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Student teams from CNY schools win MWBE awards in state business-plan contest
ALBANY — Teams from Mohawk Valley Community College, SUNY Oneonta, and SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) won MWBE awards and prize money in the 7th annual New York Business Plan Competition. Women and minorities made up the majority of students on the winning teams, which secured the Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Awards, according […]

Primary Urgent Care opens in Utica on July 5
UTICA, N.Y. — Primary Urgent Care, a walk-in health clinic, will start seeing patients on July 5 at 1908 Genesee St. in Utica. The clinic’s

MVHS consolidates inpatient pediatrics at Faxton St. Luke’s campus, no staffing impact
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) is consolidating inpatient pediatric care to its St. Luke’s campus, effective Friday. The St. Luke’s campus

MVCC launches small unmanned-aerial systems degree program
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) has added a new degree program focused on small unmanned-aerial systems (sUAS), or drones. The school is

Upstate University Hospital helps Ogdensburg hospital with stroke treatment via telemedicine
OGDENSBURG — Upstate University Hospital is using telemedicine to assist Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center (CHMC) in Ogdensburg in St. Lawrence County in the treatment of stroke symptoms. CHMC’s emergency department will use a telemedicine program to connect its physicians with neurologists at Upstate’s “comprehensive stroke center,” Upstate said in a news release issued June 16. Upstate

New York CPA group elects two new board members from Mohawk Valley region
The group has elected John Lauchert, a CPA who works in Clinton in Oneida County, to serve as the board’s secretary/treasurer. Lauchert is an outsource

Great Lakes Research Consortium awards nearly $45K in grants
The Great Lakes Research Consortium (GLRC) has awarded nearly $45,000 in grants for research projects in upstate New York. The projects investigate vitamin B deficiency

Rome Memorial Hospital names Ruddy new clinical director for Wound Care Center
ROME, N.Y. — Melissa Ruddy has been named clinical director of Rome Memorial Hospital’s Regional Center for Wound Care. She will manage the day-to-day operations

St. Joseph’s Health adds 20 permanent beds
SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center has added 20 beds to help fill the patient need generated by its expanding regional partnerships. The New

CHMC CEO discusses Upstate University Hospital telemedicine partnership
OGDENSBURG — Nate Howell remembers when Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center (CHMC) in Ogdensburg (St. Lawrence County) first became involved in the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning
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