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Counterterrorism, Counterespionage, Forensic Training for Advanced Professionals UTICA, N.Y., March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The threat of cyberterrorism is real and rapidly expanding, warned FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, speaking at a conference recently. Cyber crime -- including cyber terrorism, cyber espionage and online fraud -- poses a grave threat to national security, economic health and even personal safety. Utica College has designed a new master's degree that will answer...

ECI of Utica College Conference Most Successful to Date POTOMAC, Md., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With all the buzz about protecting one's identity, Ponzi schemes and new jobs in cybersecurity, the 20th Economic Crime Institute (ECI) of Utica College conference -- highlighting the latest trends in the detection and prevention of identity theft, cybersecurity and economic crime -- was the most successful event in the organization's history. "Extraordinary Circumstances: Combating...

UTICA, N.Y., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the heels of the Department of Homeland Security announcing the creation of up to 1,000 new cybersecurity jobs, the upcoming 20th Economic Crime Institute of Utica College conference, highlighting the latest trends in the detection and prevention of identity theft, cybersecurity and economic crime, looks to be the most successful event in the organization's history. "Extraordinary Circumstances: Combating Fraud and Corruption in Hard...

UC President Todd Hutton to accept national award at CLC 27th Annual Conference on Professional Issues May 24 in Boston ROCKVILLE, Md., May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Child Life Council, the leading nonprofit professional association serving child life specialists, announced the selection of Utica College as the recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Service Award, in recognition of its outstanding contributions to child life programs everywhere. Utica College was selected by...

UTICA, Ohio, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Ohio's largest and oldest ice cream celebration, the Utica Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival, will kick off its 35th annual edition on Memorial Day Weekend at Velvet Ice Cream's Ye Olde' Mill. A parade through the streets of Utica launches the festivities at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 23. More than 40,000 people are expected to attend the three-day festival. "Where better to have Ohio's greatest ice cream celebration than Ohio's Ice Cream Capital - Utica,...

A fitness studio has opened in Utica Square that offers a signature series of strength-training equipment, which the owners say is the next generation in fitness technology. Exerbotics Premier Fitness Studio, operated by Bert Davison, president, and brother Matt Davison, director of marketing, offers clients equipment with computerized sensor systems that measure forces and provide data that continually measures user performance. Bert Davison, who describes the facility as a fitness...

By Gale Courey Toensing, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Jul. 2--ALBANY, N.Y. -- A cluster of lawsuits have been filed challenging the Interior Department's final decision to take into trust 13,004 acres of the Oneida Indian Nation's 300,000-acre ancestral homeland. On June 19, Gov. David A. Paterson and Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo jointly announced that the governor, the counties of Oneida and Madison, and the state of New York had filed a lawsuit in federal court to overturn...

By Gregory, Traci ROME - Doing a lot of business in the Utica-Rome area means it just makes sense to have ae office nearby, says Joel Plumley, owner of Plumley Engineering, P.C. Plumley's 2,000-square-foot Rome office at 200 N. George St. opened May 1 and will allow the company to better serve its customers in the area, Plumley says. The company, headquartered in the town of Lysander, has a growing Mohawk Valley client base. "We have a lot of clients in this area," Plumley says. "I just...

Gastem (TSX VENTURE: GMR) is pleased to announce that it has begun Phase I of its 2 phase development program on the Utica Shale Properties in New York State. In this initial phase, Gastem will proceed to drill and frac three vertical wells during Q2 2008. Following results from a full program of logging and coring, this will be followed during Q3-Q4 2008 by Phase 2, with the drilling of two additional vertical wells and a horizontal well. According to the option agreement with Utica...

By Heather Caliendo If a computer could cut your workout time by 75 percent without diminishing results, would you be more inclined to go to the gym? A Tulsa-based fitness studio is betting you would. Exerbotics in Utica Square is a 5,700-square-foot private training fitness studio with an upscale atmosphere. There's nothing unique about that. What makes Exerbotics more interesting than the average gym is a newly developed high-tech approach to exercise. Bert Davison, president of...