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New Upstate Family Health Center CEO outlines goals
ROME — Upstate Family Health Center, Inc.’s new CEO brings more than just years of experience in the health-care industry to the role. She also carries a desire to help those in need and hopes to grow the organization to help even more people. Andreea Mera on Nov. 6 started in her new leadership role […]
SUNY Poly to host regional New York Business Plan Competition for college students
MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) will serve as the host site for the Mohawk Valley region in the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC). The competition, which is set for April 5, involves college students from across the area competing for a total of $3,500 in prizes. Organized by the Upstate Capital
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SUNY campuses are allocating nearly $10 million in annual state funding to increase their mental-health services and support for students, faculty, and staff. The funding will expand services at 28 campuses, support more than 200,000 students,and build on its Statewide Tele-Psychiatry Network (STPN) and new tele-counseling option for community colleges, the office

First Wynn Hospital nurse honored with DAISY Award
UTICA — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced that one of its registered nurses (RNs) has won the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses — the first to be awarded to a nurse working at the new Wynn Hospital in downtown Utica. The award recognizes nurses for the compassionate care they perform on a daily basis.

Memory special-care unit now open at Loretto’s The Commons on St. Anthony
AUBURN — The Commons on St. Anthony in Auburn, which is part of the Loretto system, now offers a memory special-care unit (MSCU). Loretto’s fourth MSCU is the “first facility of its kind dedicated to dementia care in Auburn,” and seeks to “to help meet significant, continuously growing demand for memory-care services in Cayuga County,”
Le Moyne, Meier’s Creek Brewing introduce Le Moyne-themed craft beer for fundraiser
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Le Moyne College and Meier’s Creek Brewing Company (MCBC) on Tuesday announced Dolphy Day IPA, a Le Moyne-themed craft beer that will be onthe market by the beginning of March. The brew will be available at Meier’s Creek locations in Cazenovia and the Syracuse Inner Harbor and at retail stores throughout the

Onondaga County to use nearly $4M federal grant for project targeting youth mental health
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County will use a federal grant of nearly $4 million over five years to address youth mental health in the county. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded the $3.7 million grant, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon announced Monday. SAMHSA is the agency within the U.S. Department of

Binghamton University accepting applications for University and Community Projects Fund
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University is now accepting applications for the 2024 grant cycle of the Stephen David Ross University and Community Projects Fund. Ross, a distinguished research professor emeritus, established the fund to advance working partnerships between the university and the community, the school said in its Monday announcement. Binghamton University awards Ross Fund

Syracuse University, University of Seoul ink partnership pact
SYRACUSE — Syracuse University and the University of Seoul have developed a relationship that could lead to a university center in South Korea. Other “possible outcomes” of their partnership could be the development of new University of Seoul programs that leverage Syracuse’s study abroad and study away facilities. They could also include the exchange of

CDC, FDA, drug makers need to deal with shortage of RSV doses, Schumer says
SYRACUSE — Besides his role as the majority leader of the U.S. Senate, Charles Schumer is also a grandfather to three young children and doesn’t like to think about them getting sick. “… and a parent should never have to hear there isn’t enough medicine to keep their kid healthy and safe. We must do
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