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CNY ASTD honors BEST Learning and Performance Award Winners
Content submitted by the CNY ASTD DeWITT — The winners of the seventh annual CNY BEST Learning and Performance Awards were announced at CNY ASTD’s (Central New York Chapter of the American Society for Training & Development) CNY BEST awards ceremony on Thursday, June 12 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Syracuse, near Carrier Circle. […]

Solar-panel project is just the latest SUNY Cortland green effort
CORTLAND — SUNY Cortland’s project installing more than 3,600 solar panels on campus, which went online in May, is not only the latest in the school’s green efforts, but also is the first project of its kind for the 64-campus SUNY system. The $3 million solar system in Cortland will produce 1.5 million kilowatt hours
Binghamton man bequeaths $10 million to SUNY Broome, school’s largest gift ever
BINGHAMTON — The estate of Binghamton resident Emil Calice has donated $10 million to the State University of New York (SUNY) Broome Community College, the

St. John Fisher College president announces plan to retire in 2015
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Donald Bain, president of St. John Fisher College, today announced his plans to retire as the liberal-arts college’s leader in 2015 after
State certifies Good Shepherd Fairview Home to provide enhanced assisted-living services
BINGHAMTON — The New York State Department of Health recently certified Good Shepherd Fairview Home as a provider of enhanced assisted-living residential (EALR) services. Good
Welch Allyn acquires assets of Florida–based PediaVision
SKANEATELES FALLS — Welch Allyn, Inc., a Skaneateles Falls–based manufacturer of medical-diagnostic equipment, on June 3 announced it has acquired certain assets of PediaVision Holdings, LLC, an Orlando–area–based developer of vision technology. Welch Allyn didn’t release any financial terms of the acquisition in its news release. PediaVision, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Lake Mary,

Newhouse School to dedicate New Studio and Innovation Center on Sept. 29
Will celebrate re-opening of Newhouse 2 building, after $18 million renovation SYRACUSE — Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications announced it will dedicate the new Newhouse Studio and Innovation Center on Sept. 29 on campus. Special guest Oprah Winfrey will join students, alumni, media executives, and other VIPs to celebrate the re-opening of

Upstate consumer sentiment jumps in May
Consumer sentiment in upstate New York rose 6.2 points to 75.4 in May, according to the latest monthly survey the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI)
Ithaca firm among 12 in first wave of Start-Up NY program
ITHACA — An Ithaca firm is among a dozen companies that are either expanding or relocating in New York as part of the first wave
State accepts Morrisville State College as tax-free area in Start-Up NY program
MORRISVILLE — Empire State Development (ESD) has accepted Morrisville State College’s application to participate in the Start-Up NY program with a designation of a tax-free
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