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CEG president comments on Obama’s Capital Region visit

WNYT Center for Economic Growth President F. Michael Tucker commented on President Obama’s visit to the Capital Region Tuesday. Below is a statement from Tucker: Today President Obama is making the third visit of his term to Tech Valley, this time to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany. It’s [...]


Years of patience, persistence led to establishment of College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

The Saratogian ALBANY — At President Barack Obama’s third visit to the region since the fall of 2009, a sense of pride was almost tangible among the dozens of area leaders who have worked for the past two decades to help the Capital District put its mark on the High-Tech map. In the moments after [...]


Albany business leaders turn out for Obama

The Business Review President Barack Obama made his third trip to the Capital Region on May 8. He used the University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering to tout his economic agenda. View Slideshow


WTEN Video Clip – Regional Growth

WTEN CEG’s David Rooney speaks with News Channel 10 about growth in the region – View Video


President Obama Visit: Local economic cluster development

WTEN The new growth in the Capital Region begins the old fashioned way, with a good idea. “It’s the R&D capacity,” says David Rooney, Senior Vice President, Business Development and Marketing at the Center for Economic Growth in Albany. Ideas created and tested by some of the best minds in the world, backed by both [...]


WNYT News Coverage of Obama Visit

WNYT View news coverage of Tuesday’s visit by President Obana,  including commentary by CEG’s Peter Pritchard  


Statement from Center for Economic Growth President F. Michael Tucker on President Obama’s Visit to Tech Valley

Today President Obama is making the third visit of his term to Tech Valley, this time to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany. It’s exciting to have the president take such strong notice of what this region has worked so hard to achieve for the last 25 years.  A major theme [...]


GLOBALFOUNDRIES CEO Ajit Manocha Welcomes President Barack Obama

SYS-CON Media In coordination with The White House, GLOBALFOUNDRIES today helped host a visit by President Barack Obama to New York’s Capital Region. The President’s visit, originally planned to be held at Fab 8, was moved to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s (CNSE) NanoTech Complex at the State University of New York in Albany [...]


Obama to tour UAlbany’s NanoCollege before today’s speech

The Business Review Today, President Obama returns to the Capital Region for the third trip in his presidency—this time, to Albany. Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech on the economy at around 1:30 p.m. at the University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, according to the White House. Before the address, Obama [...]


Preparations began for President Obama’s visit to UAlbany

Fox 23 News   In less than 24 hours, the Capital Region will be hosting President Obama for the third time since 2009. Preparations you can see and those you cannot are underway between Albany International Airport and UAlbany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. The bulk of this work is being done behind the [...]