Finding the plastics that are in the environment doesn’t sound like huge initiative. Yet, the presence of plastics in the community is alarming. Parverio harnesses a revolutionary technology that allows for microplastic detection at a cost, rate and resolution that has never before been possible. The smallest — and potentially the most harmful — microplastics […]
Two grants totaling $391,000 were received by Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to study forests. The grants will improve how waveform LiDAR (light detection and ranging) offers a better 3D imagery of forests. Awards were granted by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and NASA. With this initiative, RIT will use waveform LiDAR to create a more […]
A new effort has launched to help innovators build climate technology. This initiative will help businesses quickly grow technologies that lower greenhouse gases and improve the state as a hub for climate solutions. Titled “For ClimateTech,” the effort will recruit globally and be administered by local non-profit NextCorps and the innovation company, SecondMuse. Two programs […]
On December 9 online, for the first time, the Upstate Capital Association of New York is hosting the Venture NY Series A Showcase in partnership with 43North, GENIUS NY, 76West, Grow-NY and Luminate. Featuring some of the fastest-growing startups from across New York, this event includes investor pitches and opportunities for group and one-to-one networking. […]
Researching ways to create high-efficiency, low-cost solar cells is the goal of Rochester Institute of Technology professor Seth Hubbard. The grant Hubbard recently received is to lower the cost for solar cells. His research takes the substrates solar cells are grown on and makes them reusable. If the cost for producing efficient solar cells can […]
Two area technology firms are among the six companies who won top prizes in the recent FuzeHub Commercialization Competition. Each of the companies was awarded $50,000 in funding after convincing a three-judge panel that innovations they created were worthy of investment. The funds were awarded to the companies from the Jeff Lawrence Manufacturing Innovation Fund. […]
Leep Foods, a Rochester-based grower of premium organic mushrooms, won third place and a $250,000 prize in the 2020 Grow-NY food and agriculture competition. The company beat out 260 applicants from 27 countries and 26 states within the United States. “This award is great recognition for what we have accomplished and our plans for the […]
The University of Rochester’s Simon Business School ranked among the top 15 graduate schools for entrepreneurship studies, according to the Princeton Review. Based on data the education services company collected from its summer 2020 survey of more than 300 schools with offerings in entrepreneurship studies, the Princeton Review’s ranking lists for 2021 name 50 undergraduate […]
Amazon plans to locate a distribution center on Lexington Avenue in the town of Greece. The project, estimated at more than $50 million, is expected to generate 50 full-time and 50 part-time jobs. Roughly 400 construction jobs will be created. The site is owned by Acquest Development, which will lease the 180,000 square-foot facility to […]
Later this year, Rochester Institute of Technology’s Venture Creations business incubator will relocate from its John Street headquarters in Henrietta to 40 Franklin Street. The move will result in the incubators’ client companies becoming a part of Rochester’s Downtown Innovation Zone and completion is expected in December. Space will be established to create positive member […]