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Oswego Health to use Exelon-donated iPads for virtual meetings with patients
OSWEGO — Oswego Health says it is using 30 iPads that Exelon (NASDAQ: EXC) donated to the organization so it can conduct virtual meetings with its Medicaid patients that need services. Exelon, based in Chicago, operates the James A. Fitzpatrick and the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plants in Scriba. With the current state of […]

Upstate Medical University expands neurosurgery services with hiring of three doctors
SYRACUSE — Upstate Medical University announced that it has expanded its neurosurgery department with the hiring of three new surgeons, allowing Upstate to offer “additional and expanded services to a larger region of New York.” It has hired Dr. Harish Babu, Dr. Ali Hazama, and Dr. Timothy Beutler. The three new neurosurgeons expand Upstate’s existing

Morrisville College Foundation elects three new directors
MORRISVILLE — The Morrisville College Foundation announced it has elected three new directors to its 25-member board. The new members — Shirley Crawford of Canastota, Nancy Roberts of Saratoga Springs, and Rita Scharman of Sherrill — took office on July 1. Each will serve a three-year term. Crawford has served as a member of the

Rome Memorial Hospital wins AHA award for life-saving heart care
ROME — Rome Memorial Hospital (RMH) announced it has received the Mission: Lifeline Gold Plus Referring Quality Achievement Award for implementing certain quality-improvement measures defined by the American Heart Association (AHA) for treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. RMH says it’s the third year in a row that the hospital has been recognized

Onondaga, Madison counties to allow indoor classes at gyms
Both Onondaga County and Madison County on Thursday announced they are allowing gyms and fitness centers to hold indoor classes again after five months of

Syracuse University scolds large gathering of first-year students on the Quad amid pandemic
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University (SU) says a large group of first-year students gathered on the SU Quad Wednesday night “selfishly jeopardized” their “chance at

People news: General surgeon Rosner returns to Carthage Area Hospital
CARTHAGE, N.Y. — Carthage Area Hospital (CAH) announced that Dr. David Rosner, general surgeon, will return to its medical staff effective Sept. 1. He previously

Ithaca College cancels bringing most students to campus for fall semester
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca College had shifted to remote learning in March at the start of the pandemic shutdown, and the school will continue that instruction format for most students through the fall semester. “This means that we will not be welcoming all students back to campus this fall as we had hoped,” Ithaca College

USDA awards funding for projects at Cornell, NY Ag Experiment Station
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University and the New York Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) in Geneva will use more than $1.37 million in in federal funding for food and agriculture research. Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences operates the NYSAES, also known as Cornell AgriTech. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and

Binghamton University, Hartwick College announce plans for fall semester
Binghamton’s classes begin Aug. 26, but the semester started when about 6,800 students began moving onto campus over a seven-day period, beginning Aug. 19, rather than over two days as in past years. The school believes the longer move-in period will “keep density down each day” and allow the campus to test students for COVID-19
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