Budget cuts delay SUNY Upstate expansion - ALFRED NG, Daily Orange

SUNY Upstate Medical University’s upgrade has faced financial obstacles due to large budget cuts. In 2007, the medical school drew up blueprints for its largest expansion since becoming associated with the State University of New York system in 1950. The expansion includes a cancer research center, institutional buildings for medical research and renovations to student housing, according to a SUNY Upstate news release from Sept. 19, 2007. As one of the least-funded SUNY schools in the system, SUNY Upstate was forced to scale back several of the projections made in 2007 after years of budget cuts, SUNY Upstate President David Smith said. With SUNY subsidies only making up about eight percent of the school’s entire budget, the university operates more like a private university than a public one, he said. http://dailyorange.com/2013/02/budget-cuts-delay-suny-upstate-expansion/