The Capital Region continues to maintain a vast footprint of academic research and development space, and it is poised to get bigger with new construction projects underway at the University at Albany and Union College and another planned at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG)
Department of Defense (DoD) spending for work primarily performed in the Capital Region rose over the year by 12.2 percent in fiscal 2017. In fiscal 2017, the amount the federal government owed1 for unclassified contract and grant award transactions was $151.1 million for work primarily performed in the eight-county region2,
Albany, NY: April 4, 2019 – Following a highly competitive process, the Capital Region STEM Hub was named today one of 15 new ecosystems selected to join the STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice, SLECoP, a global movement devoted to dramatic improvement in STEM teaching and workforce development. New York’s
Competition and expo will be the largest esports tournament ever held in upstate New York with 19 collegiate teams competing. New York (PRUnderground) March 29th, 2019 The largest collegiate esports event in the Northeast is coming to Albany this weekend. HV Gamer Con, presented by the Albany Capital Center
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 Times Union: Duty Calls: Veteran Connect Center ready to help vets
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 Two Buttons Deep: If Esports Coaches Did Press Conferences New Haven
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 Business Review: The region’s video gaming community has grown to 400
Even before New York State designated 20 Capital Census Tracts as Opportunity Zones in 2018, half of them had growing populations and four in five had increasing ranks of employed residents. The federal Opportunity Zones community development program is now promising to build on that momentum and is already attracting
Featured R&D projects: Next Generation Power Grid Monitoring Synthetic Jet and Smart Blades Have the Potential to Expand Wind Energy Modeling Strategies for Overhauling the Aging Power Grid Designing a more recyclable plastic Locally grown renewable energy Next generation batteries New York’s Largest Battery Storage Project Horizontal Ribbon Growth of
Large studio employment up 5.6%, Strong demand among independent studios for game development incubator/game space ALBANY, NEW YORK – Large employers within the Capital Region’s video game development cluster have added 5.6 percent more jobs over the past year, and they are all poised to continue growing, according to a
