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MMRI, MVHS, SUNY Poly form Mohawk Valley Biotech Collective
UTICA, N.Y. — Three Mohawk Valley Institutions on Wednesday formed the MV Biotech Collective, which is designed to “position the Mohawk Valley as a leader in biomedical innovation.” Representatives from the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI), SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly), and Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) signed a memorandum of agreement to formally establish […]

Ithaca company wins $500K in Grow-NY competition; NYC firm wins grand prize
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — An Ithaca business secured $500,000 in the seventh annual Grow-NY agribusiness competition held last week in Canandaigua. The company called Seen Nutrition is a food tech startup in the menopause market, initially focused on bone health, with a patented dietary calcium chew made with dairy produced in Central New York. Brekland of

BiRed Imaging wins $10K Rothschild Award for AI-powered breast-cancer screening technology
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — BiRed Imaging Inc. on Wednesday night was selected as the winner of the $10,000 Alan W. Rothschild Innovation Award at the Biotech

New STEM fellowship program at the MOST has Micron support
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It’s a program designed to “inspire and support the next generation of innovators” in Central New York. The Micron Teacher Fellowship at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) is a hands-on STEM program. STEM is short for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The MOST and the Micron Foundation

PAR Technology posts narrower net loss in third quarter
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) recently reported a net loss of nearly $18.2 million for the third quarter ending Sept. 30. It was a narrower loss than the more than $19.8 million loss (or almost $20.7 million for continuing operations only) that the New Hartford–based company posted in the third quarter

The Agency starts planning process for manufacturing workforce-training center
DICKINSON, N.Y. — The Broome County Industrial Development Agency (The Agency) on Nov. 12 issued a request for qualifications and proposals (RFQ/RFP) to plan the creation of a regional advanced manufacturing workforce-training center. The Agency describes it as a “first-of-its-kind facility designed to strengthen the Southern Tier’s growing innovation and manufacturing economy.” The proposed hub

ANDRO wins patents in cyber/electromagnetics technologies
ROME, N.Y. — The United States Patent Office recently awarded ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC of Rome two utility patents in the area of wireless cyber, command/control, and communications networking that exploits novel radio frequency machine learning operations (RFMLOps) technologies. The patented invention, titled, “Radio Frequency Fingerprinting Using Attentional Machine Learning” (U.S. Patent No. 12,369,038) applies

SUNY-NY Creates Technology Innovation Institute to advance chip research
ALBANY, N.Y. — It’s an effort that seeks to bolster future semiconductor research and workforce development. The new SUNY-NY Creates Technology Innovation Institute (TII) will support New York State’s leadership in “next generation semiconductor innovation by leveraging the world-class infrastructure at NY Creates’ Albany NanoTech Complex so leading faculty researchers across SUNY’s four university centers

McMahon reacts to Micron’s delayed construction schedule
CLAY, N.Y. — The timeline for construction of the fabrication (fab) facilities at Micron Technology Inc.’s (NASDAQ: MU) upcoming semiconductor campus in the town of Clay has been pushed back. Construction on the first fab — which was previously anticipated to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025 and conclude in the second quarter of

Geneva General Hospital Women’s Health Services earns ACR designation
GENEVA, N.Y. — Geneva General Hospital’s Women’s Health Services has been designated a Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center by the American College of Radiology (ACR), a recognition awarded to facilities that demonstrate excellence in breast imaging. This designation reflects accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, and breast ultrasound, including ultrasound-guided breast biopsy and MRI, according to
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