Get our email updates
Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Syracuse, Central New York and beyond.
What's New
Upcoming Events
CNYBJ Job Board
Health Care
Upstate Medical’s COVID hotline renamed, handling questions on additional health matters
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University has renamed its COVID information hotline as the public-health hotline. It made the change “as more and more questions
UTICA, N.Y. — Upstate Family Health Center, Inc. (UFHC) has promoted Richard Williams to chief operating officer. In his new role, Williams engages in community
SUNY Oswego to host next small-business training class in mid-September
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego’s Business Resource Center will host a training class in mid-September for those interested in expanding or starting a small business in Oswego County. The small-business training classes will be held Sept. 12 through Sept. 16, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm; and Sept. 19 and 20, also from 5:30 pm
Rheonix Laboratories launches in Lansing
Offers COVID-19 PCR testing LANSING, N.Y. — Rheonix Laboratories LLC in Lansing is a CLIA-certified clinical laboratory that recently opened and will initially offer COVID-19 PCR testing. Rheonix Inc. of Ithaca on Aug. 1 announced the lab’s opening. Rheonix is a manufacturer of a highly advanced microfluidic molecular testing platform. CLIA is short for clinical
Drakos Clinical Laboratories opens new HQ, lab in DeWitt
DeWITT, N.Y. — Drakos Clinical Laboratories has opened its headquarters and a new laboratory facility at 6333 New York Route 298 (near Carrier Circle) in DeWitt, in the KPH Healthcare Services Inc. building. “This is a business office and clinical laboratory,” says Heather Drake Bianchi, CEO of Drakos Clinical Laboratories, referring to the firm’s new
Oswego Health Foundation names new board chair, vice chair
The foundation has appointed Pete Cullinan as board chair. A lifelong native of Oswego and recent Exelon retiree, he also serves as secretary of the Oswego Health board of directors. Before retiring from his job at the end of 2021, Cullinan worked in the emergency planning field with a focus on nuclear-plant emergency planning since
Medication-collection kiosks available at all Kinney Drugs stores in New York
GOUVERNEUR — Kinney Drugs says all of its 75 locations in New York state now include a medication-collection kiosk. The company on Aug. 1 announced it had finished installing the kiosks at its stores across the state. The effort was part of a partnership with the New York State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement and MED-Project,
Syracuse gets $1M donation for Lally Athletics Complex
SYRACUSE — He played football for Syracuse University in the mid-1970s and is now providing financial help as the school plans to turn Manley Field House into the John A. Lally Athletics Complex. David Tate, who is pledging $1 million for the project’s first phase, is the founder and CEO of Healthgram, a health-care consultancy
USDA awards New York grant funding to grow its farm-to-school program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the state a $110,000 Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) grant to grow its farm-to-school program. The money
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The season’s final Jazz in the City concert — that includes a focus on public health — is set for Thursday evening
Get our email updates
Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Syracuse, Central New York and beyond.