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New York awards Upstate Medical $2.35 million for Alzheimer’s efforts
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has awarded Upstate Medical University an award of up to $2.35 million over five
Company news: Oswego Hospital Lab earns Joint Commission accreditation
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Hospital has earned the Joint Commission’s “Gold Seal of Approval” for laboratory services accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance
Katko’s take on the two-year pause in Obamacare’s medical-device tax
A bill that President Barack Obama signed last Friday, Dec. 18, included a provision that places a two-year moratorium on the 2.3 percent tax on
St. Joseph’s hires most of its December nursing graduates
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center has hired nearly all of the December graduates from its college of nursing to available nursing positions
Hamilton College’s next president is no stranger to Central New York
CLINTON — A man who once served as a professor and associate dean at Cornell Law School is returning to Central New York to assume the top leadership role at a different school. The Hamilton College board of trustees has named David Wippman as the school’s 20th president. The appointment is effective July
SUNY Cortland gets $800K to educate future STEM teachers
CORTLAND — SUNY Cortland on Oct. 30 announced it will receive nearly $800,000 to assist science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and professionals in becoming K-12 educators in “high-need” school districts. It’s the second phase of funding the school has earned through the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The
Upstate Medical seeks participants in study with U.S. Army to develop dengue-virus vaccine
SYRACUSE — Upstate Medical University’s Center for Global Health & Translational Science is looking for healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 45 who want to be part of a study to develop a vaccine to combat the dengue (pronounced DENG-ee) virus. The initiative targets a “global public health concern,” Upstate
Le Moyne to rename school after Rochester couple’s $6.5M donation
SYRACUSE — Le Moyne College will rename one of its schools following a $6.5 million donation from a Rochester couple who met while students there. Le Moyne has renamed its School of Graduate and Professional Studies as the John & Kathy Purcell School of Professional Studies. The Purcell donation represents the third-largest gift in
Hamilton College names Wippman as its 20th president
CLINTON, N.Y. — The Hamilton College board of trustees has named David Wippman as the school’s 20th president. The appointment is effective July 1,
SUNY Oswego researchers share grant to monitor fish for pollutants
OSWEGO — SUNY Oswego will use a $1.5 million share of a federal grant in a partnership that documents declines in older chemical pollutants in the Great Lakes. The school’s Environmental Research Center is using the funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the initiative. SUNY Oswego is working with Clarkson University
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