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Le Moyne selects commencement speaker, honorary-degree recipients for May ceremonies
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Le Moyne College has selected author, professor, and disability-rights activist Stephen Kuusisto to address students at the school’s undergraduate commencement in May

Community Foundation seeks funding applications for senior programs
UTICA, N.Y. — The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties is seeking funding applications from organizations that serve older adults in the two-county region.

Rome charity helps fund new equipment at MMRI
UTICA, N.Y. — The Griffin Charitable Foundation in Rome has made a $71,000 donation to the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) to fund the purchase

Syracuse University Libraries appoints new director of Blackstone LaunchPad program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University Libraries recently appointed Traci Geisler as director of the Blackstone LaunchPad. Geisler, effective March 17, succeeded Linda Dickerson Hartsock, founder

New York State launches new Medicaid pharmacy-benefit program
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State has introduced a long-planned, new pharmacy-benefit program, which state officials say will improve prescription-drug access and coverage for the

Climate scientists to lecture at Hamilton College in early April
A 1979 Hamilton graduate, Jonathan Overpeck, one of the nation’s leading experts on climate change, gives his “Climate Change 2023: Challenges and Opportunities” lecture Thursday,

Daldrop SBB to consolidate CNY operations with new manufacturing facility in Oswego County
SCHROEPPEL, N.Y. — Daldrop SBB, a German company with operations in both Salina and DeWitt, is building a new manufacturing facility at the L. Michael

Syracuse men’s basketball hires Straughn as assistant coach
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New Syracuse men’s basketball head coach Adrian Autry has gone outside the Orange family, but turned to a familiar face, to fill

Siena survey: Upstate CEOs’ confidence plummets in last year
More than half say the economy has worsened More than half (54 percent) of Upstate New York CEOs surveyed say business conditions have worsened over the last year and only 19 percent expect improvement in the coming year — down from 36 percent a year ago. That’s according to 16th annual

Herkimer College opens The Zen Den student-relaxation space
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Herkimer County Community College unveiled a new student-wellness space, The Zen Den, at a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, March 28. Located adjacent
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