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MVCC appoints Ferro-Aurience executive director of institutional advancement and MVCC Foundation
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) Board of Trustees, at its December 2021 meeting, appointed Deanna Ferro-Aurience as executive director of institutional

Excellus net income rises 21 percent during pandemic-impacted 2021
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Central New York’s largest health insurer, reported net income of $117.6 million on $6.6 billion in premium revenue in

McMahon says Onondaga County is doing better with COVID as schools prep to ditch the masks
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County is “doing better” in COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations as the calendar turns to March. “Our medical infrastructure is under

Cornell receives AFRL funds to form regional research hub
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University was awarded a three-year $8.9 million cooperative agreement from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to launch a regional research

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The federal government has awarded the Syracuse Community Health Center (SCHC) more than $3.8 million. The funding will help SCHC continue providing

MVCC, Piedmont Airlines partner on tuition-assistance program for students
ROME, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College and Piedmont Airlines have partnered on an accelerated 12-month tuition-assistance program for qualified students in MVCC’s airframe and

Cazenovia College removes interim tag from President Bergh
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — David Bergh, who has been serving as interim president of Cazenovia College, will move forward as the school’s 30th president. The Cazenovia

Guthrie, Cortland County Health Department ask residents to take community health survey
CORTLAND, N.Y. — The Cortland County Health Department and Guthrie Cortland Medical Center are urging county residents to participate in the community health-assessment survey. Results

Schumer, in Syracuse stop, pushes bill to cap costs for diabetes insulin
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) said he wants to reduce the “outrageous” cost of insulin. The Democrat announced he will
Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant awarded $8 million Navy contract modification
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp. Rotary and Mission Systems’ Syracuse–area facility was recently awarded a nearly $8 million fixed-price incentive- fee contract modification to a previously awarded pact for Navy systems and associated equipment. The work will be performed in the defense contractor’s plant in the town of Salina (85 percent) and its facility
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