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Keuka College President Emeritus Jorge Diaz-Herrera will serve as the keynote speaker at next week’s Rochester Hispanic Business Association Hispanic Business Person of the Year gala. Diaz-Herrera became the 19th president of Keuka College in 2011. Prior to his appointment, ...

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An exciting animal has made its way back to the Seneca Park Zoo. Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and Seneca Park Zoo officials announced the return of female polar bear Anoki. Anoki was born at the Zoo in 1996 to ...

Five hundred guests will help celebrate several area individuals and nonprofits Thursday at Rochester Area Community Foundation’s 2018 Philanthropy Awards and Annual Report to the Community Luncheon. The event, to be held Sept. 20 at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester ...

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Genesee RiverWatch will celebrate the Genesee River with its annual Genesee River Bash next week. The Sept. 29 event will feature the annual Elizabeth Thorndike Environmental Leadership Awards and exhibits from river-focused organizations, in addition to a silent auction, live ...

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Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo cut the ribbon today on the Seneca Park Zoo’s new Animals of the Savanna expansion. The five-acre project features Masai giraffes, zebras, ostriches, a southern rhino and more than a dozen other animals. “After 15 ...

In providing guidance and support while instilling accountability and resolve, Roland Williams’ Champion Academy relies on five tenets. One is Intentional Teamwork, which was the two-part theme of Monday’s monthly event at The Lodge at Martin Luther King Jr. Park ...

The Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial will again be the site for the ninth annual Project Homeless Connect Rochester, an event that serves as a one-stop shop to bring tools and services to the homeless and those in ...

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The Workforce Diversity Network in October will present the nationally acclaimed “Defamation Experience” interactive workshop. The “Defamation Experience” is a courtroom drama in which the audience plays the jury. The premise of the workshop is a civil suit: A South ...

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Unshackle Upstate, the non-partisan, pro-economic growth business coalition representing Upstate New York, has tapped Buffalo resident Michael Kracker as its new executive director. Kracker previously worked in several senior positions in the U.S. House of Representatives, including as deputy chief ...

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The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation has announced its cohort for STEM 2035, a $5.5 million initiative through which grant funding and technical assistance will be provided to existing afterschool and summer science, technology, engineering and math programs. The YMCA ...

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Willow Domestic Violence Center has tapped a five-year veteran of the nonprofit as its new leader. Meaghan Lacey de Chateauvieux had for three months shared interim leadership responsibility with Mike Dedee, director of operations, and Marie Viavattine, director of programs ...

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Alyssa Belasco loved her job. But she knew something was missing. She turned to volunteering outside of work to fill the void she felt, and it led her to exactly what she was looking for. Belasco, 35, worked at the ...

Rochester’s Strasenburgh Planetarium will have a new look next year, when renovations are completed on the 50-year-old Star Theater. Rochester Museum & Science Center will close the planetarium on Sept. 4 for extensive renovations that include a state-of-the-art full-dome projection ...

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New one- and two-family homes built in Rochester that receive funding from city-sponsored programs must be constructed in a manner that allows people with disabilities to visit with minimal assistance. The Visitable Home Design Guidelines were created by the city ...

Rochester Contemporary Art Center next month will host a new exhibition of works by Dave Calver. The exhibition will open with a reception Sept. 6 and will feature an artist talk and book signing Sept. 8. Calver, a Rochesterian who ...

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