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OCC’s new restaurant is a learning lab for students
SYRACUSE — Onondaga Community College (OCC) students are learning about cooking cuisines and operating various restaurant formats in the eatery called “With Love.” OCC on Dec. 2 formally opened the teaching restaurant for students enrolled in the school’s food-service management and line-cook programs. With Love is located where La Cuisine, a Mediterranean restaurant, once operated. […]
Middle States Commission reaffirms Cayuga Community College accreditation
AUBURN — The Middle States Commission on Higher Education has reaffirmed accreditation of Cayuga Community College with “no requirements for a follow-up report.” Its next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2024 and 2025, the college said in a news release. In addition to the notification of its reaccreditation, the Middle States Commission “commended” Cayuga Community

New York manufacturing index surges in December
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index climbed 8 points to 9 in December, its highest level since April. Economists had predicted an index

SUNY Poly to offer new master’s degree in systems engineering
UTICA — SUNY Polytechnic Institute announced that the New York State Education Department and the State University of New York have approved SUNY Poly’s new Master of Science (MS) degree in systems engineering. The 30-credit degree program will provide students with enhanced theoretical and application-oriented skills and is designed for graduates that already have technical
Hartwick College adds four new majors
ONEONTA — Hartwick College plans to offer four new majors to students, starting in the fall of 2017. The New York State Education Department has

Leadership Greater Syracuse introduces its Class of 2017
DeWITT — Leadership Greater Syracuse (LGS), a nonprofit offering a yearlong civic-engagement training program, has announced its 55-person class of 2017. LGS held its annual Holiday Social event on Dec. 8 at the Palace Theater in Eastwood to welcome this class, its 27th. The participants represent a cross-section of local business, education, and nonprofit organizations.

Onondaga County says Lakeview Amphitheater posted $150K profit
GEDDES, N.Y. — The Lakeview Amphitheater produced an operating profit of $150,247 on total operating revenue of $4.2 million for the 11 months ending Nov.

Number of New York farm distilleries nearly doubles in two years, Cuomo says
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Craft New York Act, that the number of farm distilleries has nearly doubled since

Report: Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Binghamton regions lost jobs in the last year
The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, and Binghamton regions lost jobs in the past 12 months, while the Watertown–Fort Drum and Ithaca regions added jobs in the same

Euphony wins CenterState CEO’s Germinator business competition
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO on Wednesday awarded $100,000 to Euphony during the final phase of the Germinator program. Euphony is a company that is
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