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Renovation work continues, as Syracuse STEAM High School readies for first class
SYRACUSE — Just a few weeks away from the start of the 2025-2026 school year, construction crews continue their efforts to get the new Syracuse STEAM High School ready to welcome 250 freshman students for instruction. STEAM is short for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. The school is bringing new life to the former […]
Barb’s Bistro to open at Le Moyne’s renovated McNeil Firehouse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Salt City Coffee will operate Barb’s Bistro inside Le Moyne College’s McNeil Firehouse at 1150 Salt Spring Road in Syracuse later this summer. Following renovation work, the McNeil Firehouse is expected to open in mid-September, Le Moyne tells CNYBJ. Salt City Coffee is the anchor tenant of the Salt City Market on
SUNY Oswego credits campus club as it launches real-estate minor
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego is one of the first SUNY campuses to add a real-estate minor to its academic offerings. “Many students have an interest in real estate from across the campus. After I started the Real Estate Club, interest grew,” Graig Arcuri, a member of the finance program in the SUNY Oswego School
Crews demolish fire-damaged convent at former Maria Regina College in Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Crews have demolished the fire-ravaged Motherhouse on the campus of the former Maria Regina College on the City’s North side. The City of Syracuse had announced the demolition effort on the former convent building on July 8. The Kimberly on Grant Boulevard — which owns the property at 1024 Court St. in
Utica to host State Summer Games for Special Olympics N.Y. the next three years
UTICA, N.Y. — Utica will host the next three annual editions of the State Summer Games for Special Olympics New York between 2026 and 2028. Utica University will serve as the hub of State Summer Games, with Opening & Closing Ceremonies and most of the sports competitions held on site. The campus will also provide
Startup fund Upstate Biotech Ventures now has $10 million
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Biotech Ventures (UBV), Upstate Medical University’s startup biotech fund, now has significantly more funding than it did when UBV was announced in July 2024. SUNY Chancellor John King, Jr. on July 16 announced a $4 million increase in the startup biotech fund for a total $10 million investment. Empire State Development
Students learn about sports-medicine careers at Guthrie event
DICKINSON, N.Y. — Nearly 40 students from area high schools learned about professions in sports medicine and received hands-on experience during a July 18 event hosted by Guthrie Sports Medicine. The inaugural “Game Plan: Careers in Sports Medicine” provided instruction for 39 students in an interactive career day at SUNY Broome Community College, near Binghamton
TC3, Cornell CALS sign new articulation agreement
DRYDEN, N.Y. — Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) and Cornell University on Thursday signed a new articulation agreement that provides TC3 graduates a direct-transfer path
Binghamton University received nearly 75,000 applications for fall 2025, up from a year ago
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University says it received a record 74,725 applications this year for fall 2025 admission, which is up from the 61,700 received for fall 2024. The 2025 applications include 61,200 first-year, 4,575 transfer, and more than 8,950 graduate-student applications, the school said in the Aug. 5 announcement. The new academic year is
UTICA, N.Y. — The Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison, and Oneida Counties, Inc. (WDB/HMO) says it’s sponsoring a paid, 15-week training program for people
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