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Hartwick College announces local tuition program
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Hartwick College has launched the HartLand Promise to make attending school comparable to, or in some cases less than, the cost of

Laursen to leave role as SUNY Poly acting president
ALBANY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute Acting President Tod Laursen will end his tenure at the university, which has campuses in Albany and Marcy, on

Kentucky firm, principal admit to illegal disposal of hazardous railroad ties in Chenango County
A Kentucky company and a principal have admitted to illegally dumping contaminated railroad ties in Chenango County and creating fake receipts to conceal the illegal

Schuyler Health Foundation names two new board members
MONTOUR FALLS, N.Y. — The Schuyler Health Foundation, whose mission is to raises funds to support Schuyler Hospital and its Seneca View skilled-nursing facility, recently announced it has appointed Trevor Carey and Laurie DeNardo to its board of directors. Carey is the pharmacy manager at CVS in Watkins Glen. He was born and raised in

Syracuse professor uses NSF future seed grant for cutting-edge work
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — More new therapeutic treatments for various diseases could move into clinical trials and “potentially faster” into mainstream medical use — if scientists could find ways to manufacture “exponentially higher quantities” of the stem-cell components needed for medical testing. Zhen Ma, an associate professor at Syracuse University, is leading the work to make

Workforce development is a priority for MVCC’s AIM
UTICA, N.Y. — The Advanced Institute for Manufacturing (AIM) at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) offers a host of services to manufacturing businesses within the six-county Mohawk Valley region as a New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) center. “We are one of 11 MEP centers located in the state of New York,” says AIM Director

In Oneida visit, Schumer calls for federal support to help Upstate hospitals handle RSV cases
ONEIDA, N.Y. — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) says he wants to increase federal support for upstate New York hospitals strained by the

People news: Carey, DeNardo join Schuyler Health Foundation board
MONTOUR FALLS, N.Y. — The Schuyler Health Foundation, which raises funds to support Schuyler Hospital and its Seneca View skilled-nursing facility, recently named Trevor Carey

Helio Health CEO Klemanski to depart for Chicago job
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Jeremy Klemanski — president and CEO of Helio Health and the Helio Health Foundation — will be leaving the organization, effective Dec.

Spectrum awards $20K digital-education grant to Westcott Community Center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Spectrum has awarded the Westcott Community Center in Syracuse a $20,000 Spectrum Digital Education grant for its broadband computer learning lab and
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