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Starting in the fall, Roberts Wesleyan College will guarantee students can complete a bachelor’s degree in four years – an accomplishment that more than half of college students fail to do – or additional courses to finish the degree will be free. The program is called the Four-Year Promise. Roberts also announced its Roberts Opportunity Grant program, providing up to $8,000 a year to the 20 percent of students who don’t receive academic-based aid. “We wholeheartedly believe students are worth investing in,” said Deana L. Porterfield, president of Roberts Wesleyan College in North Chili.

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An urban education center at the University of Rochester has published new research on the restorative justice model of conflict resolution using experiences from three schools – including two in Rochester – in hopes that schools around the country might ...

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The business school at Clarkson University in Potsdam has been renamed in honor of Victor entrepreneur David D. Reh, former president and owner of Gorbel, a manufacturer of industrial work-station cranes, and of Retrotech, a manufacturer of automated warehouse retrieval ...

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Venture Creations, the high-tech incubator at the Rochester Institute of Technology, has won a four-year contract worth $1.8 million from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The money is earmarked for fledgling clean-energy companies; Venture Creations has ...

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When David Munson Jr. tells you that engineers are disproportionately represented in marching bands and glee clubs, it’s just as much an insight into his personal history as it is about the multi-talented students he’s serving as the new president ...

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The University of Rochester is inviting a dozen students from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin islands to temporarily continue their studies for free in Rochester while their colleges and universities are recovering from hurricane damage. Widespread power outages and ...

The Strong is taking play one step further as it boosts science, technology, engineering and math skills in a series of new workshops. The new STEM-inspired Are You a Maker? workshop series encourages participants to go hands-on with everyday materials—such ...

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A representative of the Israeli technical institute partnering with Cornell University on a graduate school in New York City for high-tech studies will make a presentation in Rochester Nov. 15. Tova Kantrowitz, American Technion Society senior advisor for strategic partnerships ...

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Monroe Community College’s new downtown campus has earned the LEED Gold Certification from the US Green Building Council for sustainability. The building’s features include a “green” roof, double-paned windows, and 15 percent of new materials from recycled sources. Energy-efficiency measures ...

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A farm’s first step into agritourism may be as simple as allowing people to watch the farmer work. “People will pay money to watch you milk your cow. No joke,” said Sophie Winter, assistant professor at agricultural business at the ...

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A couple of SUNY Geneseo alumni have donated $500,000 to the state college, designating money for business school scholarships, athletics and a career development program. The gift comes from Kevin and Nancy Gavagan of Pittsford, who graduated in 1975 and ...

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RIT is for hacks. Not the washed up-type, but the clever solutions type. Two events at the university this coming weekend and next are aimed at encouraging young people — from middle-school to college age — to develop and hone skills in ...

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As a sales representative for artificial knee joints, Robert Turbett spent more than 20 years observing operations. He couldn’t help noticing the lengthy and cumbersome preparations surgical staff made unwrapping trays of sterilized instruments. The procedure could involve three people ...

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The New York State Education Department has released the 2016-17 Math and English Language Arts (ELA) test results—and let’s not mince words. The Rochester City School District is failing its students. No, these schools aren’t “struggling.” They are failing—year after ...

Roberts Wesleyan College will introduce a new master’s program in the School of Nursing in the Spring 2018 semester. The new program will be in nursing informatics, and it will help prepare nursing students for careers in nursing informatics, clinical ...