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The Intellectual Property Law Section Fellowship administered by The New York Bar Foundation recently was renamed to honor section leader, attorney Miriam “Mimi” Maccoby Netter. Goals for the new Miriam Maccoby Netter Fellowship ...

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Lawsuits targeting school districts for allowing students to be bullied by other students are on the rise. “This is certainly an issue that has an extremely heightened awareness now, not only in schools, but across the country and among the public,” said Sonja Trainor ...

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U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter this week announced that Rochester City Schools were awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support an enhanced history curriculum for students ...

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More than $1 billion in education loans recently were approved for several institutions, including up to $40 million for the Rochester Institute of Technology. The financing was authorized by the board of the Dormitory Authority ...

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The non-profit Mercier Literacy Program will receive $50,000 from Monroe County for the continued expansion of its literacy program to help city school children learn to read, County Executive Maggie Brooks announced last week.

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The Minority Bar Association of Western New York will honor area attorneys and law students with and awards and scholarship dinner at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 16 at the Buffalo-Niagara Convention Center.

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ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson and key Assembly members are trying to negotiate a compromise that would give public universities more autonomy, including the ability to raise tuition without the Legislature’s approval.

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WASHINGTON - Rep. Louise M. Slaughter of Fairport has unveiled a large and unique collection of documents and letters from former President Franklin D. Roosevelt that soon will be on display at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in New York.

ALBANY — New York was named a finalist Tuesday for a federal “Race to the Top” education grant that could bring $500 million to the cash-strapped state. In all, 18 states and the District of Columbia are finalists.

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ROCHESTER — Food services giant Sodexo has agreed to pay $20 million to settle claims that it overcharged 21 New York school districts and the State University of New York over a five-year span.

SYRACUSE — The three adult children of a couple who graduated from Syracuse University’s law school decades ago are donating $15 million to their parents’ alma mater.

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Dr. David G. Martin has been appointed dean of the Ronald L. Bittner School of Business at St. John Fisher College. Martin comes to Fisher from LaSalle University in Philadelphia ...

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