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Like so many aspects of life, COVID-19 has changed the format of higher education in Greater Rochester and across the nation. For the near term, at least. St. John Fisher College shifted to a completely remote format last month. The ...

When it comes to digital products such as websites or apps, I’d imagine most of us can recall some type of frustrating interaction while using them. For the 61 million American adults with disabilities, and over 1 billion worldwide, the ...

This year’s open enrollment period is proving to be more important than ever before. With the COVID-19 pandemic increasing health concerns for many across the country, employees are now taking a closer look at their employer’s benefit offerings and finding ...

Just when I’m ready to proclaim that sports aren’t all that important in the grand scheme of things, something powerful occurs that sets me straight. And this time I can thank Buffalo Bills fans for helping me see the light. ...

As leaders, we’ve been talking, thinking and learning about diversity, inclusion and equity in our nation, communities and workplaces. Many of us are participating in the United Way of Greater Rochester’s 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge. And I’m heartened by the ...

Like many subjected to a barrage of annoying robo calls, Naomi Silver usually avoids answering her phone if she doesn’t recognize the number on the screen. But in recent days she’s been less guarded. The woman who oversees Rochester Community ...

Quick, what do you think of when you hear the term “affordable housing”? Probably not award-winning design. Neighborhood renewal. Critically short supply. Or, increased property values. Saving your taxpayer dollars. Transforming landmark buildings — and lives that are at risk. ...

“Like a lot of small businesses, the pandemic forced us to reevaluate our work and our business — to the point where we’re thinking about going entirely remote. When restrictions began to ease, we had no need to bring people ...

It was nearly 12 years ago that the arrest of Bernie Madoff stunned the world, bringing to light one of the largest financial frauds in history. Prior to his arrest in December 2008, Madoff was relatively unknown outside the financial ...

Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll could have relied solely on the stat sheet. He could have cited how quarterback Josh Allen has accounted for 24 touchdowns (19 passing, five rushing) through nine games — numbers that exceed Tom Brady ...

The European Court of Justice’s July 2020 invalidation of the Privacy Shield threw much of the international business world into panic and confusion, given that over 5,300 companies — and trillions of dollars of U.S.-EU trade — had been relying ...

Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce is proud to support the 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge that is currently going on throughout our community. I want to thank United Way of Greater Rochester CEO Jaime Saunders and her team for bringing this ...

In February 1988, Leonard Cohen released an album entitled “I’m Your Man.” As I read a piece published today in the Washington Post regarding millions of dollars that recently went to executives ahead of Chapter 11 filings, the first stanza ...

Right about now — just three words into this column — I would have been interrupted by my cat, Sassy. She already would have leapt up onto my desk and started meowing orders for me to stop typing, so I ...

A consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is a shift in consumer attitudes toward the operations of businesses and a greater priority placed by them in receiving services and products from those that put safety and sustainability ahead of other things. This ...