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Bond, Schoeneck & King announces new members
Bezigian, Jr. concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning and taxation, corporate and business succession, probate, trust and estate administration, and elder law.

Upstate University Hospital set to open adolescent psychiatric unit
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate University Hospital is preparing to open its first inpatient unit dedicated to adolescents requiring acute psychiatric care. It will focus on

Cornell University joins consortium to work for sustainable business supply chains
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University’s Atkinson Center for Sustainability has joined the Sustainability Consortium (TSC) as the school seeks to work for “greener” consumer products,

PEB, SRC, OCC announce annual Innovation Challenge for area secondary school students
Central New York students in grades 6-12 can participate in the fourth annual Innovation Challenge. The challenge is to invent a product that solves an

People news: MVHS appoints chief operating officer
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has named Mansoor Shahid senior vice president (VP) and chief operating officer (COO). Shahid takes

Newhouse School at Syracuse University gets $75M donation
SYRACUSE — Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will benefit from a $75 million donation, representing “the largest gift in the university’s 150-year history.” The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation on Jan. 13 announced its plan to make the donation. Donald Newhouse, who graduated from Syracuse in 1951, made the announcement at an event at

CathBuddy made best investor pitch in Medical Device Innovation Challenge
SYRACUSE — The judges chose CathBuddy Inc. of Woodbury on Long Island as the winner of the Jan. 10 pitch event in the Medical Device Innovation Challenge. The pitch event was held at the CNY Biotech Accelerator at Upstate Medical University, located at 841 E. Fayette St. in Syracuse. The CNY Biotech Accelerator sponsors the

Upstate Community Hospital to gradually open new patient unit
ONONDAGA — Upstate Community Hospital has started using a portion of a 24-bed unit following a $2.8 million renovation project. The hospital announced plans to hire an additional 60 people to staff the unit when it’s fully operational later this year. The hospital is recruiting, hiring, and training staff for the new unit. “The process

Auburn OB-GYN and her practice join St. Joseph’s Health
AUBURN — Women’s Health Specialists of Auburn is now operating under the St. Joseph’s Health brand. The Syracuse–based St. Joseph’s Health tells CNYBJ that Dr. Eileen Murphy, who operated the practice, has joined St. Joseph’s Health women’s health services. Murphy is an Auburn physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. She will continue to serve patients

Crouse Health using AI software for stroke care
SYRACUSE — Crouse Health announced it is using a computer-aided triage system in its stroke-care services. A company called Viz.ai is providing the system. Viz.ai has offices in San Francisco, California and Tel Aviv, Israel. The firm says it focuses on using applied artificial intelligence (AI) software in health care to “reduce time to treatment
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