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2:22pm

Thu March 21, 2013
Tech

Israeli companies will use UAlbany's nanotech school

Credit UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

The state of Israel will spend up to $300 million a year in a new partnership with the University at Albany for Israeli companies to use the school's nanotechnology facilities.

Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy and Dr. Alain Kaloyeros, CEO of College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, announced the partnership yesterday.

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4:50pm

Thu October 25, 2012
Transportation

Capital Region cities seek to bridge a pedestrian divide

Credit Marie Cusick / WMHT
The aging Livingston Avenue Bridge will soon need to be rebuilt in order to accommodate rail traffic. Officials on both sides of the Hudson would like its pedestrian and bike pathway to be restored in the new plans.

As New York sorts out how to spend millions of federal dollars for railroad upgrades, officials in Albany and Rensselaer are hoping some of that money can help restore a pedestrian and bike pathway over the Hudson River to reconnect the two cities.

The Livingston Avenue Bridge is over 100 years old. It can still carry trains over the river, but it's nearing the end of its life, and its pedestrian walkway has been closed since the mid 1980's.

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