Heather Briccetti discusses the state’s biotech sector on Capital Tonight

Heather Briccetti, president & CEO of The Business Council, appeared on Capital Tonight with Liz Benjamin to discuss the Public Policy Institute’s report on the state’s bioscience sector. PPI is the research and educational arm of The Business Council.
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Governor Cuomo lauds President Obama at UAlbany NanoCollege

Jimmy Vielkind of the Times Union reports on Governor Cuomo’s introduction of President Obama at UAlbany yesterday. Vielkind includes other details, including how the two men compare in height. He writes: “The two men embraced on the tarmac and rode in the same limousine f
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Transcript: President Obama’s remarks at UAlbany

We’re getting these remarks through the Times Union’s Casey Seiler who notes in his blog that the transcript includes President Obama’s “bless you” to a sneezer down front near the start of his speech. Heather Briccetti was among those invited to the even
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School model strengthens education-to-work system

Michael Bloomberg and Rahm Emanuel Lead Way in Innovation Stan Litow writes in the U.S. News and World Report that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel are taking note of the sixty-three percent of American jobs which will require post-secondary train
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NanoCollege gets $1.6 million from NSF

The news comes from Larry Rulison of the Times Union. “The Energy & Environmental Technology Applications Center (known as E2TAC) at the University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, has received $1.6 million in two grants from the National Scien
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Salina to get $28 million in state grants for nanotech center

According to The Post-Standard: “Salina, NY — When Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday the state would spend $400 million to match $4 billion in nanotechnology investment and research by IBM, Samsung and other high-tech companies, Albany, Utica, Canadaigua, Yorktown Height
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University of Rochester set to open nanosystems center

The Integrated Nanosystems Center will be open on Friday, August 26, according to the Democrat and Chronicle: “The University of Rochester will officially open the doors Friday on its Integrated Nanosystems Center. The center, located on UR’s River Campus, includes a 2,000
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