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Syracuse men’s basketball team picked to finish 5th in ACC this season
Syracuse University has been picked fifth in the 2016-17 ACC preseason men’s basketball poll, the conference announced Wednesday at the annual ACC Operation Basketball event

People news: SU’s D’Angelo to serve as national chair of PR society in 2018
A Syracuse University professor has been selected to be the national chair of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) in 2018. Anthony D’Angelo, professor

Crouse Foundation raises $500,000 at its 40th annual Tribute Evening
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Crouse Health Foundation announced it raised $500,000 in net proceeds for Crouse Hospital’s programs and services from its recent 40th annual Tribute

Pediatricians AYOTUNDE O. ADEYEYE, M.D. and ADAOBI ENEKWIZU, M.D. have joined the staff at Rome Medical Group. The new pediatricians are accepting new patients at the hospital-affiliated practice, located

Crouse Hospital to offer biodegradable cardiac-stent option
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Crouse Hospital says it has become the first hospital in the area to make commercially available the Synergy cardiac stent from Boston

Cortland Regional Medical Center forges telestroke partnership with Upstate University Hospital
CORTLAND, N.Y. — Cortland Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is partnering with Upstate University Hospital’s Comprehensive Stroke Center to ensure patients have access to stroke care.

Milford Academy: The Sparta of football
NEW BERLIN — In ancient Greece, Sparta was known for the citizens’ focus on military training and excellence. Male Spartans began their military training at age seven when they entered the educational system, which emphasized discipline, weapons training, and physical stamina, along with philosophy and logic. The boys lived in communal settings away from their

Syracuse University’s Syverud appointed to Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has appointed Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud to its Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC). DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson announced
MVCC to launch veterans environmental training project
UTICA — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) will use a $25,000 donation from the Dominion Foundation to start the veterans environmental training (VET) project. Stan Ossowski, manager of the Dominion Foundation in New Hartford, presented the donation to MVCC President Randall VanWagoner and Frank DuRoss, VP for community development and executive director of the MVCC
Colleges Have Lost Opposing Viewpoints
Here is a pitiful situation. The College Fix organization told us recently that Cornell University has no registered Republicans among the faculty in 11 of its academic departments. Not a single Republican. What about faculty donations to the politicians? About 96 percent went to Democrats. In response, Cornell issued the following joke of a statement:
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