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The Rochester Affiliate of the National Human Resources Association is seeking nominations for the 2020 HR Executive of the Year Award. The award recognizes exceptional leaders in the human resources community who are: Innovative and consistently prepare their organizations for ...

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Noah Hanft, former general counsel, corporate secretary and chief franchise officer for MasterCard Worldwide, has joined the advisory and coaching division of BarkerGilmore, a Fairport-based boutique executive search firm. Hanft will add his considerable financial services and technology sector expertise ...

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Gail M. Norris, former vice president and general counsel for the University of Rochester, has joined the Pittsford office of Bond, Schoeneck & King Attorneys as senior counsel in the firm’s higher education and business practices. At Bond, Norris will ...

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Honor Flight Rochester and two local World War II veterans will be featured on Veterans Day on a national television show. The “Honor Flight Heroes” show on Discovery’s American Heroes Channel will share the stories of Philip “Curly” Voystock and Harold ...

Empire State Development announced the 10 startups selected to take part in the third round of New York State’s Luminate NY accelerator competition in Rochester on Thursday during the Lightning Awards at the Strong National Museum of Play. Each of ...

Nazareth College Arts Center invites the public on a journey to space with the award-winning Axiom Brass quintet this weekend. Limitless is an out-of-this-world experience for audiences of all ages. Featuring stunning visuals of the cosmos, this is a multimedia ...

Geva Theatre Center’s 2019-20 Fielding Studio Series kicks off with Madhuri Shekar’s “Queen.” Directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh, the show features two Ph.D. candidates who spent seven years exhaustively researching vanishing bee populations and must decide whether to look the other ...

Ganondagan will celebrate the 225th anniversary of the historic, federal Canandaigua Treaty of 1794. The annual commemoration serves to “polish the chain of peace and friendship” between the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Confederacy) and the United States. Attendees are invited to ...

Veterans Outreach Center is hosting its annual Stars & Stripes Celebration, featuring the 198th Army Band, a testimonial video with Adrian Hale, U.S. Marine and Air Force veteran, dinner and dancing to the music of local band Nik Lite. 5:30 ...

Local quintet fivebyfive is commissioning four musical works for The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art at the Memorial Art Gallery. The second composer is Jung Sun Kang. Her current interests include music written by fellow composers/pianists, conductor-less chamber ...

Wondrous moments The Strong National Museum of Play is hosting a preview of two magical holiday favorites, “The Nutcracker” and “A Christmas Carol.” The Rochester City Ballet will perform an excerpt from “The Nutcracker,” brought to life by music performed ...

Don Ragona discusses Native American treaties Finger Lakes Community College’s George M. Ewing forum continues with Don Ragona, an attorney for Colorado-based Native American Rights Fund. Ragona has an insider’s view of the battle that pits two Native American tribes ...