Times Union By: Larry Rulison Saratoga Springs – Don’t forget what – and who – got you here. That is what Charles Wessner, a professor of innovation policy at Georgetown University, told the crowd Thursday at the Center for Economic Growth’s 87/90 Semiconductor Summit. Wessner, who has been studying the
Albany Business Review By: Shannon Sweeney Albany area colleges and universities are enrolling graduate and postdoctoral students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at a faster rate than the state as a whole. This region is graduating more science and engineering students, according to a Center for Economic Growth analysis.
Science graduate student enrollment growth outpaces state, nation for postdocs The Capital Region’s pipeline of highly educated talent is expanding, with area colleges and universities enrolling science graduate students and postdoctorates at rates faster than those for state. Even more, area institutions are awarding greater numbers of science, technology, engineering
Area is a prolific producer of advanced (nano) green materials patents Cleantech innovation is blowing strong in the Albany–Schenectady-Troy metropolitan statistical area (MSA), with a new Brookings Institution report showing local inventors generated the second greatest amount of wind energy patents in the nation between 2011 and 2016. The area
Automated Dynamics is the designer and manufacturer of advanced composite structures and high performance automation equipment for the automotive, defense, oil field, and other commercial/industrial markets. In 2014, the Niskayuna, N.Y.-based company set out to increase sales by more than 20 percent, or $1.2 million. To achieve this goal, Automated
Stay up-to-date on business and economic development happenings in the Capital Region with the CEG Economic Development Week in Review. Don’t miss out on the developments that are transforming the region by following us on: REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEWS National Grid nears completion of $77 million transmission line “National Grid
For the Top Economic Development News of the Month, CEG selects news articles about projects or developments that promise to improve and/or transform the Capital Region’s economy, particularly those that related to manufacturing and initiatives outlined in Capital 20.20, a five-year, multi-pronged plan for bringing economic prosperity to the entire
Stay up-to-date on business and economic development happenings in the Capital Region with the CEG Economic Development Week in Review. Don’t miss out on the developments that are transforming the region by following us on: REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEWS Chip equipment startup at SUNY Poly gains traction “A semiconductor manufacturing
Stay up-to-date on business and economic development happenings in the Capital Region with the CEG Economic Development Week in Review. Don’t miss out on the developments that are transforming the region by following us on: CEG IN THE NEWS CEG’s Kennedy talks to Times Union about region’s chip industry taking
Times Union By: Larry Rulison The region’s computer chip industry appears to have emerged almost unscathed from the bid-rigging scandal that led to federal charges. Anchored by GlobalFoundries’ $12 billion Fab 8 factory, the sector is about to hit its stride. It is coming to fruition after multiple fits and starts
