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Liberty has embarked on an intentional, comprehensive, university-wide effort to ensure that all areas of the institution are well-equipped to take Liberty into the future while holding fast to its...

Liberty University officials insisted Tuesday that the findings of a leaked preliminary report from the U.S. Department of Education citing a raft of violations of the Clery Act contains “significant errors, misstatements, and unsupported conclusions.”

Liberty University officials insisted Tuesday that the findings of a leaked preliminary report from the U.S. Department of Education citing a raft of violations of the Clery Act contains “significant errors, misstatements, and unsupported conclusions.”

Since 1971, Liberty University’s mission has remained unchanged: Training Champions for Christ. Over 285,000 alumni are influencing the world in their respective fields, making an impact for Christ in their workplaces and communities. This fall, Liberty has embarked on an...

Throughout the year, the arts did its best to dance beyond the reach of COVID.

The Rochester arts scene did its best to dance beyond the reach of COVID in 2021.

Only days before he succumbed to leukemia, John Borek was extolling the horridness of certain scenes of the film "Tommy" with his physician. "Theres this scene in the movie, if you Google YouTube plus Ann-Margret plus Tommy plus beans and chocolate," Mr. Borek said. "I think I get it," his doctor at Strong Memorial Hospital answered. "It was that bad." "Worse," Mr. Borek said, as he recounted in his online CaringBridge.org journal. Then he added in his journal, "I love my doctors." Two days la...

John Borek One of the final acts of John Borek, one of many acts of his life, was to send 5-foot-tall cardboard cutouts of chocolate rabbits to friends in celebration of Easter, one of his favorite holidays. Borek, a man of many hats known for his zany theatrics and serious commitment to the Rochester arts and cultural scene, died Saturday. He was 71 and had been ill with leukemia. He was many things to many people in the city. There were his 15 years as a legislative aide to former C...