A Rochester Institute of Technology researcher is taking solar sailing to the next level with advanced photonic materials. Metamaterials—a new class of manmade structures with unconventional properties—could represent the next…
I moved to Rochester in 1995, making myself a “transplant.” The pride for my beloved, adopted home comes from the same wellspring I see present in other transplants. We are…
The Strong Museum of Play will receive $20 million in state funds to support its $60 million expansion project. Funding for the project is provided through a a Finger Lakes…
A Rochester Institute of Technology-led consortium has won a $19.5 million, five-year award from the New York State Department of Environmental Conversation to operate the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute. The win allows RIT…
The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Fest has become a local treasure. I have lived in the midst of the festival for 14 years, only a block from the Big Tent.…
Entrepreneur Bal Dixit has gifted $2 million for a new lab at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability to enable innovative research and testing on fire-resistant materials and systems.…
The inaugural cohort of the Luminate NY accelerator will participate in a Demo Day event in the Big Tent of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. All 10 finalist companies…
Recognizing the co-existence of a healthy creative class with a vibrant entrepreneurial environment, RocGrowth Candids is launching a series that will feature Innovation in the Arts. The series will focus…
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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)
Wegmans gets ready to open store 97 in Chantilly, Va. (RBJ)
New housing opens at Sibley Square in downtown Rochester (13 WHAM)
Gov. Cuomo announces $3 million to support New York State’s workforce needs (New York State)
J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge brings thousands downtown (WXXI)
Golisano bought out former Greenlight investors, envisions faster growth (RBJ)
LaBella acquires Buffalo-based BHNT Architects (RBJ)
Sen. Gillibrand working to get more businesses transitioning to employee owned (WXXI)
Rochester photonics project $3.2M under budget (Democrat and Chronicle)
Lawsuits filed over Whole Foods project in Brighton (WXXI)
Students to take part in Young Entrepreneurs Academy competition (WHEC)
Rochester awarded city parks grant (WHEC)
CoverWallet to open in Brighton, creating 100 jobs (RBJ)
Amazon hiring for positions in Henrietta delivery station (WHEC)
Major shakeup at Xerox: CEO Jacobson and six board members to resign (WXXI)
Golisano a supercharge for Greenlight (Democrat and Chronicle)
Two-story Wegmans set to open Sunday in Mass. (RochesterFirst)
Rochester gains private sector jobs (RBJ)
ROC Airport Renovation Project continues (WXXI)
Company owned by Tom Golisano proposes acquiring Greenlight Networks (WXXI)
Hot new spots for cool events: Barns, lofts, lodges (Democrat and Chronicle)
Like the Tour de France, only in kayaks – an Erie Canal proposal (Democrat and Chronicle)
Vuzix files $80 million lawsuit (RBJ)
LiDestri suing 7-Eleven for $3 million (RBJ)
ROC the Riverway looking for a few good ideas (WXXI)
Now closed, Biaggi’s was part of Eastview Mall’s $25 million expansion (Democrat and Chronicle)
Amazon is coming to Henrietta, but it’s not HQ2 (Democrat and Chronicle)
Klein elevated to president of ConServe (RBJ)
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