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Four participants received six weeks of free classroom instruction at the Genesee Valley BOCES in Batavia, paired with paid on-the-job experience at Oxbo, Graham and Zoladz Construction...

Trade associations are power players in New York policymaking. These trade associations operate at the local, state or federal levels, advocating for legislative and regulatory changes on behalf of their members while also providing valuable services, including training, mentorship and networking.

As major projects continue to take shape across Central New York, workforce leaders say the region will need more skilled workers to meet the demand.

A new collaboration is helping to produce the next generation of manufacturing workers. 17 students became graduates of the inaugural class of the Advanced 2 Apprenticeship program.

Pathways in Technology Early College High School — or P-TECH —is a full-day program at CiTi BOCES and Onondaga Community College. Students come together from nine school districts to form a blended high school beginning in ninth grade.

From special education classrooms in rural Missouri to manufacturing plants in central New York, apprenticeship programs and their higher ed partners are helping workers earn while they learn, fill critical labor shortages and build careers close to home.

A century-old manufacturing group is creating a new nonprofit to tackle an urgent issue: helping businesses find more workers.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced today that NY Creates (the New York Center for Research, Economic Advancement, Technology, Engineering, and Science) and Micron have begun a strategic workforce development partnership aimed at further building a regional talent pipeline of skilled technicians to support Micron’s planned expansion in domestic memory manufacturing at its new megafab being constructed in Clay, New York.

We talk about tariff ambiguity, emissions restrictions and energy demands with Randy Wolken, president and CEO of MACNY, the Manufacturers Association.

Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) elected six new directors to its two boards of directors for a three-year term beginning in 2026. The museum has two boards: The MOST Board of Trustees, which is tasked with overseeing the day-to-day operations, and the Foundation Board of Directors, which raises funds for the museum’s operating budget.