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A nonprofit model would shift the industry’s focus from profits to the social purpose of keeping Americans as healthy as possible.
The company’s 2024 Home Showcase performances will feature a wide range of dances spanning its half-century history.
The Highland Park and Cobbs Hill reservoirs have long been recreational attractions as well as a source of water for the city’s residents. But to meet federal health standards, the reservoirs could be faced with radical changes their look and configuration.
Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan’s program will pair music by a rarely performed 20th century French master with a recent work by an American maverick.
The communitywide initiative will examine the impact of the opioid epidemic and help shape efforts to address it.
Workforce development grants to boost skills training and employment opportunities were awarded to Foodlink and four other businesses and organizations in the Finger Lakes region.
The technique, called CAD-LB, holds promise for rapidly diagnosing cancer and assessing the progress of therapies.
While most efforts in preparing Rochester’s young people for work occur during the summer months, this is beginning to change as programs expand throughout the year.
Posters at the River Campus targeted certain individuals not for their personal actions, but for simply being Jewish or allies of the Jewish community.
The small plaque for the Israeli city of Rehovot on the recently renovated Sister Cities Bridge in downtown Rochester omits any mention of Palestine or Palestinians, as if they never existed.
Rochester City Council postponed its vote on a pilot downtown ambassador program, a move celebrated by opponents, who link the program with recent efforts to form a business improvement district.
Pat Reilly received more than 50 percent of the votes from the county’s town Republican committee members.
D&D Onslaught, an official branded board game, was developed by two local game designers.
Three candidates are vying for the position of Monroe County Republican Committee chair. All cite the need to revitalize the flagging party but differ on how to do it.
As the number of individuals with no college degree has increased since the COVID pandemic, a Rochester company aims to find the strengths already within students.
The diocese’s plan would create a $126.35 million trust to pay abuse survivors, but it must face off against a rival plan filed by the Continental Insurance Co.
The goal of this year’s Urban League summit, slated for Sept. 19-20, is to inspire attendees to reflect on the legacies they have inherited and how they can build on that foundation.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, who was in Rochester for the announcement, says plans include fast-tracking funds for law enforcement technology and equipment.
Andrew McCandless, a former Eastman School of Music who recently was appointed associate professor of trumpet, is slated to perform for the first time as a soloist with the Eastman Wind Ensemble.
A benefit concert to honor the memory of Shae Ebner and support his family will take place this Sunday.
Ten years after the development’s groundbreaking, the University of Rochester’s decision to buy the 312,000-square-foot, mixed-use complex gives it local ownership for the first time and an opportunity to build a greater sense of community.
Other Rochester companies and organizations that ranked among the best workplaces in the state are Excellus, Wegmans, Paychex, Rochester Institute of Technology and UR’s River Campus.
The U.S. premiere of Cirque Inextremiste’s show is one of more than 500 performances across 31 venues in the festival’s 12th season.
Among community college students, degree completion and upward transfer rates are both low. But two-year institutions boost the mobility and the earnings of low-income students.