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SBA announces pledge to increase lending to veteran entrepreneurs
by Eric Reinhardt |
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) today announced the Veteran Pledge Initiative, a commitment by its top lenders to collectively increase their lending activity to veterans by five percent annually over the next five years. |
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Alfred University appoints new provost
by Maria Carbonaro |

ALFRED — W. Richard Stephens, Jr., the current provost at Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C., will join the administrative team at Alfred University as provost and vice president for academic affairs, effective July 1.
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NY unemployment rate drops to lowest level since March 2009
by Eric Reinhardt |

New York’s unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in April from 8.2 percent in March, hitting its lowest level since March 2009. That’s according to preliminary figures the New York State Department of Labor released today. |
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SU dean of student affairs, Wolfe, departing for Colorado job
by Eric Reinhardt |

SYRACUSE — Syracuse University (SU) on Wednesday announced that Thomas Wolfe, dean of student affairs, will leave the university this summer to become president of the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. |
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Cornell, Iowa share $10.6 M obesity, hypertension NIH grant
by Adam Rombel |
ITHACA — A Cornell University researcher working with other researchers at the University of Iowa is part of a five-year, $10.6 million grant to study the role of the brain in links between obesity and high blood pressure, Cornell announced today. |
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