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New center to expand wireless-solutions research, teaching at SUNY Oswego
OSWEGO — SUNY Oswego announced that its new Advanced Wireless Systems Research Center has opened the first of two labs to foster research, coursework, and experiential learning in next-generation wireless technology. The center’s new research training lab in the college’s Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation is geared toward training students for […]
MVCC offers tractor-trailer driver training course
UTICA — People who are not happy at their current jobs and are thinking about becoming a tractor-trailer driver, can pursue it through training at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC). The college offers a truck-driver training session every two to three weeks throughout the year. It provides a daytime class that starts every two weeks,
CNY Arts receives $40,000 contract through National Endowment for the Arts
SYRACUSE — The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded CNY Arts, Inc. a $40,000 contract through its Art Works grant program. CNY Arts will use the funds to support implementation of Engage CNY, the local organization’s 10-year cultural plan to boost “the livability and economic vitality” of Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Cortland, and Herkimer
Faxton St. Luke’s signs lease agreement for location of regional dialysis center
ONEIDA — Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare (FSLH) has signed a lease agreement to place its regional dialysis center in the Oneida Plaza at 131 Main St. in Oneida. FSLH still needs approval from the New York State Department of Health. It hopes to have construction work on the space completed by next fall, according to
Single-Payer Health Care is a Bad Idea for New York
Since the passage of Obamacare, polling consistently has shown that it is a very unpopular program with the American people. Indeed, as has recently been reported, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber — one of the so-called architects of Obamacare — was recorded as saying that the law passed Congress because of the stupidity of the American

Reaction follows recommendation on Upstate casinos, decision on fracking
The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce is “very disappointed” with Wednesday’s selection of the Lago Resort & Casino in the Seneca County town of Tyre
$100 million federal grant will support N.Y.’s health-innovation plan
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has awarded New York a four-year, $100 million grant in the state innovations model-testing program. The money

St. Joseph’s appoints two new members to foundation board
McGrath is a senior manager for marketing communications at Welch Allyn. She has worked for 16 years in marketing at the Skaneateles Falls–based manufacturer of
People news: Van Kuren named to UHS Foundation board
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Laurie Van Kuren of Riger Marketing has been appointed to the UHS Foundation board of trustees. She will help design and achieve

Cornell to use $10M donation to endow deanship of School of Hotel Administration
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University will use a $10 million donation from an alumnus to endow and name the deanship of its School of Hotel
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