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Upstate Medical receives $375K grant for mental-health training program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University and the R.H. Hutchings Psychiatric Center will use a three-year federal grant of $375,000 for training in the Mental

Schumer, in Syracuse visit, promotes bills to address student-loan debt
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Student-loan debt now exceeds the amount Americans owe on credit cards and in auto-loan debt. That’s according to U.S. Senator Charles Schumer

New York manufacturing conditions stay negative in February
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index remained in negative territory for a seventh straight month in February, indicating widespread weakness across the manufacturing

Schumer, in Syracuse stop, says Obama should nominate Scalia successor to Supreme Court
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) says he believes President Barack Obama should nominate a successor to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
Five Star Urgent Care opens seventh location, introduces new pediatric-care services
CLAY, N.Y. — Five Star Urgent Care has opened a new office at 7375 Oswego Rd. in the town of Clay. The new location also

Alfred University appoints former business-school dean as its 14th president
ALFRED, N.Y. — A former dean of the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School will become the next president of a university in New York’s
Senators: Federal-budget proposal includes nearly $220 million for Rome Labs
ROME, N.Y. — The federal-budget proposal for fiscal year 2017 includes nearly $220 million for Rome Labs, the information directorate of the U.S. Air Force

People news: Syracuse realtor appointed as NYSAR Central Region VP
ALBANY, N.Y. — Donald Radke of Syracuse took the oath of office on Feb. 8 as the 2016 Central Region vice president of the New
SUNY awards $4.6 million to six North Country campuses
The State University of New York (SUNY) has awarded $4.6 million to six SUNY campuses in the North Country region through the university’s Investment and

SUNY Oswego receives an additional $18 million for renovation of Tyler Hall
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego will use an additional $18 million in state funding to finish the renovation work at Tyler Hall, the school’s fine
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