ministries Appeal funds might go to compensate survivors of sexual abuse.
Her own experience in the operating room convinced surgeon Paula Doyle of the need for a tool that would allow doctors to see what is under the surface of body tissue. The firm she co-founded, EndoGlow, has developed a product to do just that.
Ralph Dandrea, founder and CEO of ITX, and George Daddis, former CEO of Omni-ID, explain why they made the move. (video)
For 25 years, Julie Cianca has represented indigent clients facing charges ranging from misdemeanors to murder. Now, new state standards could mean even heavier caseloads for Cianca and her colleagues in the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office.
Perry Santillo’s guilty plea could be a factor in a class-action claim brought against two banks where the fraudster held accounts used in his scheme.
In a new court filing, the diocese states total assets of some $67 million versus an estimated $90 million in anticipated sex-abuse claims under the Child Victims Act.