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Bankers Healthcare Group, JMA Wireless to expand, create jobs in Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Bankers Healthcare Group, LLC (BHG) and JMA Wireless have plans to expand and add jobs. BHG will relocate into a new building

Binghamton University professor Whittingham shares Nobel Prize for chemistry
VESTAL, N.Y. — M. Stanley Whittingham, a professor of chemistry and materials science at Binghamton University, is one of three people sharing the Nobel Prize

Syracuse iSchool, City of Syracuse, Microsoft form Smart Cities collaboration
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The School of Information Studies at Syracuse University (iSchool), the City of Syracuse, and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) on Tuesday announced they planned

Binghamton University to host Southern Tier Technology Symposium on Oct. 17
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University on Oct. 17 will host the upcoming Southern Tier Technology Symposium 2019. The event is set for between 8:30 a.m.

Cree to build $1B semiconductor plant in Marcy, with state help
MARCY — A North Carolina company expects to create more than 600 full-time, “highly-skilled” technician and engineering positions at the Marcy Nanocenter on the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus near Utica. Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) on Sept. 23 announced plans to spend $1 billion to build the “world’s largest silicon carbide fabrication facility” in Marcy. Cree

Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant wins largest-ever contract
SALINA — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) manufacturing plant in the town of Salina has secured a U.S. Army radar contract that could be worth up to $3 billion, which would make it the facility’s largest-ever contract. Lockheed will initially receive $281 million to develop and produce the Sentinel A4 radar system at the plant located

Cayuga Medical Center offers robotic surgery with da Vinci Xi system
ITHACA — Cayuga Medical Center (CMC) management says the da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system — which is “designed to enhance surgeon capabilities and advance minimally invasive procedures” — is now available at the hospital. The da Vinci Xi was developed by Sunnyvale, California–based Intuitive, a company that’s described as the “pioneer” of robotic-assisted surgery,

Upstate Medical University opens new simulation center
SYRACUSE — Doctors and those studying to become doctors absorb a lot of information from books and journals, but it doesn’t always translate into good patient care because “we have to put what we learned into action,” says Dr. Erik Rufa, director of education at the new simulation center at Upstate Medical University. “That’s not

Cryomech breaks ground on construction of new $17M facility in DeWitt
DeWITT, N.Y. — Cryomech, a manufacturer of cryogenic equipment, has broken ground on construction of its new $17 million plant at 6682 Moore Road in

ALBANY, N.Y. — Manufacturing employees from companies in Potsdam and Victor captured the $2,500 grand prizes in FuzeHub’s inaugural Millennials in Manufacturing Awards. Dylan Broomfield,
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