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SUNY Poly instructor using NSF $175K grant for wireless-communication research
MARCY, N.Y. — An assistant professor at SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) in Marcy is using a grant of $175,000 from the National Science Foundation

Veteran-owned Empire Tram to serve as Marine Innovations dealer
INTERLAKEN, N.Y. — Empire Tram, a veteran-owned company in Interlaken in Seneca County, is now a dealer for Marine Innovations, Inc. of Frazee, Minnesota. Marine

SU’s IVMF appoints managing director of research and evaluation
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University (SU) has appointed Stacy Hawkins as its new managing director

NY SBDC honors Watertown oral surgeon with Veteran Entrepreneur of the Year Award
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Logan Curtis was playing football at age 15 when he broke his jaw and lost seven teeth. The injury led to his

Syracuse workshops to help SDVOBs, MWBEs in minority contracting
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOBs) may be interested in a new workshop series focused on expanding access to City of Syracuse contracting opportunities
State survey seeks input from women veterans
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS), in partnership with the New York State Women Veterans Advisory Committee, is seeking

Prevention Network moves to new headquarters, unveils rebranded logo
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Prevention Network says it has moved to a new headquarters in Syracuse and unveiled a new logo. Prevention Network describes itself as

Bassett Research Institute awarded $12M in funding for national, multi-center clinical trial
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Research Institute in Cooperstown will use about $12 million in grant funding to launch a study about the effects on the

City of Syracuse to host hiring event for commercial drivers
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse will host an in–person, commercial driver’s license (CDL) hiring event on Sept. 25 from 1-4 p.m. at CNY

M&T Bank becomes founding sponsor of CenterState CEO’s INSPYRE Innovation Hub in multi-year deal
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Buffalo–based M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB) says it will become the founding sponsor of CenterState CEO’s INSPYRE Innovation Hub (the former Tech Garden)