higher ed

Central New York colleges win SUNY 2020 grant

Ryan Delaney — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:34:00 +0000

A group of central New York public colleges is among the winners of the governor's second round of the SUNY 2020 Challenge Grant program.

The state's College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Upstate Medical University and Onondaga Community College in Syracuse and SUNY Oswego teamed up for the program.

They were awarded $15 million to start an institute of environmental health and medicine.

Cuomo wants to give tax breaks to startups on SUNY campuses

Ryan Delaney — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:50:42 +0000

Companies that get started at one of New York’s public universities wouldn’t have to pay any taxes for a decade if a plan proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo gets enacted.

29.5% of recent high school graduates can't find work

Ryan Delaney — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:28:11 +0000

The unemployment rate for recent high school graduates has nearly doubled since the recession began, leaving almost a third of them without work, according to a report from an economic think tank.

Salary prospects dim for the Class of 2013, more of the same ahead

Ryan Delaney — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:19:58 +0000

High paying jobs will remain elusive for the class of 2013 as a slow economic recovery drags on, according to numbers tallied by an economic policy center.

Law school program helps bring research to the market, for free

Ryan Delaney — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Law students have often been used to help solve so-called "cold-cases," but criminal law isn’t the only place their skills are being put to use. Syracuse University law school professor Ted Hagelin's class focuses on the cutting edge of technology.