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March 2003 News Archive

Monday, March 31, 2003

Marshall to head Upstate Medical University’s health professions and nursing alumni associations

Andrea Marshall has been named director of health professions and nursing alumni associations at Upstate Medical University. The two organizations represent over 5,000 of the College of Health Professions and the College of Nursing, two of four colleges... read more

Monday, March 24, 2003

Frankenstein exhibition opens at SUNY Upstate April 2

A traveling exhibition featuring photos of artifacts and other oddities surrounding one of the most enduring myths of the Western world -- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- will begin a six-week stay at SUNY Upstate Medical University April 2. The free... read more

Thursday, March 20, 2003

SUNY Upstate students get matched with residencies on national Match Day

At noon on Thursday, March 20, 157 fourth-year students from SUNY Upstate Medical University’s College of Medicine joined graduating medical students from across the country in learning where they will spend their first year of training (or residency)... read more

Monday, March 17, 2003

City, county leaders to proclaim March as Poison Prevention Month

Onondaga County Executive Nicholas Pirro and Syracuse Mayor Matthew Driscoll will sign a proclamation Wednesday, March 19, acknowledging March as Poison Prevention Month. The 10 a.m. ceremony will take place in the County Executive’s Office in the John... read more

Friday, March 14, 2003

University Hospital marks Child Life Month with celebrations

University Hospital will celebrate March as National Child Life Month with a week of events beginning March 16 to honor and acknowledge the work of the hospital’s five child life specialists. Certified child life specialists are specially trained non-medical... read more

Wednesday, March 12, 2003

Richard Hunt, M.D., to head new national EMS organization

Richard Hunt, M.D., FACEP, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University, has been named president of the Advocates for EMS (Emergency Medical Services). Advocates for EMS is a new organization established by the National... read more

Friday, March 7, 2003

SUNY Upstate forum on crime will hear from City council member and others on how to curb local violence March 12

Syracuse City Council member Kate O’Connell, chair of the Mayor’s Intervention Task Force will discuss ways to curb local violence during the last of four public forums titled “Violence in the Streets,” sponsored by SUNY Upstate Medical University, Wednesday,... read more

Thursday, March 6, 2003

SUNY Upstate Medical University previews million dollar surgery robot

SUNY Upstate Medical University, exploring whether it will soon offer patients minimally invasive cardiac surgery, will bring to campus a million dollar surgical robot and the pioneering physician whose clinical trial paved the way for FDA approval in... read more

Wednesday, March 5, 2003

Free diabetes screenings at the Joslin Diabetes Center March 25

The Joslin Diabetes Center of SUNY Upstate Medical University will offer free diabetes screenings in recognition of Diabetes Alert Day, Tuesday, March 25, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Joslin Center is located in the University Health Care Center at 90 Presidential... read more


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