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Binghamton University researchers receive $50K from SUNY for Parkinson’s, environmental work
VESTAL, N.Y. — SUNY has awarded Binghamton University researchers $50,000 apiece as they work on separate projects. Their research efforts focus on creating a new

BAE supplies buses in Canadian city with electric-propulsion systems
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — BAE Systems says 15 public buses in Vancouver, British Columbia will be using its all-electric propulsion systems when they begin service in 2022. The technology will enable the buses to run “free of emissions,” the company announced. The fleet will be the “first in North America” to benefit from the next-generation, series-EV

LED lighting products business formally opens Rome location
ROME, N.Y. — Green Ignite, LLC, a business sells an array of LED light bulbs, lamps, and other products, has formally opened its new location

Ithaca College requiring student vaccinations for fall semester
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca College is joining its neighbor Cornell University in requiring that students be vaccinated against the coronavirus before this fall’s semester. Ithaca

NYSERDA board taps Harris as president and CEO, removes “acting” from title
ALBANY, N.Y. — The board of directors of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has appointed Doreen Harris as its president

Energy company NOCO opens Syracuse office
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — NOCO, an energy company headquartered in the Buffalo area, on Monday opened an office at 1300 Wolf St. in Syracuse. The firm
How the Southern Tier stacks up on COVID vaccinations
The Southern Tier counties vary widely in their COVID vaccination rates. At the top is Tompkins County, which has had 43.2 percent of its residents
New York egg production dips slightly in February
New York farms produced 136.9 million eggs in February, down 0.5 percent from 137.6 million eggs in the year-earlier period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged 5.82 million in February, up 2.1 percent from 5.7 million layers a year prior. February egg production

Binghamton researchers awarded SUNY seed funding for projects
VESTAL, N.Y. — Researchers at Binghamton University will use SUNY grant funding for work on ongoing, potentially groundbreaking research on technologies that could potentially treat

Tioga Downs, Vernon Downs to expand their hours beginning April 5
NICHOLS, N.Y. — Both Tioga Downs Casino Resort in Nichols in Tioga County and Vernon Downs Casino Hotel in Vernon in Oneida County are extending
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