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The University of Rochester’s College in Arts, Sciences and Engineering has a new dean, Jeffrey Runner, officials said. The post is a five-year term that is effective July 1, depending on the final approval of the board of trustees, the ...

In today’s fast-evolving business environment, executives and employees alike often find themselves taking on different responsibilities than what the position initially required. Chief financial officers in particular often find their talents called on in a variety of business assessments. “There’s ...

Regarding the section in the May 19 issue on Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection, I would like to share some additional information about HWSC’s formation. The Monroe County Department of Social Services had been one of the early funders of the Wegmans ...

St. John Fisher College is partnering with eight community colleges across the state to offer students new opportunities in the Wegmans School of Pharmacy, officials announced Wednesday. The collaboration offers two qualified students from each school guaranteed acceptance into the ...

Throwing a couple of gutter balls while bowling, though a bit embarrassing, likely would garner more laughs than scowls. But a couple of slices or duffs on the golf course? Not so much. An untrained bowler probably does not annoy ...

Some 100 area high school students took a step toward becoming future business leaders as part of a competition in which they created an online tech company and competed against their peers. The eighth annual Junior Achievement Titan of Business ...

Rochester Institute of Technology and the Seneca Park Zoo Society have formally recognized their partnership in an agreement that will allow students and faculty to support the society’s initiatives, officials announced Wednesday. “This gives us the opportunity to work with ...

SUNY College at Geneseo will play host to more than 700 high school guidance counselors and college admissions professionals for the New York State Association for College Admission Counseling conference next month. The conference is slated to be held June ...

Illinois-based Family Video Movie Club Inc. will give away over a million movie and game rentals in July for students who receive an “A” or equivalent mark in a core subject on their annual report card, the company said. Students ...

The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute has named 10 statewide recipients—including one Rochester organization—of its 2017-2018 Community Grants Program. P2I will provide some $200,000 for local environmental initiatives, officials said. The institute is sponsored by the state Department of ...

Unified Champion Schools will receive $200,000 in appropriated New York State funding to expand the program into more districts. Through a partnership with Special Olympics New York and the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, Unified Champion Schools ...

Just 30 Rochester students were on the rolls of the Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection when the program started three decades ago. Today, thousands of students, some of whom will graduate from high schools hundreds of miles away, benefit from the program. ...

Valder Ludgood is the first to say she did not have a stellar freshman year of high school. The Greece Arcadia student faced academic and social challenges throughout the year, which marks a transition from middle school to high school. ...

Rochester is one of the poorest cities in the country with the worst school district in the state, said Dennis Richardson, president and CEO of Hillside Family of Agencies. Like other cities, it has struggled to end a dropout problem ...

Susan Barnes knows how to crunch numbers, but that is far from her only task as chief financial officer at the Center for Governmental Research Inc. Besides poring over the books, she weighs in on strategy, prepares projections and handles ...