Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Syracuse, Central New York and beyond.
Ithaca College names Wang dean of School of Humanities and Sciences
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca College announced it has appointed international-relations scholar Vincent Wei-Cheng Wang as the new dean of its School of Humanities and Sciences.
Walmart Foundation awards Cornell University a nearly $150K manufacturing grant
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University will use a grant of nearly $150,000 for its no-waste apparel design and production process that utilizes post-consumer textile waste
People news: Leadership Greater Syracuse hires new marketing coordinator
DeWITT, N.Y. — Leadership Greater Syracuse (LGS), a nonprofit offering a yearlong civic-engagement training program, announced that it recently hired Kristen Vella as a marketing

Jefferson County veteran among semifinalists in IVMF business-plan competition
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An entrepreneur from Jefferson County is among 10 semifinalists in a business-plan competition for veterans. Paul Kilgore’s plan for WAORGANY Brewing, LLC

Ithaca health and wellness facility rebrands as Cayuga Wellness Center
THACA, N.Y. — Cayuga Medical Center, Island Health & Fitness, and Rasa Spa, LLC are now calling their Ithaca facility the Cayuga Wellness Center. The
Cuomo rolls out $3 million clean-energy contest for universities in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that his $3 million competition challenging student-led coalitions from colleges and universities in New York state to

Metro Fitness Health Club adds muscle to DeWitt property
DeWITT — The owner of Syracuse–based Metro Fitness Health Club had only intended to offer advice about a property in DeWitt. Then, his company ended up with a second location. In the middle of 2015, one of business owner Randy Sabourin’s personal-training clients asked him to meet with one of his business partners. “That’s when
Air Force Research Lab awards SUNY Poly $1.2M for R&D project on computer systems
ALBANY, N.Y. — A SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) professor will use a grant of $1.2 million for a research and development project on next-generation
OMNI Surgery Center to formally open Jan. 28
UTICA, N.Y. — OMNI Surgery Center, an outpatient surgical center that specializes in interventional pain management, will formally open in South Utica on Jan. 28.
Freund joins MACNY as chief leadership officer
DeWITT, N.Y. — David Freund has joined the Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY) as its new chief leadership officer, the organization announced. Freund
Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Syracuse, Central New York and beyond.