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Quad A for Kids has chosen Rochester native Isaac Bliss as its new executive director. Bliss succeeds Vincent Alexander, who served as interim executive director beginning in March. Prior to joining Quad A, Bliss for the last 14 years has ...

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Rochester digital printer ColorCentric Corp. and digital print automation company prInternet Inc. have been acquired by Seattle firm Reischling Press Inc. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The two Rochester companies, as well as Picaboo.com, were part of ...

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St. John Fisher is partnering with a distance-learning software company to provide a doctorate of pharmacy program that students will be able to complete with a combination of in-person and online learning. Fisher says the hybrid degree program created with ...

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 A $4.4 million federal grant will help Monroe Community College turn out higher numbers of precision optics graduates. U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle, D-Rochester, announced the grant Wednesday from the Office of Naval Research for the Defense Engineering Education Program in Optics. ...

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Since 2011, more than $6 billion has been awarded to more than 7,300 projects statewide through New York State’s Regional Economic Development Council competition. Those projects are expected to create and retain more than 230,000 jobs. In the Rochester region, ...

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The former Friendly’s restaurant on Dewey Avenue in Greece is scheduled to become the area’s newest KFC. Plaza Street Partners of Prairie Village, Kan., completed the purchase of the building late last month for $435,000, according to records filed with ...

The NY State Hospitality & Tourism Association has announced its 2019 awards, and four of them will go to Rochester-area people and entities. The awards will be presented at the association’s Stars of the Industry gala Nov. 4 at the ...

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Confidence among upstate consumers stabilized during the third quarter, bucking a nationwide trend, the latest quarterly poll by the Siena College Research Institute shows. Overall confidence, which includes current and future confidence, in upstate was 85.3 in the third quarter, ...

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The Women’s Council of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Inc. has extended the nomination deadline for its annual ATHENA Awards to Oct. 4, officials said this week. The internationally recognized award program was founded in 1982 in Lansing, Mich., ...

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Finger Lakes Community College will receive another $1.14 million from the National Science Foundation to support students learning about and pursuing careers in biotechnology. The college previously received an NSF grant of $5.8 million for its role as home base ...

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The ideal time for a change in leadership isn’t when it’s necessary, but rather when it’s right. For Partners + Napier, that time is now. With the firm on pace for its best revenue year ever, Sharon Napier is passing ...

Less than a year into his five-year appointment as dean of University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education, Anand Marri is stepping down. In a daily newsletter to the UR community, a notice about Marri said he will do research ...

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Bergmann’s ongoing plan of strategic, measured growth is continuing with the acquisition of Pennsylvania-based Johnsrud Architects. The addition of Johnsrud means Bergmann will add pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients to its reach. Based in Trevose, Pa., Johnsrud provides specialized expertise in ...

Mirror Show Management has enhanced its services and expanded its client base with the acquisition of a Pennsylvania-based firm, Creative Display Solutions. Maureen Borzacchiello, who founded Creative Display Solutions in 2001, will join Mirror Show Management as director of global ...

Grant applications will be accepted starting Tuesday for Five Star Bank’s new Progress in Action initiative that will help low-income families in economically vulnerable neighborhoods — one block at a time. Five Star Bank announced formation of the program in May ...