Brandon Hudson, CEO of Connexus, has been selected as the first student for the Gap Year Entrepreneurship Fellows Program at Rochester Institute of Technology. The fellowship is part of a…
Twenty-two communities in the Finger Lakes region have earned the state’s Clean Energy Community designation. The city of Rochester and several area towns and villages are on the list. In…
Area colleges and universities were ranked among top institutions in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings. The report is based on information from more…
The Entrepreneurs Network is launching the first women business accelerator in Upstate New York. TEN is seeking female entrepreneurs focused on driving profitable growth and scaling existing companies in the region. The…
Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Art and Design is moving its gallery space to the Sibley building in downtown Rochester. The new RIT City Art Space, opening in the fall, will…
Neuroscientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have a powerful new state-of-the-art tool at their disposal to study diseases like autism, Alzheimer’s, and traumatic brain injury. The Mobile Brain/Body…
Eight companies with links to Rochester are among Upstate Venture Connect’s 2018 nominees for Deal of the Year, an award that recognizes firms whose exits impacted their founds and the…
Rochester Institute of Technology’s sponsored research portfolio reached $78 million in funding in fiscal year 2018, with 340 new awards and a record 333 principal investigators associated with active research…
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Alex Zapesochny, lawyer, entrepreneur, investor (RBJ Bizcast)
Schutt’s Apple Mill celebrates 100th anniversary, unveils expansion (Democrat and Chronicle)
Competition supports student community outreach (University of Rochester)
Unshackle Upstate chooses new leader (RBJ)
YEA! seeks young entrepreneurs to start own businesses (RBJ)
Warren seeks sale, lease of East End, Mortimer, Crossroads parking garages (Democrat and Chronicle)
Young entrepreneurs have big plans for growth (RBJ)
Words from Wallis Hall: Our entrepreneurial mission (University of Rochester)
Former COO buys Morgan Management (RBJ)
Constellation ups its investment in a Canadian cannabis company (WXXI)
Jim Senall on Rochester’s tech scene (RBJ Bizcast)
Kodak plans to shed jobs across U.S. and sell its packaging division (Democrat and Chronicle)
Airport renovations on track to be complete by October (WHEC)
Women’s celebration coming to Rochester (RBJ)
Thirteen projects unveiled for ROC the Riverway initiative (ny.gov)
New York launches initiatives to support state grown and certified farmers and businesses (ny.gov)
Brand Networks reaffirms commitment to Rochester with move downtown (RBJ)
Valeant changes name to Bausch Health (RBJ)
City seeks proposals for public skatepark (RBJ)
Work begins on $53M housing project at Eastman Business Park (Democrat and Chronicle)
Brand Integrity sold to U.K. firm (RBJ)
First brewery in Bushnell’s Basin set to open (Democrat and Chronicle)
RIT fundraising campaign seeks $1 billion (RIT)
REMADE Institute selects 17 projects for manufacturing partnership (RBJ)
American Packaging operations underway at new Chili site (RBJ)
$57.7 Million for 136 Rural Public Transportation Projects Across Upstate New York (New York State)
Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival kicks off (Rochester First)
New legislation would create jobs, revive manufacturing communities (WXXI)
City eyes $8M river terrace opening new views of old subway bed (Democrat and Chronicle)
SBIR road tour brings vital resources to NextCorps (RBJ)
Fuji sues Xerox for more than $1 billion after merger was canceled (WXXI)
State invites RFPs for correctional facility in Wayne County (Empire State Development)
Genesee celebrates “new” brewery (WXXI)
Partners + Napier moving to The Metropolitan (Democrat and Chronicle)
IKEA plans for Henrietta may be on hold; company says it’s premature to speculate (WXXI)
Schumer, Gillibrand include UR laser lab in funding bill (RBJ)
Rich Notargiacomo: Venture Creations (RBJ)
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