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SyracuseCoE has new executive director
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University has named Jianshun (Jensen) Zhang as the new executive director of the Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) in Environmental and

Syracuse learns primary opponents in ACC future football-scheduling model
The Syracuse Orange will play Pittsburgh, Boston College, and Florida State annually under a new football-scheduling model that the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) announced Tuesday.

Downtown Committee of Syracuse honors three organizations during annual meeting
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The downtown lunch restaurant Darwin, the Hanover Square Association, and the Corbett Corner project were honored during the annual meeting of the

Ashley McGraw Architects opens Washington, D.C. office, hires former employee to lead it
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Ashley McGraw Architects of Syracuse has opened a new office in Washington, D.C., which the firm is calling its Mid-Atlantic office. Ashley

Pyramid lender extends loans on Destiny USA
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Pyramid Management Group, which owns Destiny USA in Syracuse, on Thursday said its lender has extended the terms of the loans on

City of Syracuse to host job fair to fill government job openings
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse will host an in-person, government job fair on Tuesday from 3-6 p.m. at Cecile Community Center at 174

AAA’s new Watertown Travel & Insurance Center is a more efficient size
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — AAA’s new Travel & Insurance Center in Watertown is a “much more efficient size and member-friendly office,” Elizabeth Carey, director of public

ESD redesignates Tech Garden, Shipley Center as innovation hot spots
The Tech Garden in Syracuse, Griffiss Institute Business Incubator in Rome, and the Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology Park in Geneva are among several regional

New York manufacturing index rises in June but remains negative
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index rose 10 points in June but stayed in negative territory at -1.2. The index — the monthly

Usherwood adds to Syracuse office space to enable growth
SYRACUSE — Usherwood Office Technology says it has expanded its Syracuse space again, noting that it’s the result of “continuous growth [that] commanded a larger,