Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s strategy for a vibrant nanotechnology enabled economy is taking shape in the Mohawk Valley and throughout New York state.

SUNY Polytechnic Institute, with campuses in Marcy and Albany, is an enabling component of that strategy, and has been ranked tops in the nation in higher education research and development funding by businesses, beating Duke University, second, MIT, third, and Stanford, seventh, according to the National Science Foundation. The strength of SUNY Poly’s public-private partnership model along with key recent developments are paving the way for historic growth in the region.

Nearly a year ago, the State University of New York Board of Trustees unanimously approved Chancellor Nancy Zimpher’s recommendation to merge the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany and the SUNY Institute of Technology in Marcy to form SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

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Published Feb 20, 2015 at 4:01pm