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Federal grant to help OCC lead community colleges in health-care training initiative
The schools will work in partnership with leading workforce-development agencies, health-care industry leaders, unions, and other community partners in a project called the Community College

Genesis Group, NBT Bank partner on business-grant program
Awards range from $500 to $1,000. NBT Bank provided a $5,000 investment to fund the first round of grants. Townsquare Media, Hummel’s Office Plus, and

People news: Oswego Health names Morse director of ICU and respiratory therapy
Morse started working at Oswego Health in 2010 as a registered nurse (RN) in the ICU in 2010. There, she spent nine years caring for

Tompkins Cortland Community College awarded funding for micro-credentials, job training
DRYDEN, N.Y. — Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) in Dryden will use a funding award of $150,000 to develop micro-credentials and for training to fill

ICAN receives state funding to establish program to reduce gun violence
UTICA, N.Y. — Integrated Community Alternatives Network (ICAN) recently received $500,000 in state funding to establish a SNUG Street Outreach Program to reduce gun violence in Utica. The program uses a public-health approach by identifying the source, interrupting transmission, and treating it by providing services and resources and changing community norms around gun violence. “SNUG

Six Town Community Fund accepting grant proposals
The Six Town Community Fund of the Northern New York (NNY) Community Foundation will award up to $7,500 in grant funding this year to nonprofit organizations serving the southern Jefferson County region. This geographic fund provides support for local programs, projects, and initiatives that enhance the quality of life in the Six Town area, per

SLU, Cornell Law School team up on early admission program
St. Lawrence University (SLU) says it’s partnering with the law school at Cornell University on a law early admission program (LEAP). The program will enable high-achieving undergraduates to attain their undergraduate and law degrees in six years instead of the traditional seven, St. Lawrence University said in a Sept. 9 announcement. “We are excited to

State awards area airports funding for improvements
Airports serving the Syracuse, Binghamton, Watertown, and Ogdensburg areas will use state funding for improvements. They’re among nine facilities that will benefit from a total

Adirondack Railroad train makes first run to Tupper Lake
TUPPER LAKE, N.Y. — For the first time since 1981, an Adirondack Railroad train traveled from Thendara Station, just outside of Old Forge, north to

Ithaca College to launch occupational therapy doctoral degree program
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca College says it is accepting applications for a new six-year, undergraduate-plus-doctoral degree program in occupational therapy. It will be the school’s
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