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WCNY training program uses $490K from CNY Community Foundation program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Central New York Community Foundation announced that it has a local impact-investing program that has closed on a $490,000 deal for WCNY’s Entertainment Academy until funding from a state-grant contract is fulfilled. This project is receiving funding from a certificate of deposit (CD) that the Community Foundation has established in partnership […]

Syracuse University chancellor to depart next June
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The current academic year at Syracuse University will be the last for Chancellor Kent Syverud. He plans to step down as chancellor and president in June 2026, after more than 12 years in the job. Saying the decision comes “after much reflection,” Syverud, who turns age 69 in October, announced his decision

Binghamton University’s new president to start in November
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University has its next president following an Aug. 19 vote by the SUNY board of trustees. The system selected Anne D’Alleva as Binghamton’s eighth president. D’Alleva, currently the provost and executive VP for academic affairs at the University of Connecticut (UConn), is scheduled to begin her duties in Vestal on Nov.

Ithaca airport will have three daily flights to Washington, D.C. in October
LANSING, N.Y. — Ithaca Tompkins International Airport (ITH) already offers two daily flights to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) and plans to add a third next month. The third flight is made possible through funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASD) grant, Tompkins County said in a Thursday

Munson wins $75,000 Henry Luce Foundation grant
UTICA, N.Y. — The Munson Museum of Art has recently been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation for the reinterpretation and reinstallation of its galleries of 19th-century American art. From November 2025 to December 2026, the entire first floor of the Museum of Art, comprising three galleries, will be renovated to display

New leader of Schweinfurth Art Center starts duties
AUBURN, N.Y. — Syracuse native Catherine Underhill has started her new job as executive director of the Schweinfurth Art Center, a multi-arts facility in Auburn. Underhill, who began in her new role Aug. 25, most recently served as executive director of View Art Center in Old Forge. “I’ve spent my entire career in the arts,”

Johnson City YMCA to use $1.2 million state grant to renovate swimming pool
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — The West Family Branch YMCA will use $1.2 million in state funding to renovate the branch’s pool to improve activities that

Crews complete work on Binghamton’s Murray Street railroad bridge project
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Murray Street in Binghamton has reopened to traffic following the completion of a major project to rehabilitate the railroad bridges between Clinton

SU women’s basketball coach to speak at CenterState CEO Economic Champions event
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University women’s basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack will be the keynote speaker at CenterState CEO’s annual Economic Champions event on Oct. 29. It’s scheduled from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center at Oncenter. Legette-Jack, who also played for and graduated from SU, is a graduate of the Syracuse

Taste of Syracuse raised more than $24,000 for two local nonprofits
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The fundraising effort at this past June’s Taste of Syracuse event generated more than $24,000 for two local nonprofit organizations. Galaxy Media, which organizes Taste of Syracuse, on Wednesday presented checks totaling just over $12,000 to both David’s Refuge and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York. The money collected for
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