The latest projects slated for Syracuse’s Inner Harbor focus on education. Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined county and city officials Tuesday to announce a state grant for the new SUNY Water Research and Educational Center. The new facility will be funded in part through a $20 million SUNY 2020 grant. The major tenant will be SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry . The university’s new president, Quentin Wheeler, says it fits in with the school’s tradition of research and providing advice about restoring habitat around Onondaga Lake, once the most polluted lakes in the country“For years we’ve made do with improvised research sites around the shore, and working off boats, which you have to do,” said Wheeler. "So this will provide a permanent state-of-the-art home for doing that. Both the research for our students and faculty, and for public outreach. It’ll be a wonderful education facility.”Onondaga Community College will also use 3,400 thousand square foot center. OCC President
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