The Cultural Center Commission has OK’d selling 1.5 acres in downtown Rochester to the University of Rochester for $640,000. The property is located across the street from the Eastman School of Music at 420 E. Main St.

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A prosecutor maintains that a college student from New York City could not reasonably believe his life was in danger when he fatally stabbed a University of Rochester classmate at a fraternity party.

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A college student from New York City has agreed to a bench trial on charges of fatally stabbing a University of Rochester classmate at a fraternity party. Testimony before a Monroe County judge is set to begin Monday ...

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A Food and Drug Administration food advisory committee met in Washington, D.C., last week to hear testimony and examine the effect food dyes have on hyperactivity and ADHD in children. Last Friday, the panel concluded that although more study is needed ...

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A university professor has been charged in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Rochester. Rochester Police tell local media that 42-year-old Benjamin Smith left the scene of a crash near Strong Memorial Hospital that fatally injured a 21-year-old man ...

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University of Rochester Trustee Rich Handler and his wife, Martha, have announced their intention to donate $20 million, raising their total giving to $25 million — the largest contribution to student scholarships in the school’s history.

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A Monroe County grand jury indictment was handed up Friday, charging Darren Venable, 20, of Brooklyn, with one count of second-degree murder.

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Having placed among the top six teams in the American Mock Trial Association’s Opening Round Championship, the University of Rochester’s Mock Trial Team earned a bid to the National Championship Tournament, being held this coming weekend in Memphis, Tenn.

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Although national figures like Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are making history for women in politics, a University of Rochester study released last week shows little has changed ...

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