Beginning in July this year, University of Rochester Home Care will raise its minimum wage for personal care aides to $15 per hour, the agency said Tuesday. Home health aides will have a starting rate of $15.50 per hour. In ...

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A longtime medical professional has been tapped as the new president and CEO of Dansville’s Noyes Health. Chad Teeters M.D. will take the helm from retiring CEO Amy Pollard, who has led Nicholas Noyes Memorial Hospital and its related health ...

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SunDensity, a Luminate NY cohort, has inked a research agreement with the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics. As part of the one-year agreement, UR will combine its experience, skills and ability in optical sciences with SunDensity’s goal to speed ...

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The University of Rochester this week told faculty and staff that all employees will have full salary reinstatement as of July 1, 2021. “The unprecedented financial challenges the university has faced in the last 11 months necessitated difficult and painful ...

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FuzeHub, a nonprofit organization that provides manufacturers with programs and resources, has awarded eight collaborative projects through the Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund, including two in the Rochester area. The innovation fund, consisting of $1 million annually, supports a set of ...

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Pandemic-related furloughs will begin as early as May 10 for employees at the University of Rochester, including the University of Rochester Medical Center.  In messages sent to the UR and hospital community Wednesday, university leaders said plans are being reviewed ...

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The University of Rochester announced over the weekend that it will hold its 2020 graduation exercises online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The university plans to establish a special website for the commencement exercises that will be available after noon ...

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Normally, April would be the month when high school seniors are making last-minute visits to Rochester-area colleges, trying to decide which school that accepted them they will attend in the fall. Juniors might use their April break to start their ...

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In an announcement to the University of Rochester community Wednesday, President Sarah C. Mangelsdorf and other campus leaders announced the university will freeze hiring and wage increases, give senior administrators a pay cut, and commence on a series of short-term ...

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The University of Rochester will pay $9.4 million in a settlement agreement announced Friday with nine former professors and students who sued the institution in 2017 over its handling of sexual harassment complaints.  The parties released a joint statement, thanking ...

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With the state closing of restaurants and bars Monday, as well as casinos, theaters and gyms, COVID-19-related restrictions grew more onerous for New Yorkers.  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday announced a pact with adjoining states Connecticut and New Jersey ...

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State University of New York colleges and the University of Rochester will close down most in-person classes and teach the rest of the semester online in an effort to reduce the possibility of spreading the COVID-19 virus, it was announced ...

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Two Rochester-area astronomers – one retired, one still active in the field – have been named to the first class of fellows of the American Astronomical Society, a new honor recognizing extraordinary achievement in the field. Joel Kastner, astronomy professor  ...

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Two local colleges have made the annual list of top producers of Fulbright grants – SUNY Geneseo and the University of Rochester. The annual list is broken down in groups of schools designated by their terminal degrees. Hence, UR is ...

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Two things are certain about online education in 2020: the phenomenon will continue to grow in higher education settings, and institutions will continue to deliver it in their own unique ways. If you’ve been on social media in the last ...

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