Rochester Symphony Orchestra announces Young Artist Competition winner
The Rochester Symphony Orchestra (RSO) is proud to announce that Violinist Madeline Cha is the recipient of the 2021 Young Artist Competition award. In addition to this award, Cha has won many others: in 2018, she received an honorable mention in the Walgreens National Concerto Competition, in 2019 Cha was the category winner of the […]
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Student Leaders Honored with Keeper of the Dream Awards
nine women head shots in a gallery view Rochester resident Rachel Jackson has been selected as one of nine recipients of Oakland University’s Keeper of the Dream Award for 2021 in recognition of her efforts to break down stereotypes and promote racial and cultural understanding. Established in 1993, Keeper of the Dream provides annual scholarships of up to $5,000 for students who have […]
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Oakland University Leads Study that Fills Key Gap on the Map of Human Genetic Diversity
A man stands in a lab with a world map in the background Published in the Journal Gigascience, the Study Contributes to an International Effort to Map Human Genetic Variation around the Globe Led by a group of Oakland University (OU) researchers, the largest study of genetic diversity in Ukraine has been published in the open science journal GigaScience. The study provides data on genetic variants associated with […]
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Be My Valentine with a Library Raffle Ticket
Looking for a Lovely Valentine’s Gift? Give a Friends of the Library’s 60-40 Raffle Ticket to your Valentine. Tickets Now Available Online and via the Phone. Buy your beloved a ticket for The Friends of the Rochester Hills Public Library’s first-ever high-stakes 60-40 raffle available to everyone. The raffle proceeds will hopefully help make up […]
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Dear Crabby, Is 2021 the Year We Finally Get a New Face on the $20 Bill?
Dear Crabby sits in front of a laptop computerDear Crabby, Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t the $20 bill supposed to get a facelift at some point? Thanks,Phil Plastic Dear Phil Plastic, Join me in my time machine as we travel all the way back to 2016. A time of innocence, where Corona was still a beer and not a virus. That’s […]
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Successful Aging through Financial Empowerment
The Older Persons’ Commission (OPC) presents Successful Aging through Financial Empowerment (SAFE), a free virtual program, to the public on Wednesday, February 17, at 10:00 a.m. The Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University SAFE Program Director LaToya Hall talks about financial scams and identity theft. Learn how to protect yourself, report a possible problem […]
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