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The owners of Juicy Seafood in Henrietta have opened a second Rochester-area location, in the Mall at Greece Ridge. Greece’s new King Crab Juicy Seafood offers the same fusion of Vietnamese and Cajun food as the Henrietta location, focusing on ...

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Peace Corps Director Josephine “Jody” Olsen will be the keynote speaker at Rochester Institute of Technology’s commencement weekend. Olsen will speak at the university’s academic convocation, 10 a.m. on May 8 in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center. After ...

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A new state law on payment and work conditions of farmworkers kicked in Jan. 1 and has some New York farmers worried about how to comply with the new rules on farm labor while still making enough money to stay ...

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Blink Fitness opened its first Rochester-area location Monday, with a new gym at 2833 W. Ridge Road in Greece. The company has 140 locations in 10 states, with most of its New York gyms in the greater New York City ...

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Two Rochester-area colleges have made new administrative appointments, with two hires migrating from one school to another. State University College at Geneseo has hired a new vice president for college advancement and executive director of the Geneseo Foundation. Ellen Leverich, ...

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Angela Sims arrived at an interesting time for Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. She started work just a few weeks before the school moved out of its Hogwarts-like campus following a decision to sell the property to a developer. On Aug. ...

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The National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology will be collaborating with a university in Beijing on research and exchanges of students and faculty. NTID and Beijing Union University signed a memorandum of understanding outlining their ...

Adam Bello said the aim of his transition team will be to kick politics to the curb and create a governmental structure within Monroe County that will represent all residents. Bello, the Monroe County Executive-elect, will take office on Jan. ...

The Levine Center to End Hate next week will host an event that seeks to answer the question: Why do we hate? The inaugural event will feature a former skinhead and a Sikh whose life was changed as a result ...

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Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin will speak at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf Dec. 5 on the subject of addiction and recovery. Matlin, the deaf actress who won an Academy Award in 1987 for “Children of ...

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Soft skills–those traits and techniques that help you build relationships with others–are a key to getting ahead at work. Even in a high-tech, highly electronic world, says Melisza Campos, a Dale Carnegie master, “The people who can get things done ...

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Local healthcare education programs make inroads on diversity. When it comes to diversity in higher education programs for healthcare, two local institutions have made the grade nationally. Insight into Diversity magazine gives awards each year to the higher education institutions across ...

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Graduates of Rochester city schools will be eligible for a new scholarship St. John Fisher College has created for first-year students. The Fisher Urban Scholar Award will provide $40,000 over four years to students who complete charter schools and traditional ...

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Jeff Van Gundy has come a long way since his days of playing point guard on the basketball court at Brockport High School and Nazareth College. From coaching the NBA’s New York Knicks and Houston Rockets, to his current role ...

How to recruit and retain a diverse workforce will be the focus of a daylong, two-session symposium on Oct. 24. The Right Talent, Right Now: Improving Business and Health Outcomes through Workforce Diversity Symposium will be held at the Memorial ...