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Corning, LECOM at Elmira announce scholarship to address rural health-care shortages
CORNING, N.Y. — Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) and the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) at Elmira have launched the Corning Incorporated Future Foundations

City of Binghamton, Broome County partnering on expanded mental-health crisis response
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The City of Binghamton is providing $100,000 to support the expansion of local mental-health crisis response. Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham joined Broome

Broome County appoints new deputy county executive for physical services
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County Executive Jason Garnar has announced the appointment of Hal McCabe as the county’s new deputy county executive for physical services. In this position, McCabe will oversee 20 departments, “ensuring coordinated operations and strategic investment in Broome County’s infrastructure and physical assets.” McCabe most recently served as mayor of the Village

Colgate says students with family income up to $175K can attend tuition free
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Colgate University says students with a total family income up to $175,000 can now attend the school tuition-free. In addition, those students

NIH grant helps Cornell start autism-research center
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University’s Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City are starting an autism-research center using a three-year, $5.1 million

SUNY Oneonta manufacturing bootcamp readies workers
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Nine residents of Otsego and Delaware counties earned a microcredential from their involvement in a recent manufacturing bootcamp through SUNY Oneonta’s Extended and Community Learning (ExCL) Center. The school held an Oct. 2 ceremony following the program, which is described as an intensive four-week effort designed to prepare workers for local manufacturing

State breaks ground on Principle Hotel in downtown Norwich, as part of DRI projects
NORWICH, N.Y. — Officials in Norwich held a Thursday, Oct. 23 groundbreaking for the upcoming Principle Hotel, an $8.3 million boutique hotel as part of

Lockheed Martin Q3 profit edges up, sales rise
Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) on Tuesday reported third quarter net earnings of $1.6 billion, or $6.95 per share, compared to $1.6 billion, or $6.80

Bassett Research Institute awarded multimillion dollar NIH grant
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The Bassett Research Institute’s Center for Rural Community Health recently received approval for a multi-year grant to study improving rural access to

Mayor proposes nearly $2 million for three Binghamton housing projects
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham on Oct. 16 announced plans to allocate $1.9 million to support three housing projects in the city of
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