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CNY Community Foundation searches for new president and CEO
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Central New York Community Foundation announced that its search for the organization’s next president and CEO is underway. Peter Dunn, who

SUNY Poly receives $568K in grants to spur offshore-wind training programs
MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute received two grants totaling $568,000 to establish the SUNY Poly Offshore Wind Training Team (SPOWT2) and develop a micro-credential

SyracuseCoE awards $180K to nine faculty fellows for project work
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) in Environmental and Energy Systems has awarded nearly $180,000 for the 2023 SyracuseCoE Faculty Fellow awards.
CNY regional job growth mixed in April compared to a year ago
Four Central New York sub-regions added jobs in the last year while two shed positions. The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, and Binghamton regions gained jobs between April 2022 and this past April. At the same time, the Ithaca and Elmira metro areas lost jobs in the same period. That’s according to the latest monthly employment

SUNY Poly receives funding to participate in transportation study
MARCY, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded SUNY Polytechnic Institute funding that is part of a broader $5 million research effort, spearheaded by City University of New York (CUNY), to assess public transportation and infrastructure needs. SUNY Poly’s Albany and Marcy campuses, as part of the new Center for Social and Economic

Summit FCU receives NCUA’s ‘well capitalized’ rating
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has the Summit Federal Credit Union (FCU) rated as “well capitalized,” representing NCUA’s highest rating category for credit union net worth. Kofi Appiah Okyere, treasurer of the Summit FCU board of directors, shared the information during the organization’s May 10 annual meeting. He was discussing the credit union’s financial

Visions FCU assets grow more than $2B under decade-long leadership of CEO Muse
ENDWELL, N.Y. — The assets of Endwell–based Visions Federal Credit Union have grown by more than $2.3 billion in the 10 years in which Ty Muse has served as its president and CEO. Visions now employs more than 900 employees, who serve more than 250,000 members through its bilingual contact center, digital banking, hundreds of

Guthrie Clinic to acquire Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Guthrie Clinic has entered into an agreement to acquire Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital (Lourdes Hospital), its locations, and related

Oneida County launches program to improve 911 services
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County has started a new Nurse Navigation Program to increase the efficiency of its 911 dispatch system by driving non-emergency calls

People news: Welliver adds assistant project manager
MONTOUR FALLS, N.Y. — Construction-services provider Welliver announced it has hired Evan Jordan as assistant project manager. He will assist in the day-to-day operation on
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