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The University of Rochester has been awarded $2 million in federal funding through the National Science Foundation for photonics research.

Wegmans School of Pharmacy at St. John Fisher College has received accreditation for eight years from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, the national agency for the accreditation of professional degree programs in pharmacy.

Bottled water was delivered to summer programs at four city schools Tuesday after elevated levels of lead were discovered in the water coming from some sinks and fountains in the schools.

Roberts Wesleyan College is slated to offer a new bachelor of science degree program in exercise science beginning this fall.

The University of Rochester Medical Center has been tapped as one of eight academic medical centers to lead a four-year, nationwide effort to improve residency training for doctors, URMC officials said this week.

The University of Rochester announced Monday the appointment of a new dean of graduate studies in Arts, Sciences and Engineering.

The largest public school solar project in the state is complete in Avon, state officials announced Thursday.

Dixon Schwabl Inc., SWBR Architects & Engineers P.C. and Broccolo Tree and Lawn Care Inc. have teamed up with the American Heart Association of Rochester to support East High School in the creation of a teaching garden. The initiative is ...

The Rochester Downtown Development Corp. has a new board leader. Deborah Stendardi, vice president of government and community relations at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been elected the RDDC’s chairwoman for 2016-17. She succeeds David Beinetti, president and principal of ...

A second struggling Rochester school may get a boost from a special partnership, this time with SUNY College at Geneseo.

Two area colleges have been named a 2016 Great College to Work For by the Chronicle for Higher Education. Roberts Wesleyan College and St. John Fisher College are on the list of 93 colleges to be recognized.

Vertus High School, a year-round charter boys’ high school, opens its new building to the public on Saturday.

The next superintendent in the Rochester City School District will not come wearing a cape, Van White says. The president of the city school board said the new superintendent, expected to join the district within the next two weeks, will ...

A delegation from Rochester Institute of Technology is headed to Silicon Valley next week to talk strategy with powerhouse technology companies such as Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Google, Oracle Corp. and IBM Corp. The 90-member RIT team led by President ...

Monroe Community College announced a new scholarship fund Wednesday established through a $100,000 donation by the Lewis Tree Service.