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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nine years after the U.S. Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this divisive social issue back on their agenda in the middle of ...

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NEW YORK — A new technology graduate school aimed at smoothing the path between research and entrepreneurship can boast a new distinction: the country’s first on-campus patent officer, officials announced Monday. A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office staffer already is ...

Reyna Ramolete Hayashi’s interest in law and improving conditions for low-income workers can be traced to the struggles of her grandparents and mother, who toiled in low-paying jobs when they first came to the U.S. Her grandparents emigrated from the ...

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ALBANY — An $18 million settlement has been reached between New York and a food company that serves 39 school and public lunch programs statewide after an investigation into seven years of overcharges. The settlement with Compass Group USA Inc. ...

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ALBANY — The federal government is providing $14.6 million to 23 community colleges in New York to enhance job-training programs while other colleges statewide are expected to benefit from private investment linked to the grants. The U.S. Labor Department grants ...

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Beginning Jan. 1, all prospective attorneys who seek to be licensed in New York state will have to prove they have provided at least 50 hours of free legal work to the poor. Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced passage of ...

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NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says New York’s booming technology industries are threatened by a shortage of qualified engineers. The New York Democrat is introducing legislation that would allow foreign students with advanced degrees to stay in the ...

Roberts Wesleyan College’s department of teacher education will host “The Constitution, Religion and Presidential Elections” at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Smith Science Center Lecture Hall on the Roberts Wesleyan campus. Shaun Casey, professor of ethics and theology at Wesley ...

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GENESEO — A member of a New York college volleyball team suspended for alleged hazing said she and other freshman players were handcuffed, blindfolded and forced to drink shots of liquor. Media outlets report that the player’s statement to police ...

Members of the Monroe County Bar Association’s Lawyers for Learning Committee came to Adlai Stevenson School 29 on Thursday bearing gifts. About 450 backpacks with school supplies donated by LeClairRyan were given to the students. See more photos in the On the ...

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Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Rochester has launched a new program to help graduates with repayment of student loan debt. In the past, CCCS has dealt mostly with unsecured debt, not including student loan debt. “More and more people come ...

Empire Justice Center is accepting applications for The Hanna S. Cohn Equal Justice Fellowship. The fellowship is a two-year program established in memory of Hanna S. Cohn, who served as the executive director of Volunteer Legal Services Project for 20 ...

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