New York's nanotech college gets 58 summer interns

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York state’s nanotechnology college has a bumper crop of 58 summer interns.

Officials with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering and the State University of New York’s Institute of Technology say the record class of 58 college and high school students will immerse themselves in nanotechnology for the next ten weeks

School officials in Albany say there were more than 150 applicants for the internships. Students who were accepted have an average grade point average of 3.7 and most of them are state university students.