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Upstate HomeCare, Nascentia Health participate in SPEED pilot program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate HomeCare and Nascentia Health announced they’re participating in the SPEED pilot program. SPEED is short for Special Projects for Equitable and

American Heart Association awards MMRI nearly $300K for autism study
UTICA, N.Y. — Researchers at the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) in Utica will use a nearly $300,000 funding award for a study examining if

Mobile texting app aids Oneida County in COVID contact tracing
UTICA — In an effort to “increase the efficiency of the process,” the Oneida County Health Department is using a mobile texting app that allows it to expand the reach of its work in contact tracing as COVID-19 cases increase in the region. “Community spread continues to be a major concern in Oneida County, and

New statewide cybersecurity program launched to assist defense manufacturers
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College’s (MVCC) Advanced Institute for Manufacturing (AIM) and FuzeHub are working together to help New York’s defense manufacturers strengthen

MVCC partners with Briggs & Stratton for welding internships
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) says it partnered with the Sherrill location of Briggs & Stratton Corp. for welding internships. Briggs &

BAE Systems delivers propulsions system to Scottish supplier of public buses for Ireland
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — BAE Systems has delivered the first plug-in capable, electric hybrid-propulsion systems to Larbert, Scotland–based Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), which is supplying new

Cazenovia College delays start of spring semester amid continuing pandemic
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — Cazenovia College announced it will push back the start of its spring semester by nearly two weeks and begin classes on Feb.

SUNY Oswego, Binghamton University awarded SUNY grant funding for pandemic projects
ALBANY, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego and Binghamton University are among the campuses that will use funding from a SUNY program to develop personal protective equipment

Oneida County health department using app to improve contact tracing
UTICA, N.Y. — The Oneida County Health Department has started using a mobile texting app that will allow it to expand the reach of its

Rome drone test site wraps up 2nd phase of pilot program
ROME, N.Y. — The second phase of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unmanned aircraft traffic management pilot program (UPP) at the New York UAS test site at Griffiss International Airport in Rome is complete. The second phase of UPP (called UPP2) included capabilities and services that will support safe, high-density, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations,
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