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Rochester Museum & Science Center is challenging the community to reflect on how racist media influences people’s lives through a new permanent exhibition. “Objectively Racist: How Objects and Images Perpetuate Racism … And What We Can Do To Change It” ...

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Rochester Museum and Science Center is the new home of a top-secret satellite from the 1960s. The optical system of Gambit-1, a previously classified national reconnaissance satellite designed and manufactured in Rochester in the ’60s, is now on display at ...

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United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. has launched its 2020 campaign, with Zweigles Inc. CEO Julie Camardo announced as campaign chair. “I am thrilled to lead the United Way Mission 2020 campaign,” Camardo said. “We are celebrating 140 years in ...

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Greater Rochester Health Foundation celebrates its 14th anniversary by announcing an updated mission with an emphasis on big-picture impact. The new mission: “To pursue and invest in solutions that build a healthier region where all people can thrive.” “The process ...

Three area organizations will collaborate this winter to solve a $370,700 shelter funding crisis caused by the redirection of federal and state funding. ESL Federal Credit Union, the United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. and Rochester Area Community Foundation said ...

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Unshackle Upstate Inc. — a pro-taxpayer advocacy organization — in 2020 plans to tackle and reject New York State’s expanded prevailing wage mandate, a single-payer system and scores of additional business and individual healthcare, economic development and policy areas it ...

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The George Eastman Museum on Monday broke ground on the Thomas Tischer Visitor Center, a project several years in the making. The new visitor center will be funded through several sources, including a more than $1.5 million donation from retired ...

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Rochester Contemporary Art Center and the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House plan to collaborate this year on a site-specific public art project that will celebrate the 200th birthday of Susan B. Anthony and the 100th anniversary of the ...

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As Mary Cariola Children’s Center enters its 71st year of service to the Rochester region, the organization will move forward with a new name and a new brand descriptor: Mary Cariola Center, Transforming Lives of People with Disabilities. The nonprofit ...

Mary Whittier has been named interim CEO at RESOLVE of Greater Rochester. Whittier was previously the founding executive director of Bivona Child Advocacy Center and has social work experience at Golisano Children’s Hospital. “My passion lies with children and families ...

Erika Green will become the chief program officer at the Ibero-American Action League. Green will have executive and operational oversight of the organization’s divisions and services in the Rochester area. The new position aligns with Ibero’s expanding programs. “Ibero has ...

Ontario ARC, a not-for-profit organization supporting people with disabilities in Ontario County, has received $36,000 in grants from the Trustee Management Board of NYSARC Trust Services. The grant awards will support Ontario ARC’s guardianship and recreation programs. Ontario ARC received ...

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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A $1.246 million upgrade to the collection storage areas at the George Eastman Museum has been completed, ensuring improved preservation of artifacts. The Environmental Improvements Implementation Project included the replacement and upgrade of 30-year-old systems that controlled the temperature and ...