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SUNY trustees appoint Sammakia as SUNY Poly interim president
The State University of New York (SUNY) board of trustees has appointed Bahgat Sammakia as the interim president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which has campuses

DiNapoli: CNY economy is “starting to rebound”
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Central New York economy is “starting to rebound” from the Great Recession, thanks to a “wealth” of locally educated young adults,

Cuomo discusses spending $50 million more on State Fairgrounds improvements
GEDDES, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said he’s willing to spend an additional $50 million for improvements at the State Fairgrounds in Geddes.

Binghamton University SUNY BEST event Thursday to focus on energy storage
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Binghamton University SUNY Business and Education Cooperative of the Southern Tier (SUNY BEST) on Thursday will host an event focusing on

Snow Dragon, i3Assemblies join START-UP NY program
Snow Dragon Corp. and i3Assemblies Inc. are among 39 startup companies that have joined the START-UP NY program. START-UP NY stands for SUNY Tax-free Areas

WCNY Public Media hires Geiger as VP, COO
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — WCNY Public Media has announced the hiring of Chris Geiger to the “newly created role” of executive VP and COO, effective Tuesday.

Miner announces winners of Civic Data Hackathon: Syracuse Roads Challenge
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Thursday announced the winners of the City’s Civic Data Hackathon: Syracuse Roads Challenge. The City had partnered

HP executive to keynote MedTech’s upcoming CCX Conference
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An executive at Hewlett-Packard (HP) Company (NYSE: HPQ) will be the keynote speaker at the MedTech Association’s upcoming 3rd annual Connected Care

MARCY, N.Y. — A psychiatric nurse at the Central New York Psychiatric Center is under arrest, accused of using a forged doctor’s certificate to allow

Syracuse men’s basketball team picked to finish 5th in ACC this season
Syracuse University has been picked fifth in the 2016-17 ACC preseason men’s basketball poll, the conference announced Wednesday at the annual ACC Operation Basketball event