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Labor-law experts: Employers should consider anti-bullying policies
UTICA — Most people have been bullied at one point or another in their lives. For many, that sort of teasing and harassment takes place during the school years, and recent awareness of the pervasiveness of bullying at school led to the passage of the state’s Dignity for All Students Act on July 1. The […]
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UTICA — Low-income, homeless, and other at-risk youth have new support on their side if going to college is a goal, now that On Point for College, Inc. has opened a location at 524 Elizabeth St. The Syracuse–based nonprofit hopes to send at least 50 Utica–area youth off to college by August 2013, says Executive
PAR pushes cloud-based hospitality product
NEW HARTFORD — Earlier this year, PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE:PAR) subsidiary PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. launched a new property-management system for hotels that company officials say puts PAR ahead of its competition and stamps the firm as an innovator. The Stowe, Vt.–based PAR subsidiary began work in 2009 to create a new property-management system for
Upstate Medical University chair elected president of national association
SYRACUSE — The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) elected an Upstate Medical University professor as its president. Dr. Robert Kellman, a professor at the medical university and chairman of its Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, was elected president of the 2,700-member academy. AAFPRS is a professional society promoting high-quality facial
Sun Environmental Corp. grows quickly over two years
DeWITT — Sun Environmental Corp. wants to keep on trucking after two years of growth. The company, which industry veterans Matthew Notaro and James Hanmer founded in June 2010, specializes in environmental remediation like underground storage-tank removal, industrial cleaning, and contaminated-soil remediation. It also works in waste transportation and disposal as well as consulting. Sun
Manlius firm launches technology used in biogas production
MANLIUS — A local business with new technology for use in production of biogas from animal waste has closed its first two commercial sales. American Biogas Conditioning’s process removes a corrosive substance from the biogas produced by anaerobic digestion. The company installed its equipment at Twin Birch farm in the town of Skaneateles in June
Covanta Energy continues pumping out power from waste
ONONDAGA — After more than 17 years, Covanta Energy is still turning Onondaga County’s trash into the electricity grid’s power. Morristown, N.J.–based Covanta (NYSE: CVA) operates the energy-from-waste Onondaga County Resource Recovery Facility at 5801 Rock Cut Road in the town of Onondaga through its Covanta Onondaga, LP subsidiary. The 39,000-square-foot facility takes the nonhazardous
ESF, ReEnergy collaborating on willow project
SYRACUSE — A collaboration between the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and ReEnergy Holdings, LLC aims to encourage the growth of shrub willow in Central and Northern New York as a renewable-fuel source. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is backing the effort with $4.3 million in funding.
SU center schedules seminars on veterans’ issues
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse University (SU) Veterans’ Resource Center is planning a series of seminars this fall on key issues relating to veterans. The topics
First endowed professor at SUNY Oswego to focus on finance
OSWEGO — The first endowed faculty member at the State University of New York (SUNY) Oswego brings 30 years of experience on Wall Street to
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