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Canadian firm to set up U.S. manufacturing operations at former IBM Huron building in Endicott
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Canadian firm Ubiquity Solar Inc. will establish its U.S. solar photovoltaic manufacturing operations in a roughly $61 million investment at the former

William Macartney III, chairman of Indium Corp. board, dies at age 79
CLINTON, N.Y. — William (Bill) Macartney III — who chaired the board of directors for the Indium Corporation of Clinton — died Sept. 14 from

Ithaca College, SUNY Cortland to play Cortaca Jug football game at Yankee Stadium in 2022
The annual football game between Ithaca College (IC) and SUNY Cortland is heading back to the New York City area next year. The two Division

Hochul wants NY-Sun program expanded
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday said she is seeking to expand the NY-Sun program to reach a goal of at least 10 gigawatts of distributed

VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University researchers will use two federal grants totaling more than $1.3 million for research into antibody-mediated, drug-delivery technology for the treatment

Startup IoT develops air-purification technology that helps with COVID
SYRACUSE — A Syracuse tech startup is aiming to help with the COVID-19 pandemic by deploying a computer platform to monitor air purification and to destroy particles of the virus in the air with scrubbing technology. After two years of development, the founders and investors in IoT Right hope to bring their technology to scale

Tech & Culture speaker series focuses on workplace diversity
SYRACUSE — For people who want to pursue a career in engineering, David Richardson would advise them to “stay the course” and “network, network, network as much as possible.” He also tells them to get involved in as many organizations as they can. “Attend [events] like this. You never know who [you’ll] meet. You have

Ichor Therapeutics rebrands as Ichor Life Sciences
LAFAYETTE, N.Y. — Ichor Therapeutics, a biotechnology company headquartered in LaFayette, says it has rebranded as Ichor Life Sciences. The new name reflects the firm’s

Grow-NY program selects 20 finalists for this year’s competition
Empire State Development (ESD) on Wednesday announced the 20 finalists selected to participate in the third year of the Grow-NY competition. Grow-NY is a food

CNY fire departments get federal funding to hire additional firefighters, buy equipment
Some Central New York fire departments will use federal funding to hire additional local firefighters and to pay for firefighter safety training and equipment. The
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