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At a recent RocGrowth event, Marnie LaVigne of LaunchNY and Nasir Ali of Upstate Venture Connect described what their nonprofit organizations are doing to help entrepreneurs be successful in Upstate New York. (video)
Board members and a referendum calling for state intervention are on the November ballot. Meanwhile, the district’s distinguished educator has quit and the state education commissioner who appointed him plans to leave. What’s next?
Most MBA programs reflect the rational and scientific management theories of the 20th century. In the new era of disruptive change, however, competitive advantage lies with maximizing human potential in organizations through leadership.
Her resignation, effective Aug. 31, creates an additional level of uncertainty for the Rochester City School District, which for months has faced the possibility that Elia could order a state takeover of the district.
A multiyear investment in Oscine Therapeutics will advance the firm’s efforts to combat degenerative diseases that eat away at the central nervous system.
Socioeconomic factors explain most of the differences in student performance between school districts—but not all. Even with these factors taken into account, school districts in Rochester and other large New York cities underperform.
Kendra Evans helped organize the 2016 Unity Walk against racism in Pittsford and co-founded PittsForward, a nonpartisan, grassroots initiative. Now she is running on the Democratic line against incumbent Supervisor Bill Smith, a Republican. Evans says she wants to spur “meaningful movement forward,” but can she win over those who believe efforts like PittsForward polarize the town?
A new RIT study of 2018 opioid overdoses in Monroe County details the scope—and deadliness—of this public health crisis. Opioid fatalities surpass deaths from many types of common cancers, and even car accidents.
Possible interventions are identified to stabilize and improve housing conditions for Rochester’s poorest residents. Unfortunately, they are not adequate to meet the challenge.
The Rochester Community Players, New York’s oldest community theater group, will stage Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” over two weeks in July.
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