What are you proud to know about Upstate?
Lisa Allen during the videotaping of her response to “What makes you proud to be part of Upstate?” “What makes you proud to be part of Upstate?” Thirty-eight employees and a longtime hospital volunteer...
View ArticleWalking and Running in Support of AIDS Community Resources
Team Upstate at the AIDs Walk and Run A week ago, 60-something Upstate employees and family members braved scattered rainstorms to take part in the annual AIDs Walk/Run at Beaver Lake Nature Center in...
View ArticleSam’s Club BBQ benefits Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital
Sam’s Club employees cooking hamburgers and hot dogs to raise money for the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital Sam’s Club employees Andrea Decicco (center) and Aleandron Tolbert (right) are grilling...
View ArticleUpstate supports Duck Race to End Racism
Upstate employees and family members at the Duck Race To End Racism Upstate Medical University was a supporting sponsor of the 20th Annual Duck Race To End Racism, held on Sat., June 9 at Syracuse’s...
View ArticleLook Back at Summer: A Camping Trip for Burn Survivors
Some of the burn campers: Thomas Stevens, Adam Croman, Mitchell Dryer, Daniel Dryer, Alieshaia Rosinsky, husband-and-wife Upstate employees Jaclyn and Christopher Monahan, Soniece Crudup and Jonathan...
View ArticleGeneva Tower’s lobby offers history lesson
Anthony Adamitis, office manager, stands with the historic prints recently added to the lobby of Geneva Tower. Last August, Upstate opened Geneva Tower, a high-rise residence hall for students and...
View ArticleOASIS Members inspired by Dr. Sarah Loguen
Mary Hueber is learning about Dr. Sarah Loguen and other remarkable women at OASIS. This fall, OASIS offers “Remarkable Women in the History of Central New York,” one of 160+ courses offered by this...
View ArticleFamilies affected by autism enjoyed puppets, magic at “Lions and Tigers and...
Zoe and Michael share the stage — and red noses — with puppeteer and magician Geoff Navias at a performance for the Margaret Wiliiams Center. Michael, a 9-year-old boy from Camillus, smiled as he...
View ArticleUpstate Veterans March in the CNY Veterans Day Parade
Team Upstate salutes veterans. For the third year, Upstate employees and families marched in the Central New York Veterans Day Parade. Held on Sat., Nov. 10 at the NYS Fairgrounds, the parade showcased...
View ArticleTrip to Italy provides glimpse of medical history
A Venetian Carnivale mask, of the type once used by physicians. When you work at an academic medical center like Upstate, health care is always on your mind, even if you’re on vacation. Should you find...
View ArticleUpstate Black History Month celebration honors Emancipation Proclamation,...
Nationally, Black History Month celebrations are focusing on two anniversaries this year: the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington....
View ArticleHealthy ‘soul food’ served at Black History Month celebration
Upstate social worker Chevelle Jones-Moore with the soul food lunch for the Feb. 6 Black History month event. For the second year in a row, Chef Blue (Will Lewis) is catering the soul food luncheon at...
View ArticleGeri Hall honored with Living Our Mission award
Geri Hall FNP of Upstate’s University Health Care Center Every year, in honor of Black History Month, Upstate’s Faculty and Staff Association for Diversity gives two awards: one to an employee who...
View ArticlePastor Phil Turner honored with Community Leadership Award
The Rev. Phil M. Turner, pastor of Bethany Baptist Church. Every year, in honor of Black History month, Upstate’s Faculty and Staff Association for Diversity gives two awards: one to a member of the...
View ArticleMarathon runners help researchers, patients and students
Through runs and other events, the Salt City Road Warriors have raised $55,000 for Upstate Medical University. Their 2013 goal is to nearly double that amount. The Salt City Road Warriors are a team of...
View ArticleFound in the Files: documents on the building of Upstate’s downtown hospital
Mary Lent holds a 50-year-old news clipping showing construction of the hospital at Upstate’s downtown Syracuse campus. Recently, Mary Lent, a 14-year employee of Upstate’s physical plant department,...
View ArticleHospital construction this week, 50+ years ago
Community Hospital’s snowy construction site, 1961. Published by the Post-Standard. Collection of the Onondaga Historical Association. This week — 50+ years ago — both of our hospital construction...
View ArticleA bird’s eye view of the site for the ‘State University Hospital’
Dec. 1958: The site for Upstate University Hospital. Courtesy Upstate’s Health Sciences Library and Onondaga Historical Association This aerial photograph—taken on a snowless day in December 1958—was...
View ArticleRetired administrator and volunteer share memories of Upstate’s hospitals
Charles and Rose Calligaris spent many rewarding decades working at Upstate’s community and downtown hospitals. For forty years, Charles, 87, and Rose, 86, Calligaris drove together to work at either...
View ArticleMedical pioneer Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell honored 50 years ago, honored today
2014: Patricia Numann MD, first woman surgeon in Syracuse, with Upstate’s portrait of Elizabeth Blackwell. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Upstate’s downtown and community campus hospitals—and...
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