Have you ever heard of the term NanoCareer Day? It may be new to you but in the Capital Region and New York State United States of America it is already attracting thousands of students. Reason? NanoCareer Day is planned to address the critical effort to prepare students for a growing number of nanotechnology-related career opportunities in the Capital Region and New York State. What’s more, at the same time, it also gratifies the national requisite to encourage an interest in math and science among America’s younger generation. The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany created a milestone by hosting a daylong event regarding this recently.

It has been learnt that in the daylong event there was the presence of a number of presentations. The foremost of them were the presentations by CNSE faculty on the emerging science of nanotechnology and the career opportunities it offers; hands-on activities highlighting the exciting advances enabled by nanotechnology research and development; and, tours of CNSE’s $4.5 billion Albany NanoTech Complex.

There was a good attendance of lots of schools and counties in the event. These included Averill Park High School (Rensselaer), Cohoes Middle School (Albany), Hudson Falls High School (Washington), Rensselaer Middle School (Rensselaer), Maple Avenue Middle School, Saratoga Springs School District (Saratoga), Glens Falls Central School District (Warren), Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School, Albany City School District (Albany), Union College Science and Technology Entry Program - Oneida Middle School, Central Park Middle School, Guilderland High School, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School, Schenectady High School (Schenectady), and Academy of Holy Names (Albany).

It is to be noted that the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany - State University of New York (SUNY) happens to be a global education, research, development and technology deployment resource committed to the generation of the next generation of scientists and researchers in nanotechnology.