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State health official stops in CNY to discuss health-improvement plan
SALINA — The president of the New York Academy of Medicine and chairwoman of the New York State Public Health and Health Planning Council’s Public
SUNY trustees name interim president at Morrisville
MORRISVILLE — William Murabito will serve as interim president of Morrisville State College starting in February. Murabito is the current interim president of Sullivan Community
Home care agencies to affiliate
SYRACUSE — Two Syracuse–based home-care agencies have reached an affiliation agreement that will bring them together under a single parent company. VNA Homecare and Home
Arnot Health leader sets retirement for end of 2013
ELMIRA — Arnot Health President and CEO Anthony Cooper will retire on Dec. 31 of next year and be replaced by the health-care system’s medical
St. E’s, Faxton St. Luke’s explore affiliation plans
UTICA — St. Elizabeth Medical Center (SEMC) and Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare (FSLH) have signed a memorandum of understanding for a potential affiliation that will
SRC plans new internship program in STEM
CICERO — SRC, Inc. has two new programs in place to support education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and community service. The SRC
Aspen Athletic acquires Fitness Forum Health Club in DeWitt
Fitness Forum exits the health-club business DeWITT — Aspen Athletic Clubs stretched its footprint for the third time this year with a Dec. 1 acquisition of Fitness Forum Health Club in DeWitt. The move gives Aspen its fifth location in 24,000 square feet at 6800 E. Genesee St. — its first club to the
New CEO diagnoses a busy future for ClearPath
SYRACUSE — The new CEO of ClearPath Diagnostics says he joined a company that’s a specimen of growth. “We’ve had some real encouraging signs,” says Jack Finn, who started as ClearPath’s chief executive on Nov. 1. “We’ve added five salespeople in the last two or three months. In the last two months and even more
Upstate Medical psychiatrists develop suicide-prevention system
SYRACUSE — Two forensic psychiatrists at the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University are developing new technology to prevent suicide among adults in custodial care. The technology could be ready for use in jail settings as soon as 2014, says Dr. Andrew Kaufman, who is working on the effort full time. Kaufman
Ithaca clean-tech startup looks to seas for power
ITHACA — An Ithaca–based clean-tech startup firm, called WavElectric, is developing a power-generation system that focuses on producing electricity using the motion of ocean waves. The company’s technology was developed by Angel Martinez, a senior research technician at Cornell University. The system involves a kinetic-power generator that is activated by movement, says Alessandro Anzani, WavElectric
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