Beth Adams

When U.S. News and World Report publishes its annual college rankings, it is one of the publication's most widely read issues, but a local college president says such lists are meaningless.

Rochester City Council Tuesday night gave its approval to a new pilot program that will allow food truck vendors to set up shop at three downtown sites starting in June.

The 8-1 vote gives the green light to vendors to sell food from their trucks on State, Broad and Andrews Streets.  The program will continue through the end of the year.  Truck owners will pay a fee of $750.

The University of Rochester has been named a Center for AIDS Research by the National Institutes of Health.   The designation will bring $7.5 million more in funding to local HIV/AIDS research into the prevention, detection and treatment of the disease.  

Dr. Stephen Dewhurst, Vice Dean for Research at the University of Rochester's School of Medicine and Dentistry,  spoke with us on Morning Edition today about what the designation means for the University of Rochester and what types of studies researchers will be focusing on.   

The Finger Lakes are in the national spotlight--they’ve made it to Yahoo’s online list of 10 lakeside vacation spots that "have it all." 

The Yahoo! Travel entry on the 11 lakes promotes the wineries, the Corning Glass Museum, Watkins Glen State Park and the village of Skaneateles. The Finger Lakes join global luminaries like Italy’s Lake Como, Switzerland’s Lake Geneva and Canada’s Lake Louise. 

Unskilled workers in the Greater Rochester area have seen a slight increase in pay in the past year.  More than 200 member companies of the Rochester Business Alliance responded to an annual wage survey, showing the average starting pay for unskilled workers rose to $10.59 an hour, compared to $10.24 in 2012. 

A new government report shows the suicide rate among middle-aged New Yorkers shot up 42% in a decade, far outpacing the 28% increase seen among peers nationwide.

The report was released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It looked at rates of suicide among 35 to 64-year-olds from 1999 to 2010.  

Dr. Eric Caine is chair of the Psychiatry Department at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He further discusses the CDC's latest findings with WXXI's Beth Adams.

Seniors at the University of Rochester's Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have teamed up with local companies to solve real world engineering problems in the fields of medicine, alternative energy, optics and communications. 

Seniors at the University of Rochester's Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have spent much of the school year in problem solving mode. 

Students have partnered with local companies to solve real world engineering problems in the fields of medicine, alternative energy, optics and communications.

Wayne Knox is Associate Dean of Education and New Initiatives, he describes the students' innovations that are currently on display as part of the Hajim School Design Day.

Eastman Kodak, once the dominant force in the film business, will follow a new path after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to an industry analyst.  

Can injuries sustained in war - traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -increase the likelihood of Alzheimer's Disease?  That is the central question of study being launched at the University of Rochester Medical Center.