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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:

Syracuse University names Raj interim dean of Whitman School
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University has named S.P. Raj as interim dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, “effective immediately.” The appointment follows

Dominion Foundation donates $25,000 to MVCC for veterans-training project
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) will use a $25,000 donation from the Dominion Foundation to start the veterans environmental training (VET) project.

New York Chiropractic College names Mestan as its next president
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. — The New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) announced that its board has selected Michael A. Mestan as its next president, succeeding Frank

People news: Cayuga Centers appoints Sheedy as COO
AUBURN, N.Y. — Cayuga Centers President and CEO Edward Myers Hayes announced the appointment of Ann Sheedy as chief of operations for Central New York.
NSF awards SUNY Poly professor grant funding for ongoing research
MARCY — A professor at SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) will use a grant of more than $93,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for ongoing research. The award is part of a larger NSF grant committing nearly $300,000 to the project “Machine Learning on Dynamical Systems via Topological Features” that has Firas Khasawneh working
How the Genius NY competition selection process will work
SYRACUSE — The selection process to determine the finalists in the Genius NY business competition will include about 20 people, says Jonathan Parry, director of Genius NY. Genius NY is a $2 million business accelerator based at the Syracuse Technology Garden. Genius NY stands for Growing ENtrepreneurs & Innovators in UpState New York. It’s an

CNY Community Foundation awards $161,000 in grants to area nonprofits
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Central New York Community Foundation Inc. has awarded more than $161,000 in grants to area nonprofits. The funding is part of
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