Marie Morelli

2 weeks ago | newyorkupstate.com | Marie Morelli

Winston Oluwole Soboyejo, Ph.D., looks at the Mohawk Valley and sees the next Silicon Valley. That potential led him to become the seventh president of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute in October 2023. Soboyejo, who goes by “Wole” (pronounced Wally), put his stamp on the college’s strategic plan with four pillars: student success, brand and external partnerships, campus infrastructure and academic excellence.

2 weeks ago | thisiscny.com | Marie Morelli

Winston Oluwole Soboyejo, Ph.D., looks at the Mohawk Valley and sees the next Silicon Valley. That potential led him to become the seventh president of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute in October 2023. Soboyejo, who goes by “Wole” (pronounced Wally), put his stamp on the college’s strategic plan with four pillars: student success, brand and external partnerships, campus infrastructure and academic excellence.

2 weeks ago | syracuse.com | Marie Morelli

Financial markets across the globe tumbled last week after President Donald Trump announced across-the-board 10% tariffs on imported goods, and higher levies on dozens of countries, including Vietnam (46%), China (34%), the European Union (20%). Mike Luckovich leads this week’s editorial cartoon gallery with his view of Trump’s “America First” agenda, drawing the president driving Uncle Sam off a cliff and into the jaws of a recession.

3 weeks ago | syracuse.com | Marie Morelli

Biomedical engineer Andrea Ippolito’s career has wound through private industry, government, academia and entrepreneurship. The through line has been her drive to solve difficult problems, at scale. Ippolito, 40, is founder and CEO of SimpliFed, a maternal health platform providing breastfeeding counseling and support via telemedicine. It costs patients nothing, thanks to a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover it.

3 weeks ago | newyorkupstate.com | Marie Morelli

Biomedical engineer Andrea Ippolito’s career has wound through private industry, government, academia and entrepreneurship. The through line has been her drive to solve difficult problems, at scale. Ippolito, 40, is founder and CEO of SimpliFed, a maternal health platform providing breastfeeding counseling and support via telemedicine. It costs patients nothing, thanks to a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover it.