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Finger Lakes Health Foundation uses $20K grant for mammography equipment at Penn Yan hospital
PENN YAN, N.Y. — The Finger Lakes Health Foundation used a grant of $20,000 to help pay for 3D mammography equipment at Soldiers & Sailors

Upstate Medical formally opens Leica Microsystems Center of Excellence
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University and Leica Microsystems, Inc. have collaborated to create what they’re calling the Leica Microsystems Center of Excellence. Wetzlar, Germany–based

PAR expects acquisition of Florida software firm to close in Q4
NEW HARTFORD — ParTech Inc. expects its deal to acquire a Tampa, Florida–based restaurant software company will close “during the fourth quarter of 2019.” The company on Nov. 7 announced it had agreed to acquire AccSys, LLC, also known as Restaurant Magic, for $42 million. ParTech is a wholly owned subsidiary of New Hartford–based PAR

Syracuse, three Ithaca firms win prize money in Grow-NY contest; Geneva firm wins grand prize
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Dropcopter, a tenant of Syracuse’s Tech Garden, on Wednesday captured one of two $500,000 prizes at the pitch event of the inaugural

Syracuse firm is runner-up in IDEA NY business-accelerator competition in Mohawk Valley
ROME, N.Y. — PreVision Corp. from Syracuse won $100,000 as the runner-up in the IDEA NY business-accelerator competition. United Aircraft Technologies (UAT) of Albany won

Genius NY announces 2020 semifinalists
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Genius NY has announced 19 semifinalists for the 2020 competition. Genius NY, a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, stands

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse will add two floors, and the state-supported 50-mile drone corridor between Syracuse and Rome is complete.

SRC wins $1.5 million contract to combat chemical threats against the military
CICERO, N.Y. — SRC, Inc. announced it will use a $1.5 million contract to develop a new tool to combat chemical threats against the military.

FAA approves beyond line-of-sight testing on part of drone corridor between Rome and Syracuse
ROME, N.Y. — The New York unmanned-aircraft system (UAS) test site at Griffiss International Airport in Rome now has the authority to fly drones beyond

PAR Technology to acquire Florida–based software company for $42 million
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — ParTech Inc. on Thursday announced it has agreed to acquire AccSys, LLC, also known as Restaurant Magic, a Tampa, Florida–based restaurant
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