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Sitrin Health Care CEO discusses NeuroCare, other projects in 2016
NEW HARTFORD — Sitrin Health Care Center in New Hartford is preparing to open Sitrin NeuroCare, a 32-bed, long-term care program for patients with Huntington’s disease and ALS. Sitrin first announced the project about a year ago, describing it as the “only one of its kind” in upstate New York in a Feb. 26, 2015 […]

Excellus names Lockwood VP and chief medical officer of CNY region
DeWITT, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has named Dr. Richard Lockwood VP and chief medical officer of the health insurer’s Central New York region. He

Schumer, in Syracuse visit, promotes bills to address student-loan debt
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Student-loan debt now exceeds the amount Americans owe on credit cards and in auto-loan debt. That’s according to U.S. Senator Charles Schumer
Five Star Urgent Care opens seventh location, introduces new pediatric-care services
CLAY, N.Y. — Five Star Urgent Care has opened a new office at 7375 Oswego Rd. in the town of Clay. The new location also

Alfred University appoints former business-school dean as its 14th president
ALFRED, N.Y. — A former dean of the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School will become the next president of a university in New York’s

People news: Di Fino joins Syracuse athletics department staff
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse native Anthony Di Fino has joined the Syracuse University athletics department staff as associate athletics director for business development, according to

Syracuse University doctoral program moves to top research tier, according to Carnegie rankings
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University (SU) has moved into the top tier for research activity among all of the nation’s doctorate-degree granting universities. That’s according
SUNY awards $4.6 million to six North Country campuses
The State University of New York (SUNY) has awarded $4.6 million to six SUNY campuses in the North Country region through the university’s Investment and

Inspiring future engineering students
Binghamton University will host a Feb. 27 event offering many activities for kids to help them discover engineering VESTAL — Tossing raw eggs from 30 feet high isn’t directly synonymous with engineering, but the students at Binghamton University tend to disagree. The egg drop — in which raw eggs encased in hand-crafted structures are let

Upstate Medical launches precision medicine in cancer care
SYRACUSE — The State University of New York (SUNY) has awarded Upstate Medical University a grant that the school will use to establish “precision medicine.”
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