MMRI Hiring Marketing and Communications Manager

        The Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) is hiring for a Marketing and Communications Manager!ย This is an exciting opportunity to design, develop, and maintain the Instituteโ€™s communications and marketing strategies and cultivate its staff to reach new levels of professional development. The position will be given significant creative license and the freedom…

Broadway Utica and Chefโ€™s Express: Sweet Treats for Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

            โ€“ Broadway Theatre League of Utica has announced a scrumptious line of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory-inspired cupcakes, brownies, and cookies made by Downtown Uticaโ€™s favorite sweet shop, Chefโ€™s Express.   On Monday, January 24th, Chefโ€™s Express, located at 241 Genesee Street, will unveil three playful treats baked and…

Bassett Healthcare Network Receives White Coat Award in Recognition of Prescription Accuracy

      Bassett Healthcare Network recently received Surescriptsโ€™ White Coat Award in recognition of its efforts advancing prescription accuracy and patient safety. Surescripts is a health information company that services health systems, pharmacies, and electronic health records vendors across the nation. It specifically recognized Bassett for its successful adoption and use of its RxChange…

Excellus BCBS appoints Lori Florack, Senior VP, Human Capital Management

    Lori Florack has been appointed Senior Vice President of Human Capital Management at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.   Florack most recently served as president of Lifetime Benefit Solutions (LBS), a subsidiary of the Rochesterโ€“based Lifetime Healthcare Companies, where she oversaw the strategic plan and executive leadership of the organization.   โ€œSince joining our team…

SUNY Poly Announces Nearly $200,000 in Funding from National Science Foundation

      SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced today that Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Dr. Sivapalan Gajan has received $198,000 in funding as a result of an Engineering Research Initiation award from the National Science Foundation (NSF award number 2138631). The research combines physics with data science, leveraging computational modeling, simulations, and machine…

Better Together in Support of Lupus Research

        With the recruitment of Dr. Maria Kontaridis, Executive Director and Gordon K. Moe Professor at the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI), research focused on autoimmunityโ€”specifically Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (lupus)โ€”became a priority. Little did Dr. Kontaridis know that just 23 miles away, in Verona, NY, an all-volunteer national patient advocacy organization called…

MVHS Welcomes Director of Behavioral Service Line and Surgeon at MVHS Surgical Group

        Tayo Obatusin, MD, FAPA, assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Residency Program director, and director of Behavioral Service Line. Tayo Obatusin, MD, FAPA, has joined the MVHS as assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Residency Program director, and director of Behavioral Service Line. Dr. Obatusin received his medical degree from the…

Yahoo! Finance: GoBankingRates: SUNY Poly Selected as The Most Affordable College in New York State 2020-2021

      The cost to attend college is increasing by the year. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCED), the prices for undergraduate tuition, fees, room and board at public institutions rose 28% between the 2008-09 and 2018-19 academic years. And at private nonprofit institutions, the increase was 19%. These increases are…