Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Syracuse, Central New York and beyond.

Cayuga Women’s Health sees first patients at Cayuga Park
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cayuga Women’s Health practice welcomed its first patients at Cayuga Park on Monday, Oct. 9. It follows just over two years

Herkimer College hosts professional-development event for students
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Herkimer College Career Services held a “Handshakes and Headshots” workshop for students Oct. 4 as part of its semester-long professional-development series. Students

Le Moyne College renames its Madden School of Business
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Le Moyne College says its Madden School of Business is now called the Madden College of Business & Economics. The school held
MVHS adds Albert, Brumsted, and Singh to board of directors
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) recently added three new members — Waleed Albert, John R. Brumsted, and Savneet Singh — to its board of directors. Dr. Albert is an infectious-disease specialist at MVHS, as well as at Rome Memorial Hospital. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Trenton Affiliated Hospitals
Rome Community Foundation awards Q3 grants
ROME, N.Y. — The Rome Community Foundation has awarded $20,300 in grants to five Rome area charitable organizations in its latest distributions for the third quarter of 2023. The grants ranged in value from $500 to $6,300. Abraham House received $6,300 to abate a bat problem, Zion Episcopal Church was allocated $6,000 to paint the

St. Joseph’s Health to expand lab services in $9.1M project
SYRACUSE — Construction is underway on a $9.1 million project that St. Joseph’s Health says will expand laboratory services and result in dozens of new jobs. As announced earlier this year, the health-care system is divesting its co-ownership of Laboratory Alliance of Central New York (LACNY) in January. The project allows for the expansion of

Two upstate projects get $5 million from DMCS program
Two upstate New York–based projects will use $5 million each through the federal Defense Manufacturing Community Support (DMCS) program. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) had selected the two projects as finalists for funding, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) announced back on Sept. 8. DoD awarded the funding to the NYS Microelectronics Defense

Kabari Wellness Institute opens new location in Rome
ROME, N.Y. — Seneca Falls–based Kabari Wellness Institute has recently opened a second location at 214 W. Liberty St. in Rome. The business celebrated a ribbon cutting on Aug. 31 with the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce and Rome Area Chamber of Commerce. Kabari Wellness Institute provides integrated health and wellness services with a holistic

Utica University invests in growing cybersecurity program
UTICA, N.Y. — Utica University is taking its cyber-education program to the next level with a new cyber range it will build in Bull Hall. The range will open up new education and training methods and opportunities for the university beyond the programs and products it uses now to train the next-generation cyber workforce, says

Clarkson professors awarded $400,000 NSF cyber grant
POTSDAM — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a nearly $400,000 grant to four professors at Clarkson University to incorporate cybersecurity into their computing classes. The funding will help them “create and integrate” identity and access management (IAM)-themed, project-based learning (PBL) curriculum into existing computer-science and software engineering-related curricula, the university said in its
Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Syracuse, Central New York and beyond.