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Nearly $250K grant supports supernova research at SUNY Poly
Shing Chi Leung, of SUNY Poly, will use the NSF Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) grant to also help enhance student participation from historically excluded and currently underrepresented groups in mathematical and physical-sciences research. He will collaborate with the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) for developing research […]
EMPEQ secures $150K investment in HUSTLE Defense Accelerator
ROME, N.Y. — EMPEQ of Ithaca will use a $150,000 investment after it won the grand prize in the HUSTLE Defense Accelerator at the Griffiss Institute in Rome. EMPEQ, which is short for Empower Equity, Inc., was among the participants in HUSTLE’s Demo Day. HUSTLE stands for Helping Upstate Science and Technology Leaders and Entrepreneurs.
AIS partners with New Horizons Syracuse for professional-development training
ROME, N.Y. — Assured Information Security (AIS) and Logical Operations, owner and operator of New Horizons Syracuse, announced a strategic partnership to enhance professional-development opportunities
Visions FCU, SU launch new program for student veterans
SYRACUSE. N.Y. — Visions Federal Credit Union (FCU) is working with Syracuse University (SU) on a success program targeting student veterans. Visions FCU and SU’s
SUNY Oswego physics professor to use grant funding for lithium-ion battery research
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego physics professor Mohammad Islam will use grant funding of $15,000 to continue his research on lithium-ion batteries. The Syracuse Center
People news: Herkimer College names new assistant professor and academic coordinator
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Herkimer County Community College has appointed Shawna R. Marmet as assistant professor of physical-therapy assistant and academic coordinator of clinical education. Marmet,
Village of Lowville to apply again for DRI funding
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — The Village of Lowville is hoping the fourth time’s the charm in applying to win $10 million in state funding to help
People news: MMRI names new marketing and communications director
UTICA, N.Y. — Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) recently appointed Millie Occhionero as its director of marketing and communications. In this role, she will design
Chemung Financial to pay Q3 dividend of 31 cents in early October
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG) announced that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of 31 cents per share of its common stock. The banking company will pay the dividend on Oct. 2, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Sept. 18. At Chemung Financial’s
New York egg production dips 1.5 percent in July
Farms in New York state produced 147.7 million eggs in July, down 1.5 percent from 149.9 million eggs in the year-ago month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged 5.75 million in the seventh month of this year, up 0.5 percent from 5.72 million
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