Tagged: SUNY Upstate

Governor Andrew Cuomo is leaning on New York’s network of public colleges to play a bigger role in economic growth -- and he’s proposing to provide the resources to do so. But there could stiff competition for those funds.

While a new law in New York State puts more stringent rules in place for how school districts must deal with concussions suffered by student athletes, club sports aren't covered by any such regulations.  As WRVO's Ellen Abbott reports in the third part of a series, at least one central New York recreational league is trying to do something about it.

The death of a central New York football player after a blow to the head is bringing discussion of head injury and concussions back to the front of peoples minds. But concussions or traumatic brain injuries aren’t limited to the football field. While a death gets all the publicity, there are central New York teens who are living with the effects of concussions every day.