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Photonics Technology Makes the Cut on New Request For Information
“If China shuts off the flow of glass, the United States will be out of drones in six months.” – CEO of a critical components contractor to the DoD It was anticipated and heavily lobbied for. Does it...
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American Apprenticeship Grant competition
$100 Million. This is the largest single federal investment in apprenticeship ever in the U.S. Its aim is to transform our workforce for the 21st century. Through this grant, the Department of Labor...
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Rochester Museum & Science Center at the Hub of Rochester’s International...
Did you know that the stunning lights of aurora borealis are the result of solar wind? Or that every CD and DVD player contains a tiny laser? Or that some people can trick their brains to see...
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Photonics NMI Competition Highlights Nation’s Industry
From the Rochester Business Journal at http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=210763 The competition that will award more than $200 million to create a manufacturing institute focused on the photonics...
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Happy Birthday Marty Dvorin, Founding Professor of the Monroe Community...
Martin Dvorin is Professor emeritus of the Optical Systems Technology Program at a Community College. He began teaching optics at Monroe Community College, on Alexander Street, in Rochester, NY in...
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“Consider a career in skilled trades,” say Economists
As the economy continues to recover, economists are seeing stark differences between people with high school and college degrees. Four-year college graduates are nearly twice as likely to have a job...
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Rochester’s International Year of Light in Motion
Did you know that the stunning lights of aurora borealis are the result of solar wind? Or that every CD and DVD player contains a tiny laser? Or that some people can trick their brains to see...
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2015 New York Photonics Awards Presented at Annual Meeting
ROCHESTER, NY, September 17th. 2015 – The Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster/New York Photonics (RRPC) today honored three leaders in education and business for their contributions to New York’s...
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Optics & Photonics Investments Will Continue To Spur Regional Economic Growth
In August, Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter and Gov. Andrew Cuomo designated Rochester as headquarters for a $650 million integrated photonics startup, AIM Photonics. The intent of...
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2017 New York Photonics Map/Calendar Debuts at SPIE Photonics West
It’s popular! It has already gone global! We handed out nearly 250 calendars, large and small, at the New York Photonics booth in the Photonics West New York Aisle this year. Industry folks and...
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