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Salvation Army’s Linda Wright accepts statewide position within organization
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Linda Wright, executive director of professional and community services for the Salvation Army of Onondaga County, has accepted a new statewide position
Excellus is accepting applications for nonprofit community health awards
DeWITT, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is calling on nonprofit organizations to apply for its community health awards that will provide a total of $87,000
Airbus awards Anaren $7M contract for advanced beamforming technology
DeWITT, N.Y. — Airbus Defence & Space has awarded Anaren, Inc. a $7 million contract for an advanced beamforming assembly for deployment in the Eutelsat

Cazenovia College names Chesbrough as its next president
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — Cazenovia College has named a SUNY Potsdam graduate as the school’s 29th president. Ronald Chesbrough, who currently serves as president of St.
SUNY Poly, Sitrin Health Care announce jointly funded neuropsychology teaching position
SUNY Polytechnic Institute has announced a new partnership with Sitrin Health Care that will create a full-time research and teaching position in neuropsychology. Both organizations

Upstate Medical to use $2.35M state grant for Alzheimer’s efforts
SYRACUSE — Upstate Medical University will use a state grant of up to $2.35 million over five years to expand its work on diagnosing Alzheimer’s

SU launches competition to select design firm for National Veterans Resource Complex
SYRACUSE — Syracuse University (SU) is working to select a firm to “conceptualize, design, and construct” the new National Veterans Resource Complex (NVRC). SU in
Laboratory Alliance: lab careers available for science-minded students
SALINA — Laboratory Alliance of Central New York, LLC is concerned about what it calls an “alarming national shortage” in the medical technology or laboratory

OVIA adds employee, accounts in Banach Insurance Agency acquisition
OSWEGO — Oswego Valley Insurance Agencies, LLC (OVIA) started 2016 with a new employee and hundreds of new accounts. OVIA acquired the Banach Insurance Agency
Mohawk Valley Health System to consolidate urgent-care services at Faxton Urgent Care
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) plans to consolidate all urgent-care services at Faxton Urgent Care at 1676 Sunset Ave. in Utica. MVHS