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Rochester Institute of Technology is bringing the creator the syndicated cartoon “Rubes” to campus for a week as part of its efforts to bring more creativity and innovation to its instruction. Leigh Rubin, creator of “Rubes,” will be the first ...

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One of the quirks of Rochester’s banking community is that one of the largest financial institutions in the region is not listed on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) summary of deposits reports. ESL, as a federal credit union, currently ...

Seneca Falls’ National Women’s Hall of Fame has been named a finalist in the annual Partners in Preservation: Main Streets grant program. The $2 million grant program is sponsored by American Express, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Main Street ...

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The Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester has engaged a long-time business strategist to lead the organization through its $17 million expansion. Josh Weinstein will join the nonprofit on Nov. 1 as CEO, succeeding Arnie Sohinki, who ...

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Uber Technologies Inc. has been ordered to pay a record $148 million penalty for its 2016 data breach. New York State’s portion amounts to more than $5 million. Uber settled allegations that it intentionally concealed a data breach in violation ...

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  Daniel Cross’ first summer job wasn’t a lot of fun. It involved moving irrigation pipes from one location to another in the East Anglia region of England. But when a supervisor at G’s Fresh asked him to tackle a ...

Step into City Council chambers during any meeting in the past year and the letters “PAB” will become all too familiar, so much so that August’s monthly meeting was called to an early adjournment as activists chanted “PAB now” during ...

In Valerie O’Hara’s office, amid dozens of drawings and paintings, scribbled notes and overflowing file folders is her first watercolor painting, a lovely still life of pastel tulips neatly arranged in a glass vase. It belongs framed, on a wall. ...

Digital Rochester announced the 2018 Greater Rochester Excellence and Achievement in Technology (GREAT) Awards on Wednesday at an awards ceremony at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Since 2010, the GREAT Awards have recognized tech businesses, students and ...

A Livingston County manufacturer has closed its doors, affecting dozens of employees. Applied Energy Solutions LLC (AES), a Caledonia manufacturer of forklift battery chargers, this month told its 30 employees they were being laid off. The state Worker Adjustment and ...

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  On the 13th floor of The Metropolitan sits the new state of the art office of Datto, a sprawling, ultra-modern space slick with the sheen of stainless steel and polished wood. On Wednesday, Sept. 26, Gov. Andrew Cuomo arrived ...

New York Secretary of State Rossana Rosado has approved the City of Rochester’s updated Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), enabling the city to advance ROC the Riverway and other waterfront revitalization plans. The LWRP, originally approved in 1990 and last ...

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The State University College at Geneseo has a new dining hall. The college held a grand opening of the 21,000-square-foot Red Jacket Dining Complex during Homecoming festivities last weekend. Visitors got to see a pay-one-price Red Jacket dining hall, as ...

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Everything old is new again. Eastman Kodak Co. and Kodak Alaris are making Kodak Ektachrome film available, following a resurgence in the popularity of analog photography and motion picture film. Kodak Professional Ektachrome Film E100, available through Kodak Alaris, has ...

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Uncertainties remain as New York employers are preparing to comply with the state’s reform of workplace sexual harassment laws adopted earlier this year requiring employers to enact policies and provide employee training to combat workplace harassment and discrimination. Sexual assault ...