A $44 million state investment in SUNY Polytechnic Institute will expand and update several features of the institutiton, Gov. Kathy Hochul and SUNY Chancellor John King announced Friday.

The money will go toward expanding the current health science wing, updating the nursing labs in Donovan Hall, create a semiconductor processing lab for workforce development and create a robotics and advanced manufacturing research and education lab.

The investment comes from the capital support SUNY received from this year's sate budget.

“This investment is another massive step to building the best public education institution in the country and cementing New York’s leadership role in the manufacturing industry,” Hochul said. “With these important investments, students can receive an affordable and quality education at SUNY, join New York’s growing manufacturing industry, and build a bright future for themselves and for New York State.” 

Following last year's announcement by Micron to build a semiconductor megafab in Central New York, Michael Carpenter, the interim dean of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute College of Engineering in Utica, told Spectrum News 1 that SUNY Poly’s campuses are in a great position to prepare students for jobs in the semiconductor industry.