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River Hospital in Alex Bay pursues affiliation with Upstate Medical after Crouse affiliation expires
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — River Hospital in Alexandria Bay and Upstate Medical University in Syracuse on Tuesday announced that they’re pursuing a clinical affiliation. The proposed

Binghamton University School of Pharmacy signs agreement with Elmira College
VESTAL, N.Y. — The Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has signed an articulation agreement with Elmira College. The pact will allow students

MVHS CEO Stromstad discusses downtown Utica hospital groundbreaking
UTICA, N.Y. — Less than a year after starting work as president and CEO of the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), Darlene Stromstad was leading

Health-Care Career News-December
LORETTO MEREDITH BOSS has been promoted to director of nursing at Loretto Health & Rehabilitation. Previously assistant director of nursing for short-term rehabilitation, Boss was

Binghamton University appoints new vice provost
Govindaraju will replace Krishnaswami “Hari” Srihari, who has held the position as executive vice provost since it was established in June 2015. Sirhari is

NSF grant to help Clarkson University grow its research cyberinfrastructure
POTSDAM — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Clarkson University a grant of $400,000 to construct a new “high-performance” computing cluster to support data and “computationally intensive” projects. A computing cluster is a group of independent computers “most commonly” linked together through a high-performance network. NSF awarded the funding in June and the grant

Stickley, PPC Broadband working with OCC on paid training for job openings
ONONDAGA — Stickley Furniture and PPC Broadband have teamed up with Onondaga Community College (OCC) to help fill openings for jobs that will require worker training. The companies have immediate openings for CNC machinists and toolmakers. Workers are needed for a total of six to eight positions, OCC announced. To fill those needs, the companies

Ithaca College to use $1M gift for diversity in media scholarship
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca College will use a $1 million donation from a prominent alum and media executive and his wife, a former broadcaster turned college dean, for a scholarship fostering diversity in media. Disney CEO Bob Iger and his wife, Willow Bay, made the donation to establish the Iger-Bay Endowed Scholarship at Ithaca College. The
Syracuse, ESF, Spelman partner with Upstate Medical on accelerated scholars program
SYRACUSE — Upstate Medical University announced it has partnered with three additional schools for its accelerated scholars program, which guarantees a student’s admission to its College of Medicine. New to the program are the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), Syracuse University, and Spelman College, a historically black college or university (or HBCU)

MVHS breaks ground on new $480 million downtown Utica hospital
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) on Thursday broke ground on its new hospital in downtown Utica. The new regional medical center
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