Times Union: Albany to take lead research role in new SUNY
photonics institute
Published:
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 09:52
A consortium headed by SUNY Polytechnic Institute, the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology has been chosen for the Obama administration’s new Integrated Photonics Institute for Manufacturing Innovation.The institute, with $110 million in federal funding and more than $500 million in outside support, including $250 million from New York state, was announced by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Vice President Joe Biden during a press conference Monday morning in Rochester.
Later, Cuomo and Biden traveled to New York City to announce a $4 billion project to rebuild LaGuardia Airport, which Biden at one time at likened to a “third world airport.”
While the photonics announcement was made in Rochester, the technical headquarters and primary research will be done in Albany, while the business headquarters and business development will be based in Rochester, a SUNY Poly spokesman said.
Posted on July 27, 2015 | By Eric Anderson
