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American Heart Association awards postdoctoral fellowship to MMRI scientist
UTICA, N.Y. — The American Heart Association has awarded a $160,000 postdoctoral fellowship to Abhishek Mishra, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI). Mishra works in the laboratory of Maria Kontaridis, Ph.D., MMRI executive director and the Gordon K. Moe professor and chair of biomedical research and translational medicine at MMRI. This […]
Assured Information Security awarded Missile Defense Agency contract
ROME, N.Y. — The federal government has awarded Assured Information Security (AIS) of Rome a contract for work with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). It’s for the MDA Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), which is described as an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $151 billion, AIS said. SHIELD is a program
SUNY Poly holds white-coat ceremony for 88 graduate students
MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) on Friday recognized 88 graduate students in its family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner programs during a white-coat ceremony. The ceremony marked the completion of the instructional portion of the students’ programs and the beginning of their clinical practice. The white-coat ceremony “serves as
Regional projects win funding in annual REDC initiative
Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier win ACHIEVE funding New York State has awarded funding to projects in Central New York, the Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier, and the North Country through New York’s Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) initiative. The state allocated a total of
Bassett earns PTAP accreditation from American Nurses Credentialing Center
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The nurse-residency program at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown has received its second accreditation as a practice-transition program, or PTAP. The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) commission on accreditation in practice transition programs awarded the certification. ANCC is based in Silver Spring, Maryland, per its website. The accomplishment included designation with distinction,
Mohawk Valley EDGE announces 2026 board leadership, new appointments
ROME, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley EDGE board of directors recently announced its leadership team and new appointments for 2026. John Buffa, executive VP and chief lending officer at Adirondack Bank, will continue to serve as chairman of the EDGE board for another year, providing steady leadership and guidance, the organization stated in its Dec.
Oneida County establishes framework for AI task force
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr. on Wednesday said the county has finalized the framework for the county’s artificial intelligence (AI) task
Northern New York federal credit union merges with AmeriCU
ROME, N.Y. — AmeriCU Credit Union and Mountain Valley Federal Credit Union completed their merger on Dec. 1, 2025, Rome–based AmeriCU announced Monday. The transaction brings together two nonprofit financial institutions into a “single, stronger” organization serving more than 200,000 members with $2.8 billion in assets and 25 locations across New York State, per the
Mohawk Valley REDC awards funding to several projects
Mohawk Valley projects in Utica, Marcy, and at SUNY Oneonta are among those awarded funding through the state’s Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) initiative. The
Arc Herkimer receives NYSARC guardianship grant
HERKIMER, N.Y. — NYSARC Trust Services has awarded Arc Herkimer a $14,250 grant to “support and enhance” operating expenses of its guardianship program during 2025.
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