January 5 2017
News

Region gets $54M boost

Times Union By: Robert Downen Albany – Federal health research funding for Capital Region institutions increased significantly last year, a welcome sign for the area’s growing medical and technology sectors. All told, area companies, academic institutions and nonprofits received $54 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health, with

January 4 2017
News

New attitude in manufacturing industry is bringing jobs back home

Spotlight News By: Michael Hallisey Local businesses network with one another in a continuous trend promoting community over competition, and that attitude is what’s defining a new “paradigm” in a changing manufacturing industry. New York state is home to a rich network of innovation assets and other resources that can help

January 3 2017
Research & Development

Gaming Gives Capital Region’s NIH Award Haul a Boost

With the help of its software gaming industry, the Capital Region received 9.5 percent more in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding last fiscal year, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new data from the federal agency. In fiscal 2016, Capital Region academic institutions, companies and

January 3 2017
News

SUCCESS STORY: Talent Connect Helps Process Engineer’s Family Make Niskayuna Home

Jash and Amy Pabbi are no strangers to professional relocations. In 2004 Jash’s career as a process engineer saw the couple moved from India to Canada, initially in Toronto, then Alberta and then Vancouver. After seven years in the Vancouver they moved again, this time to Long Island. And in

December 20 2016
Software/Gaming/IT

How Albany Landed Behind Silicon Valley on the List of Best Places to Find a Job in Technology

U.S. News and World Reports last fall raised eyebrows when it named Albany the nation’s third best place to find a job in technology, right behind San Francisco and San Jose (i.e., Silicon Valley). Even the ranking organization was surprised by this, saying, “Albany isn’t likely to come to mind

November 10 2016
Nanotechnology, Research & Development

Capital Region Gives Silicon Valley a Run for Its Money in National Rankings

Nov. 10, 2016 Media Contact James Schlett Director of Research and Communications 518-465-8975 X221 jamess@ceg.org NY Loves Nanotech partners go to major semiconductor event ALBANY, N.Y. – The Capital Region’s technology sector is increasingly giving Silicon Valley a run for its money in national rankings. On top of U.S. News

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