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New lab at Port of Oswego tests each load of delivered grain
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The new $15 million grain-export center at the Port of Oswego includes a grain-testing lab that tests each load of grain delivered to the port. The facility can store up to 22,000 metric tons, or 780,000 bushels. The Port of Oswego Authority (POA) formally opened the lab with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on […]
Syracuse University inks 10-year Dome naming rights deal with JMA
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — As a senior at the school, Syracuse University Director of Athletics John Wildhack remembers watching “with awe and excitement” as crews built the Dome. He has “great memories” as an alumnus and fan attending games there with family and friends. “In my career, I’ve been fortunate to be in hundreds of sporting
Hannaford Supermarkets aims for 100 percent renewable-energy use
Hannaford Supermarkets has set a goal to be a greener grocery store with a commitment to 100-percent renewable energy in the next two years. The Scarborough, Maine–based grocer operates 10 stores in New York, including seven in the Mohawk Valley. Those stores are in Herkimer, Utica, New Hartford (2), Clinton, Rome, and Oneonta. “We’ve all got
MV regional transportation council updates EV charging- station plan
The Herkimer Oneida Counties Transportation Council has recently released an updated Electric Vehicle Charging Station Community Plan encompassing Oneida and Herkimer counties. “We all saw at the recent opening of Wolfspeed in Marcy that electric vehicles are an important part of the future of transportation nationally and a key piece of our economy in this county
NSF grant supports SUNY Oswego instructor in EV research
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego will use a two-year grant of more than $187,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help fund faculty research into electric-vehicle (EV) technology. The effort seeks to find a “more efficient and less expensive” inverter technology to facilitate the adoption of high-voltage DC-links in electric vehicles, which will “help
HII to become tenant at renovated City Center in downtown Syracuse, create 80 new jobs
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — HII, an all-domain defense and technologies company, plans to expand its operations in downtown Syracuse. HII has committed to creating more than
SUNY Poly researcher receives grant for night-vision project
MARCY, N.Y. — A professor of nanoscale engineering, Shadi Shahedipour-Sandvik, at SUNY Polytechnic Institute has received $699,000 from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for
Barton & Loguidice acquires Pennsylvania consulting firm
SALINA, N.Y. — Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C. (B&L) — a Salina–based engineering, planning, environmental, and landscape-architecture firm — announced it has acquired AJC Professional Services,
Binghamton University using $3.5M NSF grant for cybersecurity scholarships
VESTAL, N.Y. — A federal grant of $3.5 million over the next five years will help Binghamton University offer cybersecurity scholarships to two dozen students. The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) program is designed to recruit and train the next generation of information-technology (IT) experts and security managers to meet the
N.Y.–based cybersecurity-resilience program gets federal funding
The federal budget includes at least $38 millio for the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), a federally funded cybersecurity-resilience program. The Center for Internet Security (CIS) in East Greenbush in Rensselaer County operates the MS-ISAC. The office of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) on March 10 announced that the federal spending plan included the
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