Say what? – Health-care expert Rene Reixach
Tim Louis Macaluso
I was born and raised in the Rochester area, but I lived in California and Florida before returning home about 12 years ago. I'm a vegetarian and live with my husband and our three pugs. I cover education, health care, and local politics for City.
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What it feels like on the picket line
At the University of Rochester this past weekend, the atmosphere was festive, as the UR inaugurated its new president, Joel Seligman. But some University employees didn’t have their minds on celebration; contract negotiations between management and two unions, SEIU Local 1199 and 200 United, have stalled, and several hundred union members were picketing. The unions […]
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Suspense
It’s so gray, it’s hard to tell it’s 10 in the morning. And we’re surrounded by mist, as if a micro-sprinkler in the vegetable aisle were hanging overhead. In the trailer on Exchange Street, we gear up in hard hats, safety glasses, and bright orange vests before heading over to the barges parked on the […]
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The Seligman plan: moving from ‘good’ to ‘great’
The future of Rochester’s economy will be increasingly linked to health care and education, says Joel Seligman, the University of Rochester’s new president. And his goal — to take the university from being a “good institution” to being one of the most prominent educational centers in the country — could impact the region’s economy. “I […]
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Hallowed Ground
7 p.m Wednesday, March 30, 2005: 17-year-old DeMario Moore, walking home in the northwest section of the city after playing basketball, stops to talk to a girl he knows from school. They don’t talk long, but when Moore walks away, he is shot in the back by the girl’s boyfriend. Moore is dead before the […]
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How it feels up in the air
He has a fear of heights, but that has never interfered with his job. Bill Saunders has been a service technician with Frontier Communications for the last 18 years. If you’re having problems with your telephone service, he could be the guy who comes knocking on your front door or hoisting a ladder over your […]
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‘Arms’ for the schools
Improving Student Performance: Can We Get Our Arms Around It
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Say What? 9.7.05
Despite the almost insatiable demand for graduates from brand-name engineering and business schools, small liberal arts colleges are more relevant than ever. That’s the message from the new president of one of those schools, Rochester’s Nazareth College. “A good liberal arts education gives students the ability to look at a problem from multiple perspectives,” says […]
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Present tense
Being a shy person in a customer service field is just one of the strange contradictions involving Andrea Di Projetto’s job
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How it feels to get shot
Like many US cities, a steady appetite for gun violence has gripped Rochester for decades. Getting shot and living to tell about it puts people in a certain kind of club. At first, City Councilman Adam McFadden did not want to be identified in this story of what it feels like to be a victim […]
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The mayor and the schools: who’s in charge?
Elections are about the future, and the Rochester school district may be a mirror of the city today, and what it could become. Shrinking enrollment — shrinking job market. Low test scores — low-paying jobs. High dropout rate — high crime rate. It’s not just Rochester. All across the country, cities with large urban school […]
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Downsized: how it feels
As JoAnn James-Scott opens her front door, I can see her smiling through the screen. She calls it her Kool-Aid smile. She’s lived in the 19th Ward all her life. Her home is modest, and its goldenrod base with burgundy trim looks freshly painted. She asks if I’d mind taking off my shoes. We sit […]
