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Search committee chair, Van Slyke, named Maxwell School dean
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The man who led the search committee to find a new dean of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has

Upstate University Hospital to provide Ogdensburg hospital with stroke-treatment services
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate University Hospital has agreed to team up with Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center (CHMC) in Ogdensburg in St. Lawrence County for the treatment
Smith takes over as director of finance at St. Joseph’s Health
SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Health recently appointed Julie Edmunds Smith as its new director of finance. In this role, Smith is responsible for St. Joseph’s Health’s accounting and financial operations, the organization said in a news release. They include general finance and reporting, accounts payable, treasury management, reimbursement, and capital management for the system. “Julie

People news: Kelberman Center appoints Hilts director of transition and vocational services
UTICA, N.Y. — The Kelberman Center has appointed Crystal Hilts director of transition and vocational services. She joins the center after two years as a

Senators: Cornell University to use federal grant for telecommunications research
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University will use a grant of $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) as it researches ways to improve telecommunications networks

Miner calls on Upstate Medical to pay City of Syracuse for services
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner is publicly calling on SUNY Upstate Medical University to forge an agreement with the City of Syracuse in

Health Foundation President Monroe to retire at year’s-end
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ann Monroe, president of the Health Foundation for Western & Central New York, plans to retire at the end of 2016. Monroe

Cornell names Nelson dean of Johnson School
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University announced it has named Mark Nelson, a professor of accounting, as the 12th dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate

Emerson Foundation elects Hamilton College president, Stewart, to its board
AUBURN, N.Y. — The Fred L. Emerson Foundation announced it has elected Joan Hinde Stewart, the soon-to-be-retired president of Hamilton College, to its board of

Health Foundation selects seventh cohort of Health Leadership Fellows
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York has awarded fellowships to 39 Upstate health-care professionals, including a dozen in Central
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