Times Union
ALBANY -- Saturday's University at Albany nanocollege community day drew a big crowd eager to learn more about the science of very small things.
At events offered around the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering complex, an estimated 1,000 visitors were invited to sample the tasks, questions and concepts that fill the days of more than 2,500 scientists, researchers, engineers, students and faculty members who work at the institution.
Dylan Thompson, of Richmondville, a third-grader at Worcester Central School District in Otsego County, donned a clean-room suit with help from Stephen Stewart, an equipment evaluation and support specialist at the college. The process, which took several minutes, involved putting on multiple layers of boots and booties, hat, hood, jumpsuit, mask, gloves, safety glasses and other garments. Full Article
