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North Country medical-evaluation firm readies for more growth
CARTHAGE — Independent Medical Evaluation Company, LLC (IMEC) is hoping to generate additional contract work now that it is certified as a minority and women-owned business enterprise in New York. The firm handles independent medical evaluations (IMEs) on issues such as workers’-compensation claims, no-fault liability cases, fitness for duty evaluations, and functional-capacity evaluations, and others, […]
OCC appoints Lisa Moore as executive director of OCC Foundation
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Onondaga Community College (OCC) has appointed Lisa Moore as vice president of development and executive director of the OCC Foundation. The school
Whitman School collaborates with Staples on supply-chain initiative
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University (SU) is collaborating with Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) on an initiative focused
Free community colleges: Getting ahead of the future
The future ain’t what it used to be. — Yogi Berra UTICA — “The world is changing faster than any one of us can comprehend,” says Randall J. (Randy) VanWagoner, Ph.D., president of Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC), which was the first community college founded in the state. “That means the future
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud reacts to NCAA report
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University (SU) took issue with “certain findings” in the report that the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions released on Friday,
The NCAA has placed the Syracuse University (SU) men’s basketball and football programs on a five-year probation, suspended basketball head coach Jim Boeheim for nine
Greater Utica Chamber names Perra Business Person of the Year
UTICA, N.Y. — The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce has named Scott Perra its 2014 Business Person of the Year. Perra is president and CEO
Whitman School hosts grad student stock-pitch competition
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has rolled out its first graduate student stock-pitch competition The first contest
SUNY BEST’s March 5 event to highlight Southern Tier energy projects
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The SUNY Business and Education Cooperative of the Southern Tier (SUNY BEST) will offer the final program in its four-part series on
Utica nurse arrested for failing to report a patient’s high-risk health condition
UTICA, N.Y. — A Utica licensed practical nurse is under arrest for allegedly failing to report panic-high potassium levels appearing in a patient’s laboratory-test results.
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