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Syracuse University’s IVMF to use $100K SBA grant to help train veterans
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded the funding. It represents one-third of the $300,000 in funding distributed nationally to organizations offering entrepreneurship training to

Oswego Health names Leszczynski new senior director of communications
Leszczynski, a 2004 graduate of SUNY Oswego, will write and edit all written and verbal communication for the health system’s internal and external communications; serve

Oneida County taps Idaho organization to help it grow local high-tech entrepreneurship
UTICA, N.Y. — An Idaho–based organization that helps communities with economic-development efforts is focused on Oneida County and will begin a series of public events

WellNow Urgent Care adds VA carrier TriWest to list of accepted insurance plans
CLAY — WellNow Urgent Care announced it has added TriWest — which administers health plans for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — to its network of accepted insurance plans. TriWest Healthcare Alliance is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, per its website. Through this partnership, WellNow Urgent Care has been named a VA-authorized urgent-care provider

Upstate Medical University adds Cardiovascular Group of Syracuse
SYRACUSE — Now that the Cardiovascular Group of Syracuse is affiliated with Upstate Medical University, the medical school sees the relationship as a “key step” in developing the Upstate Heart Institute. The move to add the practice, which includes eight cardiologists, also increases Upstate’s number of outpatient cardiology sites to six locations. Upstate Medical University

Binghamton University to purchase nearly $2M X-ray tool for research purposes
VESTAL — Binghamton University plans to buy a new X-ray tool, which it will use in materials research along with research and development in the area of electronics. The university will use a $1.23 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) major research instrumentation program and additional money from the campus to pay for

Record crowd attends 7th annual CNY Best Places to Work awards event
About 340 people attended the awards show at the Drumlins Country Club in the town of DeWitt., a record crowd for the 7th annual event.

Syracuse football game vs. Clemson is officially sold out
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Saturday’s Syracuse-Clemson football game in the Dome is an official sellout, with Syracuse University expecting a “capacity crowd of more than 49,057”

Onondaga County announces Lyft as a transportation provider for its JOBSplus clients
SALINA, N.Y. — Onondaga County on Thursday announced a pilot program with Lyft as a transportation provider for its JOBSplus! clients. San Francisco, California–based Lyft

Syracuse Athletics names football game day hosts
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University has selected three new hosts to entertain the fans at home football games. The trio of Claudia Bellofatto, Matt Fletcher
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