Volunteers from CNSE, Trinity Alliance, and Albany Housing Authority spruce up the community for Earth Day
More than 50 volunteers improve a gateway to Albany’s South End as part of a joint effort
Albany, NY — Supporting Governor Andrew Cuomo’s vision and blueprint for livable communities, and furthering its commitment to improving the environment and serving the community, SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) partnered with Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region (Trinity) and the Albany Housing Authority (AHA) to revitalize a gateway to Albany’s South End as part of an Earth Day beautification project on Monday, April 22.
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With a strong turnout involving more than 50 volunteers consisting of NanoCollege faculty, staff, and students, children from Trinity, and members of AHA, the group refreshed a larger area than had originally been planned.
With help from an AHA landscaper, the volunteers planted shrubs and flowers before mulching in order to enhance the area surrounding the corner of Morton Avenue and Clinton Street. Additionally, a number of vacant sites within walking distance were cleaned of debris.
About CNSE. The UAlbany CNSE is the first college in the world dedicated to education, research, development and deployment in the emerging disciplines of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanobioscience and nanoeconomics. With more than $14 billion in high-tech investments, CNSE represents the world’s most advanced university-driven research enterprise, offering students a one-of-a-kind academic experience and providing over 300 corporate partners with access to an unmatched ecosystem for leading-edge R&D and commercialization of nanoelectronics and nanotechnology innovations. CNSE’s footprint spans upstate New York, including its Albany NanoTech Complex, an 800,000-square-foot megaplex with the only fully-integrated, 300mm wafer, computer chip pilot prototyping and demonstration line within 85,000 square feet of Class 1 capable cleanrooms. More than 3,100 scientists, researchers, engineers, students and faculty work here, from companies including IBM, Intel, GlobalFoundries, SEMATECH, Samsung, TSMC, Toshiba, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, ASML and Lam Research. An expansion now underway, part of which will house the world’s first Global 450mm Consortium, will add nearly 500,000 square feet of next-generation infrastructure, an additional 50,000 square feet of Class 1 capable cleanrooms, and more than 1,000 scientists, researchers and engineers from CNSE and global corporations. In addition, CNSE’s Solar Energy Development Center in Halfmoon provides a prototyping and demonstration line for next-generation CIGS thin-film solar cells, supporting its leadership of the U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC). CNSE’s Smart System Technology and Commercialization Center of Excellence (STC) in Rochester offers state-of-the-art capabilities for MEMS fabrication and packaging. CNSE alsoco-founded and manages operations at the Computer Chip Commercialization Center at SUNYIT in Utica and is a co-founder of the Nanotechnology Innovation andCommercialization Excelerator in Syracuse. For information, visit www.cnse.albany.edu.
