The year was 1995. Gas cost a tad more than a buck a gallon. “Toy Story” made a boffo cinematic debut. Bill Clinton occupied the White House. A bomb set off by suburban Buffalo native Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people ...

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A philosophy professor from Syracuse University will deliver a talk on “The Other America” at Nazareth College for its annual commemoration of Martin Luther King Day. The talk by Laurence Thomas is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. ...

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  Rochester businessman Edward Pettinella has endowed a second professorship at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management, where he earned a graduate degree in 1976. Pettinella, the former president, CEO and director of Home Properties, gave $2 million to SU to ...

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Several local and regional colleges have made the Kiplinger’s list of 2018 Best College Values. University of Rochester ranked the highest of local schools, at 30th out of 100 private schools and 94th out of 300 schools overall. Among public ...

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The business schools of two local universities – and three others in Central and Western New York – have made the Bloomberg Businessweek list of the best business schools in the country. The list of the top 85 programs offering ...

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