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Projects, funding announced for first phase of Utica Prosperity Initiative
UTICA, N.Y. — Small-business assistance programs and a new James Street Marketplace with loft apartments are among the projects announced in the first phase of

Clarkson University President Anthony Collins to step down in June 2022
POTSDAM, N.Y. — Clarkson University President Anthony Collins announced he plans to step down from his role at the end of the 2021-22 academic year.

Onondaga Community College to go smoke and tobacco free beginning Thursday
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — The campus of Onondaga Community College (OCC) will become smoke and tobacco free as of this Thursday. That means smoke, tobacco, electronic

Salt City Market among those recognized during Downtown Committee’s virtual annual meeting
“No project or activity embodies the essence of this award like the highly anticipated Salt City Market, which opened in January,” Treier said in her

ALBANY, N.Y. — Projects at Cornell University, Clarkson University, Binghamton University, and Seneca Cayuga Yates Counties Chapter NYSARC, Inc. have secured funding in the latest

Syracuse University, City of Syracuse launch SyracuseServes network to help city veterans
Supported by a $500,000 grant from the New York City–based Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, SyracuseServes will support the city’s veterans and military-connected population first through

North Point Defense wins nearly $10M contract from U.S. Air Force
ROME, N.Y — North Point Defense, Inc. in Rome has been awarded a more than $9.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop highly flexible software-based applications to perform real-time digital-signal processing of complex radio waveforms. The software solutions will enable processing of existing and future communication signals without the need for changes
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ROME, N.Y — North Point Defense, Inc. in Rome has been awarded a more than $9.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop highly flexible software-based applications to perform real-time digital-signal processing of complex radio waveforms.
The software solutions will enable processing of existing and future communication signals without the need for changes to the competed software by providing a dynamic processing flow based on user-defined input parameters, according to a June 15 contract announcement from the U.S. Department of Defense.
Work will primarily be performed in Rome and is expected to be completed by June 14, 2024. North Point Defense beat out one other company’s bid to win this contract.
Fiscal 2021 research, development, test, and evaluation funds totaling $745,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome is the contracting authority.
North Point Defense says it provides critical capabilities to the national-intelligence community by developing communications-network access tools and advanced methods for communications-signal exploitation. The company’s areas of research and development include analog and digital multiplexing, signal conditioning, automated end-to-end processing from radio-frequency detection to intelligence end-product, network exploitation, parallel processing, and system miniaturization. North Point Defense is headquartered at 1300B Floyd Ave. in Rome.

Lockheed Martin elects Yarrington to board of directors
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT), a defense contractor with a major presence in Central New York, recently announced that its board of directors has elected Patricia E. Yarrington to the board. Yarrington recently retired as Chevron Corporation’s chief financial officer, following 38 years of work. At Chevron, Yarrington served as VP and treasurer from 2007
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Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT), a defense contractor with a major presence in Central New York, recently announced that its board of directors has elected Patricia E. Yarrington to the board.
Yarrington recently retired as Chevron Corporation’s chief financial officer, following 38 years of work. At Chevron, Yarrington served as VP and treasurer from 2007 through 2008; VP of policy, government, and public affairs from 2002-2007; and VP of strategic planning from 2000-2002. Previously, she served on the boards of directors of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (a 50-50 joint venture with Phillips 66) and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, serving as the chairman of its board between 2013 and 2014.
Lockheed Martin said its board determined that Yarrington is an “independent director” in accordance with the New York Stock Exchange listing standards, the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the corporation’s corporate-governance guidelines, and that she meets the SEC’s criteria of an “audit committee financial expert.” Yarrington will serve on Lockheed’s Audit Committee and Management Development and Compensation Committee.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 114,000 people worldwide. In Central New York, the defense contractor has plants in Salina and Owego.
New York maple-syrup production fell 20 percent this year
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York maple-syrup production fell 20 percent to 647,000 gallons this year, amid a shortened season, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of maple taps was estimated at 2.9 million in 2021, up 4 percent from last year. Yield per tap fell to 0.223 gallons per tap
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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York maple-syrup production fell 20 percent to 647,000 gallons this year, amid a shortened season, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
The number of maple taps was estimated at 2.9 million in 2021, up 4 percent from last year. Yield per tap fell to 0.223 gallons per tap this year from 0.287 gallons in 2020.
New York maple-syrup producers had a short season in 2021, NASS noted. On average, the season lasted 29 days, down nearly 22 percent from 37 days in 2020.
New York’s 2020 value of production totaled $27.7 million, up 5 percent from 2019. The value of New York’s 2021 maple-syrup production will be published next year. The 2020 average price per gallon in the Empire State was $34.40, up from $32.20 in 2019.
U.S. maple-syrup production totaled 3.42 million gallons in 2021, down 17 percent from the previous season. The number of taps totaled 13.3 million this year, up 2 percent from the 2020 total. Yield per tap was 0.257 gallons in 2021, down from 0.314 gallons in the prior season.
New York ranks No. 2 nationally in maple-syrup production, behind only Vermont.

Utica College master’s degree program in nursing earns accreditation
UTICA, N.Y. — Utica College announced that the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) Board of Commissioners has granted initial accreditation to its master’s degree program in nursing for five years. Utica College’s post-graduate Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) certificate program also won accreditation for the same period. “The Utica College programs were reviewed under
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UTICA, N.Y. — Utica College announced that the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) Board of Commissioners has granted initial accreditation to its master’s degree program in nursing for five years.
Utica College’s post-graduate Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) certificate program also won accreditation for the same period.
“The Utica College programs were reviewed under the rigorous CCNE Standards for accreditation of baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs, and the board determined that there were no compliance concerns with respect to the key elements,” the college said in a release.
Utica College says it has an “extensive suite of nursing programs,” including a traditional bachelor’s degree in nursing offered on its Utica campus, where future nurses learn in the Dr. Albert and Gloria Shaheen Nursing Laboratory. This laboratory features a fully equipped reproduction of a modern hospital ward with a nursing station, bedside monitoring equipment, respiration technology, and isolation rooms with state-of-the-art diagnostic and vital-sign monitoring equipment, the release stated.
The college also offers a wide range of online programs including an online RN to BSN program; an accelerated bachelor of science in nursing (ABSN) offered in Liverpool and two sites in Florida; master’s programs in family nurse practitioner, nursing education, and nursing leadership; and certificate of advanced study programs in family nurse practitioner, nursing education, and nursing leadership.
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