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Upstate Medical University team awarded funding in SUNY startup summer school
SYRACUSE — Taurus Diagnostics, a startup company at Upstate Medical University, secured funding during the SUNY Startup Summer School (S4) Class of 2021 Demo Day virtual event. Taurus Diagnostics includes Dr. Gennady Bratslavsky and Dr. Thomas Sanford of Upstate Medical University, per an Aug. 11 SUNY news release. A student from Stony Brook University on […]

ANCA program uses grant to help small firms recover from pandemic
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — North Country small businesses can sign up for free technical services through the Adirondack North Country Association’s (ANCA) Center for Pandemic Response (CPR). CPR is a new program designed to help businesses “build resilience in the wake of the COVID-19 economic crisis,” ANCA contends. ANCA is an independent, nonprofit corporation that

Colgate names Madison VP for equity and inclusion
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Colgate University announced it has named Renee Madison vice president for equity and inclusion. Madison — who is currently director of human

Onondaga County mandates that school employees get vaccinated or face weekly testing
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — All interfacing employees of Onondaga County schools will have to provide proof that they’ve been vaccinated or agree to undergo weekly COVID-19

People news: MVCAA appoints Tuggle as fiscal director
UTICA, N.Y. —The Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency (MVCAA) announced it has recently selected Renee Tuggle, the current executive assistant and head of the MVCAA

Upstate Medical University researcher to use nearly $700K in federal funding for dementia research
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University will use grant funding of more than $680,000 for research into one of the leading forms of dementia. The

UnitedHealth Group to pay nearly $16 million after state, federal probe of mental-health coverage
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. — United Behavioral Health and United Healthcare Insurance Co. will pay $15.6 million and take other corrective actions following investigations and

CNY Biotech Accelerator’s Medical Device Innovation Challenge begins fifth year
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Six companies are participating in the Medical Device Innovation Challenge (MDIC), a program of Upstate Medical University’s CNY Biotech Accelerator (CNYBAC). The initiative is supported through a grant from Empire State Development. The committee selected the teams from a pool of 33 applicants, the largest batch of applications for the competition to

SUNY Oswego’s Hewitt Hall to transform into broadcasting, graphic-design facility
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Construction crews are renovating SUNY Oswego’s Hewitt Hall to serve as the new home for the university’s broadcasting and graphic-design programs. The $65 million project will renovate the former Hewitt Union into a hub for Oswego’s School of Communication, Media and the Arts (SCMA). SUNY Oswego has chosen DiPasquale Construction of Spencerport

Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital renovates two therapy rooms into Starlight Spaces
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse has completed renovation work on two therapy rooms that the organization hopes will “will help bring
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