Daily business news in New York
SYRACUSE — Syracuse University is partnering with Green Flower to offer non-credit certificates in Cannabis Education. Each online program includes three, 8-week fully online courses. Programs will cover the Business of Cannabis, Agriculture and Horticulture, Law and Policy and Healthcare and Medicine. These certificates will complement existing credentials and advance the knowledge and practice of cannabis […]
Internet giant Amazon.com announced it will donate $1.75 million toward a new STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) high school in Onondaga County in Upstate New York. The STEAM school project, which is currently being called STEAM at Syracuse Central, is a joint effort from the City of Syracuse, the Syracuse City School District, […]
Cornell University in Ithaca, NY announced it has a received a $100 million-plus donation from alumnus Ann S. Bowers ’59 that will create a new College of Computing and Information Science (CIS) in her name. (Photo above: Ann Bowers at a Cornell event in 2017. Cornell Chronicle) The exact amount of the donation wasn’t released […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced summer school in NY will be conducted through distance learning this year to help reduce the risk of coronavirus. Meal programs and child care services for essential employees will continue. School districts must also develop a plan for students with disabilities who participate in extended summer school year programs over the […]
U.S. News & World Report, which used to publish a weekly news magazine but now specializes in rankings and consumer advice, has revealed its list of the 2020 Best High Schools. This expansive edition ranks more schools across America than ever before, evaluating more than 17,700 public high schools on how well they serve all […]
