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Nazareth College has won a $50,000 grant from the Florence M. Muller Foundation to provide developmental screenings for young children in the coming school year. The screenings of 3-year-olds are being done at in partnership with the Children’s Institute GROW-Rochester ...

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The Rochester Hispanic Business Association of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Inc. has chosen Orlando Ortiz as its 2019 Hispanic Business Person of the Year. “Mr. Ortiz is not only a businessperson as manager of component manufacturing at Gleason ...

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While fun and games are very much a part of the American Council of the Blind’s annual convention that’s taking place in Rochester this week — from a ride down the Erie Canal on the Colonial Belle to a tour of ...

On Sarah C. Mangelsdorf’s first day as president of the University of Rochester, she took a walk around the River Campus. The first female president in the college’s history greeted reporters on the steps of Wallis Hall at 8:30 a.m. ...

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On July 1, three women will create history in the Rochester area as each one officially becomes the first woman to preside over her respective college or university.

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Anand R. Marri has been shaped by education as few people have. One semester into his new job as dean of the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester, Marri is in a position to shape education in ...

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 A $10,000 grant from Avangrid Foundation, in partnership with Avangrid subsidiary Rochester Gas & Electric Corp., will pay to make some summer learning camps free at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. According to the RMSC, the grant will cover ...

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Richard Feldman, president of the University of Rochester for nearly 18 months, gave this bit of parting advice Tuesday night: “If you ever get invited to the Nobel Prize ceremony, go,” Feldman said. He was talking to an audience of ...

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A Webster-based business process solutions firm has been named to the Global Impact Sourcing Coalition, a network of businesses that create jobs for those in need. Datrose was recognized for its Salute and Recruit Program, which employs veterans through impact ...

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Mercedes Ramírez Fernández will join the staff July 1, coming from Virginia Tech, where she has been associate vice provost for strategic affairs and diversity.

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While men–particularly white men–continue to dominate financial and accounting companies in the Rochester area, women are on their way, and in some cases they’ve already arrived.

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A new report from WalletHub has Rochester ranked last for its Hispanic unemployment rate and near the bottom of the list overall in its 2019’s Best Cities for Hispanic Entrepreneurs. Rochester ranked 177th of 182 metro areas nationwide. “This does ...

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Rochester Institute of Technology, with its more than 19,000 students and focus on career-minded majors and job creation, is the fifth-largest employer in the Rochester area. Locally the university employs 4,123 people with the vast majority of those in full-time ...

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  Lorne Farovitch, a graduate student at the University of Rochester, grew up deaf in a deaf family in Vancouver, British Columbia. His family situation meant that until the age of 24, Farovitch didn’t communicate with people in any other ...

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In an attempt to better reflect the diversity of students who attend Finger Lakes Community College, the Ontario County college has scheduled a recruitment day to attract new hires. FLCC Diversity Recruitment Day is scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. ...

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