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NASA has taken the input of a local college teacher concerning a trip to Mars. Nicholas Warner, associate professor in geology at the SUNY College at Geneseo, joined planetary geologists in California to present evidence about eight sites NASA is considering for landing the next Mars rover mission.

Leaders in business and education from across the region will gather at Monroe Community College on Feb. 16 to share ideas for engaging students in careers in science, technology, art, engineering and mathematics.

Three faculty members at Rochester Institute of Technology have been named international education chairs for the Saunders College of Business.

The University of Rochester Medical Center produced a TV ad to debut during the Super Bowl LI on Sunday between the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots.

Charitable foundations, including those affiliated with colleges and universities, could face major expenses because of a set of new state regulations around cybersecurity aimed at banks, insurers and the financial services sector. The state Department of Financial Services proposed these ...

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Image Permanence Institute has been awarded a two-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Preservation and Access Education and Training program.

Rochester Institute of Technology has teamed up with Vellore Institute of Technology to create a joint center in Vijayawada at VIT’s extension campus. Vijayawada is in the capital of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Simon Business School at the University of Rochester is ranked again among the best business schools in the world in a new survey published by the Financial Times of London.

Rochester Institute of Technology’s scholarly publishing arm has landed the university in a copyright kerfuffle over rights to film and drama critic Stanley Kauffmann’s essays.

Colleges and universities in the Rochester area are closely monitoring the developments regarding immigration.

 The governor's plan raises two fundamental questions.

Most respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll give a thumbs down to the first "signature proposal" of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2017 agenda.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges are a significant economic driver, with a total economic impact of more than $269 million, an increase of $25 million since 2013, a recent analysis by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities shows. The ...

David Munson Jr., named successor to Rochester Institute of Technology president William Destler, sees opportunity at the intersection of technology and the arts. Besides a long and distinguished career in academia, Rochester Institute of Technology’s new president David Munson Jr. ...

Jennifer Allison, the new owner of Rochester Research Associates LLC, made important business contacts. Clyde Williams, president and owner of Home Guard Environmental Services Inc., learned how a general contractor reviews bids submitted by subcontractors like himself. Both hope those ...