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Students no longer need to get a COVID vaccine to attend a SUNY school
ALBANY, N.Y. — Beginning with summer courses this year, SUNY will no longer require a COVID-19 vaccine for students to attend its 64 campuses. The decision coincides with U.S. President Joe Biden signing a federal bill on April 10 declaring the official end of the national public-health emergency associated with the pandemic. Moving forward, COVID-19 […]
RMS promotes Fiorenza to director of research analytics
BALDWINSVILLE — Research & Marketing Strategies, Inc. (RMS) announced that it has promoted Patrick Fiorenza to director of research analytics. Since joining RMS in early 2022, Fiorenza has established a comprehensive analytics department to address the company’s market-research analytics needs and developed an extensive team of resources through both internal staff and contracted professionals, the
WISE Women’s Business Center to use $100K SU grant to help women entrepreneurs
SYRACUSE — The WISE Women’s Business Center (WBC) will use a $100,000 special-impact grant from Syracuse University to help area women entrepreneurs. The funding will allow WISE WBC to provide expert technical assistance to more than 250 women entrepreneurs in Central New York through its no-cost, small-business counseling program. Syracuse University sees the grant as
New student-led café opens at SUNY Oswego
OSWEGO, N.Y. — A new student-led, student-run café called the Rich N’ Pour Cafe has opened in Rich Hall at SUNY Oswego. The café —
Masonic Care Community receives Excellus funding for rehabilitation equipment
UTICA, N.Y. — The Masonic Care Community announced it has recently received sponsorship funding from Excellus BlueCross BlueShield to enhance its rehabilitation and fall-prevention activities
All CNY regions post modest job gains in the last year
The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions all gained jobs between February 2022 and this past February. The Central New York subregions produced job growth ranging from 0.6 percent in both the Elmira and Ithaca areas to 2.4 percent in the Syracuse region during the 12-month period. That’s according to the latest
Daldrop SBB building new manufacturing plant in Schroeppel
SCHROEPPEL, N.Y. — Daldrop SBB announced it is building a new manufacturing facility at the L. Michael Treadwell Oswego County Industrial Park (OCIP) in Schroeppel. Daldrop SBB is a German company with operations in both Salina and DeWitt. The firm plans to consolidate the Salina and DeWitt locations into the new Oswego County site once
College consortium to train workers for Micron, semiconductor industry
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An official with Micron Technology calls the Northeast University Semiconductor Network “an amazing opportunity to create generational change.” Manish Bhatia, executive VP of global operations at Micron Technology, called the group “…a transformational shift in how universities and industry partner together, not just over five years, but over 10 years, 20 years,
Cryomech moves forward under Bluefors ownership with local jobs to fill
DeWITT, N.Y. — As Cryomech begins operations under a new owner, the local firm’s president tells CNYBJ it has job openings to fill and they’re listed at the Cryomech website. The positions include assembly technician, CNC machine operator, machine operator, final quality control technician, maintenance technician, manufacturing process engineer, and others. The operation at 6682
Dowd named Pathfinder Bank president and CEO
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBHC), the bank holding company of Pathfinder Bank, announced April 3 that its board of directors has named James A. (Jim) Dowd as president and CEO of the company and the bank. Dowd had served in both roles on an interim basis since April 14, 2022, following the
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