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FULTON, N.Y. — Oswego Industries, Inc. says it will use a KeyBank Foundation grant of $10,000 to support its Virtual Reality (VR) Career Exploration program.
SUNY Poly professor receives nearly $91K in funding for transportation study
MARCY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and the U.S. Department of Transportation Region 2 University Transportation Research Center (UTC) have
Upstate Medical University partners with nonprofit to help veterans become doctors
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University says it’s working with a nonprofit organization to help veterans who served as medics become doctors. The Norton College
New York City firm wins $1 million grand prize in Grow-NY competition in Ithaca
ITHACA, N.Y. — Unibaio of New York City is the $1 million grand-prize winner of the sixth annual Grow-NY business competition. The funding was awarded at the Grow-NY Summit, a two-day event in Ithaca where finalists pitched their business plans to a panel of expert judges, Empire State Development (ESD) said in its Thursday evening
SUNY Oswego’s Rice Creek Field Station receives $25,000 award
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego will use a $25,000 Constellation Leading Environmental Accelerators Network (CLEAN) grant to support at least five more years of its Rice Creek Field Station, which plays a key role in a reforestation project supporting trees important to the ecosystem, the college announced. The Canal Forest Reforestation Project (CFRP) is an
SUNY Poly announces creation of 10 new research centers
MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute recently unveiled its creation of 10 new research centers, which will serve the campus as hubs of innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration, made possible by $2.7 million in state funding. The centers will help support the sponsored programs at the college, which have grown 119 percent over the past three
Georgia firm plans cottage community near Binghamton University
VESTAL, N.Y. — A Georgia real-estate firm that specializes in student housing has committed to building a new cottage community in Vestal less than a mile from Binghamton University. Landmark Properties started construction on The Retreat at Bunn Hill, a project that will provide lower density housing with an array of resident benefits, according to
Memory screenings coming to seven regional counties in Upstate, SU project
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Residents over the age of 60 in seven regional counties will be able to get free memory screenings from their county’s Office for the Aging (OFA). The counties include Cayuga, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Oswego, and Tompkins. Upstate Medical University and Syracuse University (SU) are collaborating on the effort that they detailed
Area schools take part in SUNY Top 10% Promise program
ALBANY — The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Marcy, and SUNY Oneonta are among the first group of schools participating in the SUNY Top 10% Promise program. It’s meant to help the “highest-achieving” New York high-school seniors gain admission and enroll at select SUNY campuses, the office
Le Moyne’s new AD will begin work at the school in January
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The next athletic director (AD) at Le Moyne College will begin his duties at the school on Jan. 1, 2025. Phil Brown, whose formal title is assistant VP of intercollegiate athletics and campus recreation, comes to Le Moyne from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, where he serves as executive associate athletic director and
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