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SU will no longer provide health, IT services to ESF students under new agreement
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University (SU) and the SUNY College of Environment Science and Forestry (ESF) have agreed that ESF will make health and wellness
Excellus is accepting applications for nonprofit community health awards
DeWITT — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is calling on nonprofit organizations to apply for its community health awards that will provide a total of $87,000 to help fund health and wellness programs in upstate New York. The community health awards are available to nonprofits in the health insurer’s 31-county upstate New York region, according to a
Excellus is accepting applications for nonprofit community health awards
DeWITT, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is calling on nonprofit organizations to apply for its community health awards that will provide a total of $87,000

People news: MVCC appoints Leandre as director of student engagement and outreach
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) announced it has appointed Jean Leandre as director of student engagement and outreach. Leandre will work with

People news: Syracuse University hires Mulbah as recruiting director for football team
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New Syracuse Orange head football coach Dino Babers on Monday afternoon named Asil Mulbah to his support staff as director of recruiting

Cazenovia College names Chesbrough as its next president
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — Cazenovia College has named a SUNY Potsdam graduate as the school’s 29th president. Ronald Chesbrough, who currently serves as president of St.
SUNY Poly, Sitrin Health Care announce jointly funded neuropsychology teaching position
SUNY Polytechnic Institute has announced a new partnership with Sitrin Health Care that will create a full-time research and teaching position in neuropsychology. Both organizations

Upstate Medical to use $2.35M state grant for Alzheimer’s efforts
SYRACUSE — Upstate Medical University will use a state grant of up to $2.35 million over five years to expand its work on diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. The award from the New York State Department of Health also includes Upstate Medical’s designation as a “center of excellence” for Alzheimer’s disease, the medical school said in a

SU launches competition to select design firm for National Veterans Resource Complex
SYRACUSE — Syracuse University (SU) is working to select a firm to “conceptualize, design, and construct” the new National Veterans Resource Complex (NVRC). SU in December announced the launch of an international design competition to select the firm. The university has formed a selection committee that includes faculty, staff, students, and design professionals to make
Laboratory Alliance: lab careers available for science-minded students
SALINA — Laboratory Alliance of Central New York, LLC is concerned about what it calls an “alarming national shortage” in the medical technology or laboratory workforce. “I call it a silent crisis because nobody really knows what medical technology is,” says Barbara Guiffrida, VP of human resources at Laboratory Alliance. A medical technologist or a
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