Joel Seligman, president of the University of Rochester, is among the 50 most highly paid college and university presidents in the United States, according to a survey released by the Chronicle of Higher Education.  The survey covers 2015 and presents ...

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The professors who filed a complaint of sexual harassment and retaliation against the University of Rochester in August have now filed a federal lawsuit pursuing the same claims. The suit, filed Friday, Dec. 8, and the original Equal Employment Opportunity ...

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The Eastman Community School of Music, a pre-school through senior-citizen branch of the Eastman School of Music, is planning a $2.8 million renovation. The project will overhaul Messinger Hall, at 10 Gibbs St., the home of the ECSM, which offers ...

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Complainants in a sexual abuse case at the University of Rochester are included among the many women and two men featured in Time magazine’s Person of the Year profile for 2017.  The “person” in this case is a group called ...

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The University of Rochester has filed $1.5 million suit against a Boston architecture firm, charging that it made costly mistakes in the design of the new Wegmans Hall for science and engineering. The suit, filed in New York State Supreme ...

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The University of Rochester expects an independent investigation into its handling of sexual abuse charges to be completed by early January 2018, it announced Wednesday, Nov. 29. In a news release, UR said its special committee of the university’s board ...

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An urban education center at the University of Rochester has published new research on the restorative justice model of conflict resolution using experiences from three schools – including two in Rochester – in hopes that schools around the country might ...

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A University of Rochester professor has won a national award for his research on professional development for social studies teachers. Kevin Meuwissen, associate professor at UR’s Warner School of Education, won the recognition for his work looking at the conflicts ...

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The Rochester area’s two largest colleges will bring internationally known celebrities to town as they pack their versions of homecoming and parents’ weekends Oct. 12-15. Robin Roberts, from ABC’s Good Morning America, headlines the University of Rochester’s Meliora Weekend, speaking ...

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The special committee tasked with handling the investigation into University of Rochester professor Florian Jaeger has announced a detailed list of plans intended to keep the process unbiased. The investigation, headed by Mary Jo White of Debevoise and Plimpton, aims ...

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FuzeHub, a not-for-profit organization that helps small to medium-sized manufacturing companies in New York State by matching them with technical and business resources, has awarded grants to the University of Rochester and the University at Buffalo. The University at Buffalo ...

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This story appeared in the RBJ’s commemorative 30th Anniversary section. See more content related to the RBJ’s anniversary here. For the residents of Rochester, several names have stood out in the annals of our history; Henry Lomb, George Eastman, Colonel Nathaniel ...

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The University of Rochester’s Board of Trustees has appointed a special committee to oversee an independent investigation into an equal employment opportunity commission (EEOC) complaint against professor T. Florian Jaeger. The complaint, filed Sept. 1, characterizes Jaeger as a manipulative ...

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The controversy over University of Rochester Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences professor T. Florian Jaeger drives on, as students organized Wednesday to protest. The call for action on the steps of the Rush Rhees Library featured powerful words on ...

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Amid a week where the University of Rochester found itself in a firestorm surrounding Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences professor T. Florian Jaeger, President Joel Seligman hosted a town hall to address student concerns. The town hall was spurred ...

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