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The Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at the University of Rochester soon will have its first female leader.

(Photo by Kimberly McKinzie)   Since the end of federal stimulus funding, the University of Rochester has been seeing growth in sponsored research dollars, which totaled $380.9 million in the most recent fiscal year. That is up more than 8 ...

Aspiring student entrepreneurs at the University of Rochester presented their business models to a panel of judges during the 10th annual Mark Ain Business Model Competition on Wednesday.

William Destler, the president of Rochester Institute of Technology, announced his retirement Monday. Destler has served as RIT’s ninth president since July 1, 2007.

A new leader is being announced today for the School of Business Administration and Economics at SUNY College at Brockport. Joyendu Bhadury takes his post as dean effective Aug. 1. He replaces Susan Stites-Doe, who has been serving as interim ...

The subject has been selected for Rochester Institute of Technology’s next Big Shot. Kodak Tower, home of the Eastman Kodak Co., will be the focus of the 32nd community photography project, RIT officials said Friday. The photo is slated to be taken soon after sunset on Sept. 18.

Rochester will play host to the New York State Boys Lacrosse Championship for the next three years.

A woman whose voice is heard around the world from the Metropolitan Opera will be the speaker at the Eastman School of Music’s commencement ceremony.

Mary Pittman, CEO and president of the Public Health Institute, will discuss health care inequities among the vulnerable during a public appearance at Rochester Institute of Technology Friday.

Heidi Macpherson is being inaugurated today as the seventh president of the SUNY College at Brockport, a post she took up as its first female president last July. She and her team are taking only a brief pause from the ...

Monroe Community College president Anne Kress has been tapped to serve as the academic co-chairman of the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council.

A new hub for urban entrepreneurial programs and research opened downtown Monday.

Federal funding for the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics in fiscal 2017 is moving forward, with $68 million for the lab included in the House of Representatives’ House Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill.

St. John Fisher College on Tuesday announced the appointment of a new provost.

The longest-running regional conference dedicated to the advancement of technical communication opened Sunday and runs through Tuesday at Rochester Institute of Technology.