Rochester Business Journal Leading source of business news and information in Rochester, N.Y.

Andrew Knoblauch has been a social media maven since his first job at 16 at New York Kitchen, formerly known as the New York Wine and Culinary Center. He was working at the front desk and, being the youngest employee, ...

One local women’s professional development group is taking a deep dive into its offerings and adjusting its emphasis to include a renewed focus on diversity and inclusion, beginning with a Jan. 29 program on intersectionality. Rochester Women’s Network—which as one ...

The New York State Society for Human Resource Management (NYS-SHRM) has announced the winners of its 2020 Best Companies to Work for in New York state awards. The 75 companies honored on the 13th annual list are split into three ...

Foreclosure activity in the Rochester metro area in 2019 fell to the lowest levels since at least 2006, the first year for which ATTOM Data Solutions has statistics for default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions. There were 1,881 housing ...

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 ...

Tagged with: commencement speaker Jody Olsen Josephine Olsen. David Munson Peace Corps Rochester Institute of Technology

More than five dozen businesses, community colleges and organizations will share $3.4 million in funding for workforce development this year as part of the state’s historic $175 million Workforce Development Initiative. Funding is provided by the state Department of Labor, ...

Tagged with: department of labor NYSERDA SUNY workforce development

The University of Rochester has hired a new dean of admissions, financial aid and enrollment management. Robert Alexander, vice president for enrollment and communications at Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., will start his new role in Rochester June 1. “Rob ...

Tagged with: Donald Hall enrollment Robert Alexander university of rochester

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 ...

Tagged with: center for the study of national reconnaissance csnr gambit hillary olson rmsc rochester museum and science center

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 ...

Tagged with: Julie Camardo united way Zweigle's

Rochester-based CPL has continued its expansion and rapid growth with the acquisition of Sammel Architecture PLLC in the Westchester County town of Somers. Sammel Architecture was founded in 1998 and has served clients primarily in the K12 market. The acquisition ...

Earlier in his career in banking, John McKenna was living the life. Following five years with Citibank in Rochester, he became an investment banker with what’s now known as JP Morgan Chase and worked at the largest bank in the ...

Tagged with: Bank One Citibank Jim Fulmer John McKenna JP Morgan Chase Livingston Associates Scott Ingalls Tompkins Bank of Castile

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 ...

Tagged with: agriculture Becker Forum Farmworkers labor laws NYS Vegetable Growers Association

When it comes to clients, Dixon Schwabl is able to react to wants and needs in a moment’s notice. Being nimble in an ever-changing world of technology and consumer habits is critical to success, both for the client and the ...

The nine nominees for the new Police Accountability Board (PAB) were announced Wednesday. The PAB was created by a unanimous vote of the Rochester Council in May and affirmed in a public through the referendum in November. The Council sought ...

Tagged with: Police Accountability Boar

In a landmark decision on Friday, U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan of the Southern District of New York ruled that New York’s refusal to include inactive voters on poll ledgers used in polling places on Election Day violates the ...

Tagged with: common cause election latinojustice lawyers' committee voter voter registration