Rommel Noufi will come to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering for the Colloquium Series. Noufi will be at the college on Friday, Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Noufi is with National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and he will discuss the Development of CulnGaSe (CIGS) films for photovoltaic applications.

For more information on the colloquium please contact Melissa Preston at Mpreston@Albany.edu. Click here for upcoming colloquiums and events.

The 2012 Technology Almanac will be published on Friday, April 13.

The almanac will be published in partnership with The Business Review and Center for Economic Growth (CEG).

According to a statement by CEG, the almanac collects information on different organizations profiled on the Technology Roadmap and makes them accessible in a hard-copy form.

Over 12,000 copies of the almanac will be distributed in 2012 to C-level executives and leading decision makers around the world while Tech Valley leaders travel to promote the region.

A $5,000 grant has been awarded to the Rensselaer Land Trust by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC).

The grant is in support of the RBC Blue Water Project.  According to a release by RBC, the land trust will use the grant money to increase watershed awareness by developing an online interactive map of Rensselaer County’s watersheds, water districts and water sources.

“We will make information on water sources easily available to anyone with internet access, increasing awareness about the importance of water resources and how to keep water clean,” said the President of Rensselaer Land Trust Nick Conradin a statement. “We could not accomplish our mission without the support of companies like RBC who share in our beliefs about the value of protecting nature’s most precious resource.”