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SUNY board designates Stanley as president emeritus of SUNY Oswego
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The SUNY board of trustees this week bestowed Deborah Stanley with the title of president emeritus of SUNY Oswego. Stanley, who retired

Syracuse Podiatry’s new Rome office is bustling
ROME, N.Y. — After almost a decade in business in the Syracuse area, Syracuse Podiatry, PLLC has expanded with a satellite office in Rome in cooperation with Rome Health. “We’ve been very busy, and we get a lot of referrals from the Utica–Rome area,” says practice owner Ryan D’Amico. The lack of surgical podiatry services

State comptroller faults Windsor CSD’s fuel-usage policies
WINDSOR, N.Y. — An audit by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office found the Windsor Central School District (CSD) in Broome County did not have adequate internal controls over fuel credit-card purchases and fuel inventory. This resulted in 18,369 gallons of fuel, costing about $38,300, that are not accounted for, the comptroller said.

SUNY board votes to move nanoscale college to UAlbany, appoints new officer in charge at SUNY Poly
MARCY, N.Y. — Reunifying the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and appointing an officer in charge of SUNY Polytechnic Institute were two items

Upstate Medical’s outpatient pharmacy to offer locking prescription bottles for patients
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Upstate Medical University outpatient pharmacy plans to start using a new system to provide locking prescription bottles for controlled medications ordered

NYSERDA awards ANCA, partners funding for regional clean-energy hub program
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) is among the organizations chosen to establish a regional clean-energy hub program. The New York

People news: Shah joins Slocum-Dickson Medical Group as internist
UTICA, N.Y. — Apurva Shah, MD, has joined the internal-medicine departmental at Slocum-Dickson Medical Group as an internist, providing a full spectrum of primary-care

Syracuse University getting ready to install new seating at JMA Wireless Dome
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University on Thursday said the installation of upgraded chairback seating will happen “in the months ahead.” Crews will replace bench seating

MVCC’s Colón named Northeast regional director of community college trustees association board
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) Trustee Anthony J. Colón was recently elected Northeast regional director of the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) board of directors. In this role, Colón will serve as a conduit to information among the states in his region. Based in Washington, D.C., ACCT is a nonprofit educational

ConMed to pay fourth-quarter dividend of 20 cents in early January
ConMed Corp. (NYSE: CNMD), a surgical-device maker with roots in the Utica area, has announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents a share for the fourth quarter of 2022. The dividend is payable on Jan. 5 to all shareholders of record as of Dec. 16. At the company’s
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