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Hamilton College plans $2M boathouse project in Rome
The school is working with the City of Rome on the project. It bought the land for the project through the Rome Industrial Development Corporation

Murphy takes charge of fundraising efforts at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
UTICA, N.Y. — John Murphy of Clinton recently took over as director of development and donor relations at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (MWPAI), the Institute announced. Murphy was previously director of milestone reunions for Hamilton College, where he had secured nearly $10 million in gifts and pledges for the college’s current campaign, and more than

EVOKE: Creativity shows education & creative expression
MARCELLUS — In late November 2020 Chelsea Lembo, a former public elementary-school teacher and certified educator with a specialty in arts-integrated learning, was organized and ready to make an impact. She had already established an entity (LLC) for her startup and had a space secured in Marcellus where she could provide students with creative workshops.

GOFCC virtual annual meeting includes awards, mayoral discussion
OSWEGO COUNTY — The Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce (GOFCC) used its 2021 annual meeting to announce awards, provide remarks from New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, and provide a discussion involving the mayors of Oswego and Fulton. GOFCC held the virtual event — which had a theme of “Adapt, Innovate and Endure” — on

Rome Health to begin work on new physician center in August
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Health expects construction will begin in August on a new, $13.1 million capital project to create a new physician center on its main campus in Rome. The organization anticipates approval of its application for a certificate of need for the project this summer, Cassie Evans Winter, VP of communications and marketing

MVHS offers antibody treatment for referred COVID-19 patients
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) in Utica is operating an outpatient center to provide monoclonal antibody therapy for patients with COVID-19. Monoclonal

Le Moyne College plans for in-person learning for its fall semester
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Le Moyne College is planning on a return to in-person undergraduate classes for the fall 2021 semester, which will also include a

Selected New York private colleges to use state grant awards for capital projects
Syracuse University, Cornell University, Ithaca College, Utica College, and Clarkson University are among 35 private institutions that will use state funding for campus capital projects.

Binghamton University opens Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences building in Johnson City
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Binghamton University’s Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences has started operations on the university’s nearly 15-acre health-sciences campus in Johnson

Almost 38 percent of Onondaga County adults have received at least one COVID vaccine dose
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon said Tuesday that 37.6 percent of adults in the county have now received at least one shot
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