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SUNY Broome appoints Tioga County Chamber president to BIT advisory board
OWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Broome Community College has appointed Sabrina Henriques, CEO & president of Tioga County Chamber of Commerce & Foundation, to its business

SyracuseCoE Innovation Fund awards grants to Potsdam firm, three others
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Potsdam firm is among four companies awarded $10,000 in funding from the SyracuseCoE Innovation Fund to help commercialize their innovative products

Syracuse airport launches parking-status tool on its website
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Regional Airport Authority (SRAA) on Monday announced the rollout of a new tool to monitor the status of drive-up parking

ANDRO lands $240,000 Navy contract
ROME, N.Y. — The U.S. Navy has awarded ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC a phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract valued at $240,000 to develop a new type of autonomous capability for uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) applications. ANDRO’s Marconi-Rosenblatt Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) Innovation Lab team in Rome, led by Jithin Jagannath,

Usherwood calls Vermont acquisition exciting opportunity
SYRACUSE — The president of Usherwood Office Technology calls the company’s purchase of a Vermont firm an “exciting opportunity” to continue its growth in the New England region. The Syracuse–based company on Nov. 28 announced it has acquired Reprographics of New England (Repro), a privately owned, office-technology provider in Winooski, Vermont. Usherwood didn’t disclose the

Tompkins County wins state funding for 7 electric vehicles
Tompkins County will use a state grant of more than $52,000 toward seven battery-powered electric vehicles. The funding for Tompkins County is part of more than $567,000 that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) awarded to 10 communities. They’ll use the money to purchase or lease zero-emission light- and medium-duty fleet vehicles

CXtec to be anchor tenant in City Center once Syracuse project wraps up
SALINA — CXtec is looking ahead to 2023 when the firm will move its headquarters from the town of Salina to become an anchor tenant in the City Center building in downtown Syracuse. The firm says it will move 100 jobs to the newly redeveloped structure once the project wraps up in the middle part

SUNY board votes to move nanoscale college to UAlbany, appoints new officer in charge at SUNY Poly
MARCY, N.Y. — Reunifying the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and appointing an officer in charge of SUNY Polytechnic Institute were two items

Upstate Medical’s outpatient pharmacy to offer locking prescription bottles for patients
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Upstate Medical University outpatient pharmacy plans to start using a new system to provide locking prescription bottles for controlled medications ordered

Syracuse University getting ready to install new seating at JMA Wireless Dome
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University on Thursday said the installation of upgraded chairback seating will happen “in the months ahead.” Crews will replace bench seating
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