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Syracuse College of Law Dean Boise to step down after this academic year
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Craig Boise, who has served as dean of the Syracuse University College of Law since 2016, will step down from the role

New president named for SUNY Polytechnic Institute
MARCY, N.Y. — The SUNY Board of Trustees has appointed Winston Oluwole Soboyejo as SUNY Polytechnic University’s next president, its seventh. He begins in his

Broadway Theater League of Utica names two new board members
UTICA, N.Y. — The Broadway Theater League of Utica recently announced the appointment of two new board members. Matthew Romanow is an administrator at New Hartford Senior High School and previously taught high-school math for 10 years and advised the drama club. Colleen Noga, a longtime subscriber of Broadway Theater League, has a professional background

Lewis named project manager of SouthWorks development
ITHACA, N.Y. — Robert Lewis has joined the SouthWorks team in Ithaca as a development project manager for SHIFT Capital. The SouthWorks site is a 95-acre property at 620 South Aurora St./810 Danby Road, that formerly housed Emerson Power Transmission. The site is in both the city and town of Ithaca and has been vacant

SUNY’s new provost begins duties in November
ALBANY, N.Y. — He earned his doctorate in mechanical engineering from Syracuse University and will begin new duties as SUNY’s executive vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost on Nov. 6. The SUNY board of trustees appointed Melur (Ram) Ramasubramanian to the role. In addition, the board of directors of the SUNY Research Foundation also
Erie Materials, a regional distributor of building materials in New York and Pennsylvania, announced several recent promotions and new hires. CHRIS FILES was hired for the inside sales team at the Syracuse branch. He has broad customer service and purchasing experience and is a graduate of Onondaga Community College. BRIAN CUNNINGHAM and FRED MONETTE, JR.

ADOL MAYEN has been appointed as immigrant and refugee-affairs coordinator in the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development (NBD) of the City of Syracuse. Mayen will be responsible for strategic coordination with resettlement agencies and programs, building community partnerships and advocacy aimed at improving the quality of life for immigrant and refugee communities in Syracuse.

Leadership Greater Syracuse announces new executive director
DeWITT, N.Y. — Leadership Greater Syracuse (LGS), a nonprofit annually offering a yearlong civic-leadership training program, announced that Michele Diecuch of Syracuse has started work

People news: MVHS names three new board members
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) recently announced three new board members — Waleed Albert, John R. Brumsted, and Savneet Singh. Albert is

JAYLEN Z. BARRON has joined Dannible & McKee, LLP as an audit staff accountant after interning in the audit department since 2021. He graduated from Onondaga Community College with an associate degree in business administration in 2020 and from Le Moyne College with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in May 2023. Barron is based in
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