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Tops adds furloughed workers to Check Out Hunger effort
Tops stores will start collecting donations for Foodlink with the Check Out Hunger campaign starting on Sunday. And this year the store will also donate meals to furloughed federal workers. More than 150 Tops stores in three states will participate, adding to the nearly $4 million Tops has raised for Foodlink and other regional food […]
Walmart boosts truck drivers’ pay to attract new hires
Needing more truck drivers to serve some 110 stores in New York, Walmart is initiating several wage hikes for New York drivers that can increase first-year pay to $87,500. According to a Walmart spokeswoman, drivers earn their money through per-mile compensation and established fees for a number of tasks, rather than by hourly pay. The […]
RIT physicist wins national award
A Rochester Institute of Technology scientist has won a national award designed to recognize significant contributions in physics by scientists who are underrepresented minorities. The American Physical Society plans to present Professor Carlos Lousto with the 2019 Edward A. Bouchet Award at its meeting in Denver April 14. Lousto is known for his work on […]
After 41 years, Cindy’s Pies is looking for a new slice of life
Cindy’s Pies started as a lark back in 1978. That first year, during the Naples Grape Festival, Cindy and Jon Trzeciak wanted to make some Christmas money by selling the local specialty, grape pie. They teamed up with Jon’s twin brother, Tad and his wife, Sharon, to make and sell as many pies as they could. […]
Race to develop quantum computing featured at RIT this week
It’s a little like the space race, and a piece of it is going on at Rochester Institute of Technology this week. Starting Wednesday, RIT will host a three-day workshop on quantum technology, attempting to advance the field by harnessing photons to drive computer calculations much faster. The event was spurred by the National Quantum […]
CNN commentator speaks at UR Wednesday
Symone Sanders, the youngest press secretary for a presidential candidate in history, will deliver the University of Rochester’s Martin Luther King Commemorative Address on Wednesday evening. Sanders, who now works as a political commentator for CNN, was national press secretary for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential race. Her talk is scheduled for 6 p.m. […]
RIT commencement speaker an ‘inspiring thought leader’
Scientist John Seely Brown, who has explored the intersection of disciplines and helps others do the same, will be RIT’s 2019 keynote commencement speaker May 10. Brown was chief scientist at Xerox Corp. and director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center for two decades. He’s now a visiting scholar and adviser to the provost […]
Gymboree stores to close
The corporation owning Gymboree and Janie and Jack stores announced it has filed for bankruptcy and plans to dissolve the business, closing Gymboree stores and selling off 139 Janie and Jack stores. Eastview Mall in Victor has both a Gymboree and a Janie and Jack store. As part of the move, Gymboree Group will also close its Gymboree […]
Simon School’s recognition generates buzz of excitement
The University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business is getting positive response from prospective and accepted students after Simon recently was named the MBA Program of the Year by Poets & Quants, a media company covering business schools. “There’s really been a lot of enthusiasm,” said Rebekah Lewin, assistant dean of admissions and financial aid. […]
Leadership program seeks to foster growth in agriculture industry
When it comes to agriculture, the industry is no Silicon Valley. Surveys conducted just a few years ago found that the average American farmer was 58 while the average American computer programmer was 31. The food and agriculture workforce has only gotten older since 30 years ago, when farmers averaged 50 years old. But the LEAD New York program has been […]
MamaJuanaROC brings Dominican fusion flavor to Clifford Avenue
City officials helped celebrate the grand opening Tuesday of a new restaurant on Clifford Avenue. MamaJuanaROC Restaurant and Lounge, at 2260 Clifford Ave., features a Latin fusion menu, including plantain bowl appetizers, Dominican kabobs, sushi accompanied by Rochester-style ground meat hot sauce, and surf-and-turf that comes with chimichurri and a side of yucca. “We are […]
RIT’s Legacy of King program features politics, dance and vocals
CNN commentator Tara Setmayer, viral dance sensations Chloe Arnold’s Syncopated Ladies, and operatic soprano Kearstin Piper Brown will be featured at Rochester Institution of Technology’s annual Expressions of King’s Legacy celebration Jan. 31. The Expressions of King Legacy program is in its 37th year, founded by the student-run Black Awareness Coordinating Committee and the university̵[...]
