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SUNY Cortland won’t resume in-person classes this semester, campus will remain open
CORTLAND, N.Y. — SUNY Cortland announced it will not resume in-person classes this semester and will continue conducting courses online amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Cree Mohawk Valley Fab site near Utica on track to begin production in 2022
MARCY, N.Y. — Construction remains on schedule for Cree Inc.’s Mohawk Valley Fab at the Marcy Nanocenter on the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus near Utica.

Upstate University Hospital restricts visitors, other hospitals follow
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate University Hospital, Upstate Community Hospital, and Upstate Cancer Center have restricted their visitor policy as of Thursday, citing “rising COVID-19 cases

New York Bankers Association taps COO to become group’s first female CEO
The New York Bankers Association (NYBA) on Tuesday announced that COO Clare Cusack will become the first woman to serve as president and CEO of

ALBANY, N.Y. — SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras on Tuesday announced that SUNY has adopted a policy mandating all students “using on-campus facilities in any capacity”

SUNY Poly to use grant funding for K-12 mental-health services in Herkimer County
MARCY, N.Y. — Herkimer County announced it has awarded two instructors at SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) a grant of $750,000 to support school-based, mental-health

St. Lawrence University to use $3 million donation to launch new Center for Career Excellence
CANTON, N.Y. — St. Lawrence University will use a $3 million donation toward a new Center for Career Excellence on the campus in Canton. The

Binghamton University to resume in-person classes Thursday
The SUNY university center will continue to follow its weekly pooled surveillance testing of students, faculty, and staff reporting to campus, and Binghamton University will

ALBANY, N.Y. — Four Ithaca companies are among the 14 finalists in the upcoming FuzeHub commercialization competition. FuzeHub is an Albany–based nonprofit organization responsible for

SyracuseCoE Innovation Fund awards $40K to companies to commercialize virus-related projects
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE) has awarded a total of $40,000 to four partner companies through
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