Upstate New York Suffers Brain Drain

With the decline of manufacturing in Upstate New York over the last century, the region has suffered a perpetual population loss. Failure to attract young, educated people has begun to put some cities in limbo, threatening their long-term sustainability. This has come to be known as the brain drain: the inability to keep educated people in the area.

Experts addressed these issues last Friday in a seminar entitled “The Brain Drain/ Brain Gain Issue in Upstate New York: Research, Education, and Outreach Responses.” A panel made up of two regional experts, a Cornell professor and one local expert dissected the issues facing Upstate New York and looked at the steps necessary to reverse current patterns.