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Ruth Ozeki attends the 2022 Women’s Prize For Fiction Winner’s Ceremony, in London, on June 15.
Filmmaker, novelist Ruth Ozeki to lecture at Hamilton College
Novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki will present the Winton J. Tolles Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 in the Hamilton College Chapel. more
Rome Free Academy swimmer Imani Pugh gets ready to dive in the pool from the new starting blocks Wednesday at the high school. The renovated natatorium was unveiled earlier this month.
Renovated RFA pool makes splash with reopening
For the last year and a half, Rome Free Academy swimming and diving team student-athletes have competed in “home” swim team meets that weren’t really at “home” at all. more
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A pair of Saratoga Springs City School District buses make their way down Geyser Road back to the bus garage in Saratoga Springs on Friday, Sept. 23. Districts across the state’s capital region and eastern Mohawk Valley are dealing with a shortage of bus drivers.
Many school districts across state still grapple with ‘severe driver shortage’
Since the start of the school year, parents across the Capital Region and Mohawk Valley have been dreading the phone calls and emails sent from the school district advising bus run cancellations. more
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Local watercolor artist and instructor Laura Diddle stands in front of a collection of motivating signs Thursday during her class at the Sherrill-Kenwood Free Library in Sherrill.
Art classes part of ongoing educational community outreach at Sherrill Public Library
The Sherrill-Kenwood Free Library offers more than just a world of reading for its patrons, says new Director Bill Loveland. more
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FILE - Students walk to classes on the Indiana University campus, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, in Bloomington, Ind. Indiana will tax student debt relief as income, reflecting similar policies in other U.S. states following the Biden administration's announcement of a forgiveness plan in August 2022. The Indiana Department of Revenue said in an email to the Associated Press on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, that residents will be required to list their forgiven loans as taxable income. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
2.25 million NY residents would be eligible for student loan relief
The Biden administration has released new data estimating how many borrowers in each state can get at least some of their federal student debt canceled. more
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New Hartford senior Sophie Mandia works on her drawing Monday in art class.
New Hartford Senior High honored as National Blue Ribbon School
For the second time in less than a decade, New Hartford Senior High School has been commended as a National Blue Ribbon School. more
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Rome City School District student-athletes and their parents have found themselves without school-provided athletic shuttle buses to practices and events several times already this season.
Rome superintendent addresses bus concerns
Rome City School District Superintendent Peter Blake said bus driver shortages and illnesses are currently the district’s most challenging issues. more
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The Strough Middle School marquee is seen Sept. 16 at the corner of Laurel and Lee Streets in Rome. The school will be the site of the second of a series of AREA Community Conversation meetings, which begin Sept. 22 at RFA High School School.
AREA Community Conversations seeks resident input
The socioeconomic differences of area families — and the impact those disparities have on their children’s education — are some of the biggest concerns facing the Rome City School District. more
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Indium Corporation President and Chief Operating Officer Ross Berntson speaks Thursday during the celebration of its partnership with Mohawk Valley Community College. The partnership led to the development of new 3D printing technologies by utilizing the fabrication lab at MVCC's Utica campus.
MVCC, Indium salute ‘multi-dimensional’ partnership
Leaders from Mohawk Valley Community College and Indium Corporation celebrated their successful partnership Thursday in the college’s FABLab, a state-of-the-art fabrication facility. more
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The track at New York State School for the Deaf on Turin Street will be closed to the public Thursday through Friday, Sept. 23 as repairs and renovations are made. Weather-permitting, the track will re-open Saturday, Sept. 24.
Popular NYSSD track to close briefly for renovation
The athletic track at the New York State School for the Deaf, 401 Turin St., — popular with exercise-minded community members for running and walking — is about to get a facelift. more
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New Hartford Central School District Superintendent Cosimo Tangorra, Jr. poses Sept. 8 in his office. The district is seeking stakeholders’ input into the formation of its new strategic plan.
New Hartford school district seeks input on new strategic plan
The administration of the New Hartford Central School District wants stakeholder input on the creation of the district’s first-ever five-year strategic plan. more
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Members of the Rome Free Academy Knight Guides pose for a quick photo before dispersing to help get new students acclimated to the school on Wednesday.
‘New beginning’ goes smoothly at RFA
Ninth-graders got their first taste of high school Wednesday as Rome Free Academy welcomed their class for its first day of high school. more
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COLUMN: September is healthy lunch box time
September has arrived (where did summer go?) and it is lunch-box time. Seniors are packing lunches too as they go to work, or volunteer at senior centers, schools, nursing homes, and libraries. Some … more
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FILE - Desks are spaced apart ahead of planned in-person learning at an elementary school on March 19, 2021, in Philadelphia. Pandemic school disruptions resulted in the largest drop in reading achievement in 30 years, according to newly released national test scores on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The data is from 9-year-olds who took the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 2020 and 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic
Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new federal study. more
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Leslie Corbo, associate professor of cybersecurity and director of undergraduate cybersecurity programs at Utica University, has been awarded the university’s Karl Zimpel Endowed Professorship in Cybersecurity.
‘Cyber Mom’ awarded endowed professorship at Utica University
Utica University has awarded the Karl Zimpel Endowed Professorship in Cybersecurity to Leslie Corbo, associate professor of cybersecurity and director of undergraduate cybersecurity programs. … more
Current students help Utica University’s Class of 2026 move into their dorms on Tuesday.
Utica University welcomes 556 new students
Utica University celebrated its annual move-in day by welcoming 556 new students to its campus. more
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In terms of school safety, the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office employs both school resource officers (SROs), who are full-time deputies assigned to specific districts, and special patrol officers (SPOs), who are part-time, former peace or police officers. Both groups are armed and uniformed.
Area schools focused on security for new school year
With the start of the new school year only a couple of weeks away, several school districts around Oneida County are looking to beef up security ... more
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Laura Casamento, president of Utica Univeristy, has announced her retirement effective July 31, 2023.
Utica University President to retire next academic year
In an email sent to the Utica University community on Monday, the academic institution announced the upcoming retirement of its president, Laura Casamento. more
HUNGRY FOR EDUCATION — Kris-Tech Care Team member Jamie McNett hands one of four book bags to Leah Internicola with her daughter Leah, 11, next to her during the Kris-Tech Hungry for Education event Thursday morning at Griffiss Park in Rome. In exchange for a grocery bag of non-perishable food items, families received a book bag with about $150 worth of school supplies.
Kris-Tech hosts Hungry for Education event
It may have been a little gloomy on Wednesday, but that didn’t put a damper on Kris-Tech’s Hungry for Education event at the copper wire manufacturer’s Rome headquarters. more
Melissa Roys, executive director with Connected Community Schools, welcomes the National Education Union from England on Tuesday, August 16th 2022 at the Little Falls City School District. The National Education Union is interested in learning about the inner workings of the Connected Community Schools Initiative and how they have been successful in expanding an impactful model into 14 school districts, 58 school buildings, serving over 25,000 students and ensuring that individuals' basic needs
National Education Union from England visits Connected Community Schools
In celebration of its fifth anniversary, the Connected Community Schools team welcomed the National Education Union from Great Britain for a special tour and workshop at Little Falls … more
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