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Digital design firm formally opens downtown Ithaca office
ITHACA — CTHDRL — which says it’s a digital design and experience agency focused on the intersection of community, culture, and commerce — has opened a new office in downtown Ithaca. CTHDRL held a ribbon-cutting event with the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA) and Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick on July 22 at its new office in […]

Five finalists selected for this year’s Genius NY program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Empire State Development (ESD) on Tuesday announced the five teams selected to take part in round five of the Genius NY business-accelerator

Rome Lab to benefit as AFRL is designated as a quantum information science research center
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Lab will secure funding as the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is now designated as the quantum information science (QIS) research

Private developer to buy former Northland Communications building in Utica for $400K
UTICA, N.Y. — The City of Utica’s Urban Renewal Agency (URA) approved an application from Michael Pezzolanella to purchase the former home of Northland Communications

Upstate Medical University researcher to use nearly $700K in federal funding for dementia research
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University will use grant funding of more than $680,000 for research into one of the leading forms of dementia. The

Saab wins Navy contract worth more than $32 million
DeWITT, N.Y. — Saab Inc. in DeWitt was recently awarded a $32.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the MK 9 Tracker Illuminator System Replacement Continuous Wave Tracking Illuminator development and production effort. This firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed fee, and cost-only contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the pact to

CNY Biotech Accelerator’s Medical Device Innovation Challenge begins fifth year
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Six companies are participating in the Medical Device Innovation Challenge (MDIC), a program of Upstate Medical University’s CNY Biotech Accelerator (CNYBAC). The initiative is supported through a grant from Empire State Development. The committee selected the teams from a pool of 33 applicants, the largest batch of applications for the competition to

SRC adds to its footprint with new Virginia office
CICERO, N.Y. — SRC, Inc. says it has opened an office in Herndon, Virginia and tasked it with providing services to the U.S. Department of Defense and the intelligence community. The services will include information operations, special-program support, information assurance, cybersecurity, communications engineering, and systems engineering. SRC is a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Cicero that

SUNY Oswego’s Hewitt Hall to transform into broadcasting, graphic-design facility
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Construction crews are renovating SUNY Oswego’s Hewitt Hall to serve as the new home for the university’s broadcasting and graphic-design programs. The $65 million project will renovate the former Hewitt Union into a hub for Oswego’s School of Communication, Media and the Arts (SCMA). SUNY Oswego has chosen DiPasquale Construction of Spencerport

CNY Biotech Accelerator selects teams for Medical Device Innovation Challenge
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University’s CNY Biotech Accelerator (CNYBAC) has selected the participants for this year’s Medical Device Innovation Challenge (MDIC). The program —
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