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JumpStart applications due in June
ITHACA — Applications for the latest round of the JumpStart Grant program are due June 30. JumpStart, a program of the Cornell Center for Materials
Health-care staffing company adds to services offered
UTICA — The Fortus Group, Inc., which has specialized in health-care staffing since the 1990s, has some new offerings on tap for 2012 that it hopes local health-care organizations and providers will find attractive. Michael Maurizio, president and CEO, founded the company in Rome in 1993, providing permanent-placement staffing services, and over the years, the
SU professor chosen as president of American Library Association
SYRACUSE — A professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) will be president of the American Library Association (ALA) next year. Barbara
Binghamton 2020 plan calls for new energy R&D facility, more students
VESTAL — The plan has been pitched and now it’s just a matter of waiting for final state approval before Binghamton University can get to
Report: Social media presents opportunity for health-care groups
About one-third of consumers use social media for health discussions, according to a report released in April by the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) Health Industries Group.
Grant to fund breast cancer outreach at Crouse
SYRACUSE — Crouse Hospital will use a grant from the Central New York Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to try to increase
Community Health Foundation awards grants to midwifery services
SYRACUSE — The Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York (CHFWCNY) is giving $15,000 grants to three midwifery services in the Syracuse area
New partnership expands health care options at OCC
SYRACUSE — Onondaga Community College (OCC) and Broome Community College (BCC) are launching a new partnership involving three health care programs. The initiative will allow
NYPA funds efficiency project at Upstate Medical University
SYRACUSE — Renovations at The State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University’s Weiskotten Hall were among a dozen energy-efficiency projects the New York
St. Joe’s expansion is ‘latest and greatest,’ NY health commissioner says
SYRACUSE — A new expansion at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center will incorporate recent advances in hospital design, according to the commissioner of the New York State Department of Health. “What they’re building here takes advantage of all the latest and greatest finds of how to build smartly in a health-care setting,” says Dr. Nirav
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