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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 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.

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 ...

The Rochester Schools Modernization Program is a four-phase project currently in Phase 2. Phase 1 involved work at 11 schools with the state Assembly authorizing spending of $325 million. Phase 2 covers 13 schools with authorized spending of $435 million. ...

Men who are short on time can get quite a healthy hit from a workout of as little as 30 minutes. “You can absolutely make strides or accomplishments in that amount of time,” says certified athletic trainer Cameron Apt of ...

 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.

In a move to cut costs as it highlights its Rochester presence, leaders of SUNY College at Brockport announced Tuesday plans to consolidate city locations at its Rochester Educational Opportunity Center.

Rochester Institute of Technology has named David Munson Jr. as the university’s 10th president, officials announced Wednesday morning. Munson succeeds William Destler, who has held the post for the past decade. Destler plans to retire on June 30. Munson is slated to start as president July 1.