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OCC names business-degree learning space in honor of retiring school president
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Onondaga Community College (OCC) has renamed the primary classroom associated with the school’s business degree programs “Crabill Commons” in honor of retiring

People news: Cardone joins MVCC as controller
UTICA, N.Y. — Julianne Cardone was recently appointed controller in the business office at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC). She will be responsible for the

St. Joseph’s Health merging with Albany hospital in Trinity Health restructuring
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The parent organization of St. Joseph’s Health in Syracuse and St. Peter’s Health Partners in Albany on Wednesday announced that the entities

SyracuseCoE has new executive director
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University has named Jianshun (Jensen) Zhang as the new executive director of the Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) in Environmental and

Syracuse learns primary opponents in ACC future football-scheduling model
The Syracuse Orange will play Pittsburgh, Boston College, and Florida State annually under a new football-scheduling model that the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) announced Tuesday.

Hamilton College professor wins grant to research reagents
CLINTON, N.Y. — Hamilton College’s Max Majireck, associate professor of chemistry, received a $247,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new types

MVCC reinstates EMS/paramedic degree program
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC), through an agreement with Midstate EMS, has reinstated its EMS/Paramedic associate-degree program. It provides a pathway from

Whitman School partners with Management Leadership for Tomorrow
SYRACUSE — Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management (Whitman) says it is partnering with the Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT). The program seeks to “increase awareness and educational and career support for underrepresented minority students through personal guidance and coaching,” per a recent Whitman announcement. MLT says it “provides the tools needed to

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse will use millions in state funding to help redevelop the former Syracuse Developmental Center as a regional job

Broome Leadership Institute gears up for new class with a new leader
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Broome Leadership Institute (BLI) is getting ready to kick off its 36th year with a new director and a slate of
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