An online petition is urging officials at the University of Rochester to name the university as a sanctuary campus. More than 160 other colleges and universities are being asked to make such declarations following the election of Donald Trump, who made deportation of illegal aliens a centerpiece of his campaign. A sanctuary campus would refuse […]
University of Rochester football team quarterback and two of his friends are being honored by New York State Police today for their actions in taking down a purse snatcher in Lockport. Dan Bronson, his girlfriend, and his girlfriend’s brother and her father were in the parking lot of a Lockport restaurant November 5th when Bronson saw […]
Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery has received a major gift from the Feinbloom family for the expansion, renovation and perpetual support of its Grand Gallery. Museum Director Jonathan Binstock says it’s a $3.5 million gift; the largest single donation the museum has received in its 104 years. The announcement was made following a celebration for the […]