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Cornell University’s largest-ever donation places alum’s name on College of Engineering
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University will use donations from 1962 graduate David Duffield — a co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday — to establish the

Valley Health Services awarded $15,000 grant to buy new equipment
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Bassett Healthcare Network’s Valley Health Services will use a $15,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties to support

Binghamton University’s largest-ever donation to establish independent AI research center
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University will use the largest donation in school history to establish the Center for AI Responsibility and Research. The $30 million

Syracuse University secures $1 million in federal funding for semiconductor thermal-noise testbed
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University says it has secured just over $1 million in federal funding to establish a semiconductor thermal-noise testbed. It will advance

Micron breaks ground on work to construct semiconductor-manufacturing campus in Clay
CLAY, N.Y. — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) on Friday broke ground on work to construct its upcoming $100 billion semiconductor-manufacturing campus in the town

Graduate students recognized in SUNY Poly white-coat ceremony
MARCY, N.Y. — A total of 88 graduate students at SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) participated in a Jan. 9 white-coat ceremony following their work in the school’s family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner programs. The ceremony marked the completion of the instructional portion of the students’ programs and the beginning of

Oswego Health names health information management manager
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health recently promoted Brianna (Bree) Earl to health information management (HIM) manager. Earl, who joined Oswego Health in 2016, has consistently “demonstrated exceptional leadership, reliability, and a passion for supporting both her team and the patients” that the health system serves, according to a Dec. 2 Oswego Health announcement. She began
New York manufacturing index climbs back into positive territory in January
The general-business conditions index of the Empire State Manufacturing Survey rose 11 points to 7.7 in January. The index fell 23 points to -3.9 in

SRC awarded $24 million Air Force contract to develop embedded computer capabilities
CICERO, N.Y. — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded SRC, Inc. a $24 million contract to develop next-generation, embedded artificial intelligence and machine-learning capabilities across ground, air and space domains. Based in Cicero, SRC, Inc. is a nonprofit defense research and development company. Through the contract, SRC will develop new machine-learning algorithms, high-performance

American Heart Association awards postdoctoral fellowship to MMRI scientist
UTICA, N.Y. — The American Heart Association has awarded a $160,000 postdoctoral fellowship to Abhishek Mishra, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI). Mishra works in the laboratory of Maria Kontaridis, Ph.D., MMRI executive director and the Gordon K. Moe professor and chair of biomedical research and translational medicine at MMRI. This
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