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Upstate Medical University transforms former hospital with $16 million in renovations
SUNY Upstate Medical University has renovated its “College of Health Professions” building to support the growing demand for Allied Health Professions. The industry is expected to grow by 15 to 30 percent in the next ten years and includes studies in respiratory therapy and medical imaging scientists. Dean Katherine Beissner says health students are different from medical students and can also land high paying jobs after graduation.
SUNY Cortland’s Erik Bitterbaum on leadership: Set the vision, hire top talent, find the resources
Erik Bitterbaum, Ph.D., has been president of the State University of New York at Cortland since before most of the college’s students were born. “A college campus is forever young,” says Bitterbaum, 71, appointed in 2003 and now the SUNY system’s second-longest serving president. He finds young people a source of energy and bemusement — as when they knock on the door to his campus residence at 2 in the morning to see if he’s awake.
SUNY Chancellor King Announces Launch of $6 Million Upstate Biotech Ventures
Funding Awarded by Empire State Development and Leveraged by Upstate Medical University Through the SUNY Research Foundation. Syracuse, NY – During a ceremony at Upstate Medical University today, State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr., Empire State Development CEO and Commissioner Hope Knight, SUNY Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost and SUNY Research Foundation President Melur "Ram" Ramasubramanian, and Upstate Medical University President Mantosh Dewan announced the launch of Upstate Biotech Ventures, the first-of-its-kind venture capital fund for startups and small businesses on a SUNY campus.
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