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The university will get $9.9 million to lead USSF University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 3 work on advanced space power and propulsion.
Through the summer months that typically are the most violent each year, the city hit its lowest rate in years.
At last weekend’s opening concerts of the orchestra’s 101st season, the virtuoso string trio dazzled the crowd in a performance of “Contact,” a Grammy Award-winning composition by Eastman alumnus Kevin Puts.
September is National Literacy Month, a time to reflect on the state of literacy across the United States. Here in Rochester, New York, the statistics are deeply concerning. According to recent data, only 11.4% of third-grade students in the Rochester City School District are reading at grade level. This is an urgent crisis that demands our attention. We often hear explanations for low academic performance in Rochester’s schools that point to poverty.
The latest filings for Monroe County show the vice president has raised nearly twice as much as Donald Trump, her Republican rival in this year’s presidential race.
In a deal that ESL Federal Credit Union said will allow it to grow its footprint and offerings in the Finger Lakes region, the company is acquiring Generations Bank and its parent company.
The legislation, which would create a statewide framework for mental health and substance use crisis response, was introduced after the 2020 death of Daniel Prude.
The Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 is needed to help speed the implementation of clean energy projects.
After raising around $15 million in capital combined, four local startups targeting diverse markets graduated from the RIT Venture Creations Incubator last week.
Syl Labrot’s work will be displayed in conjunction with Visual Studies Workshop.
The new name for the Syracuse University College of Law’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic honors Sherman Levey, its founder and longtime co-director, who was an attorney with local firms including Harris Beach and Boylan Code.
Caring about the cost of insulin causes us to acknowledge our own humanity at a time of collective precarity.
State Supreme Court Justice Vincent Dinolfo rendered his verdict in the case against Sudipt Deshmukh M.D., one of two physicians in New York to face manslaughter or murder charges over opioid-related deaths of patients.
The band brings its unique sound to Fanatics Pub in Lima next week.
Since the pandemic, the number of older adults using digital technologies has grown. But some struggle with complex software and device designs ill-suited to their needs.
The goal of the Beacon Community News Fund campaign, which runs June 1-16, is to raise funds to hire a full-time reporter—the first step in building a small core staff of professional journalists.
Panelists at the Rochester Beacon’s May 23 online discussion, “The AI Dilemma: Risks, Rewards & Regulation,” agreed that advanced artificial intelligence will bring wide-ranging benefits but not without significant risks.
New research points to a causal connection between the rise of knowledge-intensive activities and an increase in economic segregation in urban areas.
TGW Studio is now accepting submissions for its second annual art event during Pride Month.
Jay Eastman, who founded three Rochester-area tech firms and championed the optics industry, died in April.
Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis for parents and legal guardians to serve as representatives on RCSD’s board committees in the next school year.
After multiple tests, the Monroe County Board of Elections concluded delays were not the result of software issues.
Rochester Institute of Technology is one of six U.S. universities involved in the partnership launched by Micron, the National Science Foundation and other partners.
Collective Soul will bring its propulsive sound to Perinton on June 1.