BIG THANKS: Seen around town is the billboard recognizing Tom Golisano’s recent unrestricted $10 million dollar gift to Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital. Golisano also gave the $6 million naming gift for the children’s hospital and a $3 million gift to name the Golisano Center for Special Needs.

OCTOBER AWARENESS: Employees of the Upstate Cancer Center in Verona highlight October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, by noting the connections all have in fighting breast cancer.

WELCOME BACK: The largest returning class of The Norton College of Medicine Reunion this year was the Class of 1984. The reunion, held Sept. 20 and 21, brought back classes from 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014. In addition to alumni awards, nearly $900,000 in scholarships were awarded to students.

DECON DRILL: Upstate University Hospital employees participate in a decontamination drill. The aim of the exercise was to test the capability of Upstate staff to recognize and react to a certain number of patients arriving to the Emergency Department who are contaminated with a chemical substance.