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The Bright Forum is Buffalo Niagara’s premier event for introducing investors to promising technologies from across New York and Ontario, Canada. Hosted by Bright Buffalo Niagara, a coalition of regional partners led by the University at Buffalo, the forum features ...

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As participants in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in San Antonio last weekend, a group of Rochester Institute of Technology students found out what it’s like to be a network or security administrator in control of a company’s information ...

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Mistakes do happen, but the majority of police and prosecutors do good work, according to Judge Eugene F. Pigott Jr., an associate judge on the state Court of Appeals. He was the final speaker Friday in a daylong conference on ...

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Famed journalist Barbara Walters, a correspondent for ABC News, the host of The Barbara Walters Specials, and creator, co-host and executive producer of The View will be the keynote speaker on Oct. 13 at the University of Rochester’s 2012 Meliora ...

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Applications to law schools are down for the second straight year, and admissions have followed suit. The Northeast region, which includes New York state, has seen a 16.4 percent decrease in the number of applicants applying to law school from ...

The only person who benefits when someone is wrongfully convicted of a crime is the real perpetrator. Now that the Innocence Project has helped exonerate wrongfully convicted people, Peter Neufeld, its co-founder and co-director, said it is also working to ...

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Five State University at Buffalo Law School alumni and one non-alumnus will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards on May 3 as the Law Alumni Association holds its annual dinner at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. The honorees reflect the varied reach of ...

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The Junior League of Rochester will celebrate the graduation of students from the GIRLSrock! program Monday at the Center for Youth After School Program at Monroe High School. The JLR believes all young women should have access to the tools ...

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Thirty-seven local nonprofit agencies will receive $1.145 million in grants from the Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, in a round just announced to those organizations. Grants range from $5,000 to $100,000. Applications totaling nearly $20 million came from more ...

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Law enforcement officers from around the state were to participate today in Operation Safe Stop. The officers planned to board school buses and drive in marked and unmarked patrol units on selected bus routes that have a history of illegal ...

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Many things must be considered when filing a patent application in a process that continues to get more complicated in the wake of legal challenges and changing laws. One of the biggest changes is coming in March 2013 when the ...

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U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer visited Rochester Institute of Technology on Wednesday to announce his support for legislation to stave off an interest rate increase for student loans. On July 1, the interest rates on federally-subsidized Stafford loans will double ...

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