U.S. Representative John R. Lewis (D-GA) — one of the nation’s most dedicated and courageous civil rights leaders — urged graduates to use their skills to build a kinder, more equitable society, at the 207th Commencement at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Saturday.

As Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute prepared to host the 207th Commencement ceremony, the Division of Student Life carved out time to honor several graduating seniors as the first recipients of the newly created CLASS Awards. The students were recognized for their achievements during the annual Zero Year Reunion Brunch that was held on May 23.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will convene the 11th annual President’s Commencement Colloquy, engaging its 2013 honorary degree recipients—leaders in the government, military, business, philanthropy, nonprofit, and technology sectors—in a discussion titled “Leading Cultural Shifts: Courage, Creativity, Commitment,” to be moderated by Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson.

Sponsored by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, a one-day conference at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will center on technologies that aid mobility disabled people in making art and music.

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced an affiliation agreement to collaborate on educational programs, research, and development of new diagnostic tools and treatments that promote human health.

Before leaving, Cary Ann Kaczowka, a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Class of 2013, had some parting words that she wanted to share with the campus.

The fastest selling toy in history will find a home on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus. Members of the Class of 2013 are raising funds to create a large-scale fully functional Rubik’s Cube.

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has launched the first interactive website to help homeowners, contractors and builders choose the right light bulbs, fixtures and controls to maximize energy savings, calculate lighting costs and achieve lighting effects to meet a wide range of needs in their homes. It also shows how to design safe, healthy lighting for aging adults.

This spring, 1,676 students will receive degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, on Saturday, May 25, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the East Campus Athletic Village (ECAV) stadium.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of Portugal today announced an agreement to collaborate on a number of fronts, ranging from research to student and faculty/staff exchange.

Research published today in Nature Communications —produced with the aid of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute computer scientist Petros Drineas —used DNA analysis to unearth the previously unknown origin of the Minoans, who some 5,000 years ago established the first advanced Bronze Age civilization in present-day Crete.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced $1.8 million in funding to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for critical upgrades to the electrical and mechanical infrastructure of the university’s supercomputing center, the Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI). NYSERDA and Rensselaer officials met at the supercomputing center today to announce the funding.

The White House on Wednesday honored Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty member Jose Holguín-Veras as a “Champion of Change” in the field of transportation.

Recreation gets a redesign in an exhibit of “playscape” furniture designed for the Troy Riverfront Park as part of a collaboration between the City of Troy and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture.

Control systems expert Sandipan Mishra, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty member Riccardo Bevilacqua has been named the recipient of a 2013 Young Investigator Award from the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR).

Computer scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have set a high performance computing speed record that opens the way to the scientific exploration of complex planetary-scale systems.

Biomedical imaging expert Ge Wang recently joined as the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering, and a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

More than 1,000 members of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute community, along with family and friends, will participate in the eighth annual Relay For Life event, sponsored by the American Cancer Society.

Galactic astronomer Heidi Newberg, a professor of physics, applied physics, and astronomy in the School of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been selected as a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

To prepare students and career professionals for the expanding scope of careers requiring Big Data and analytics skills, IBM and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are combining forces to offer a new, one-year Lally School of Management and Technology graduate degree program in fall 2013: the Master of Science in Business Analytics.

Twenty-three students have been inducted into the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Phalanx Honor Society for 2013. Phalanx honors student leadership, service, and devotion to the university, and celebrates those who have “worked to better the standing of Rensselaer both on and off campus.”

Deepak Vashishth, a bone and tissue engineering expert, and current head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been appointed director of the Rensselaer Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS), effective April 16. He succeeds Jonathan Dordick, who is now vice president for research.

Peter Dinolfo, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the School of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation.

A daily challenge faced by the community of Sandubidi in Panama is access to clean water. For nearly two years, Engineers Without Borders (EWB-RPI) has been working with the community to develop a solution.

Grand Marshal Week, the annual student-run event, focuses on the election of new student government representatives, with the Grand Marshal serving as the highest elected official in student government.

Four collegiate game design programs, 40 student-designed video games, speakers from five game design companies (including Microsoft and Vicarious Visions), and one rollicking concert of game music favorites in the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC). It’s GameFest 2013.

Canstruction is an international charity competition in which architects, engineers, contractors, and students compete to design and build structures made entirely from cans of food.

Celebrated innovator and metallurgist Hugo. S. Ferguson, Class of 1956, will receive the prestigious Davies Medal for Engineering Achievement from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering.

U.S. Representative John Lewis (D-GA) — one of the nation’s most dedicated and courageous civil rights leaders — will address graduates at the 207th Commencement May 25, 2013.

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to kill deadly pathogenic bacteria, including listeria, in food handling and packaging.

Ron Sun, professor of cognitive science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an expert in cognitive theories and systems, has been selected as a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. (IEEE).

Student creativity and entrepreneurial thinking to make bridges and buildings more resilient to earthquakes, aid bone regeneration, and enhance the online shopping experience have received funding from the Rensselaer Class of ’51 Entrepreneurship Fund.

today announced the launch of its new Center for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will celebrate the countdown to Earth Day with a weeklong festival of performances, lectures, films, exhibits, and workshops centered on environmental sustainability.

The road signs that direct traffic on the highways — collectively known as the cytoskeleton — are a mystery, and now the subject of research for Lee Ligon, associate professor of biology at Rensselaer .

More than 100 Capital Region middle and high school students will participate in the 23rd annual Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair Saturday, March 23.

Many of the world’s leading experts on “Big Data” and related fields will gather in Sweden March 18 for the first plenary session of the new international Research Data Alliance (RDA).

A record total of 16,112 high school students have filed applications to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute this fall, according to numbers released today by the Rensselaer Office of Admissions.

The School of Engineering and several of its programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute made gains on this year’s list of Best Graduate Engineering Programs by U.S. News & World Report.

The Rensselaer Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) program was named among the top 15 out of 150 undergraduate game design programs in the United States and Canada, according to the “Top Schools to Study Video Game Design for 2013.

Patrick D. Gallagher, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, will provide the keynote address for the inaugural Advanced Manufacturing Conference.

Members of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus and local community are invited to attend the one-night performance of the critically acclaimed documentary play “8,” written by Academy Award-winner Dustin Lance Black

Rensselaer student Ming Ma has developed a new method to manufacture light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that are brighter, more energy efficient, and have superior technical properties than those on the market today.

Ming Ma has developed a new method to manufacture light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that are brighter, more energy efficient, and have superior technical properties than those on the market today.

Rebecca Wachs has invented a new implantable sensor with the ability to wirelessly transmit data from the site of a knee replacement, spinal fusion, or other orthopedic surgery.

Researchers and students connect with industry leaders at the Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center’s Fourth Annual “Industry-Academia Days”.

The Lally School will host its annual business plan competition for undergraduate and graduate students Feb. 26-27.

Navid Attary Is one of three finalists for the $30,000 2013 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize.

In life, there are many memorable milestones that are celebrated. This weekend, the Omicron Upsilon chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the chapter’s founding at Rensselaer.

With several teams of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute undergraduate and graduate students vying for the top prize in the upcoming Rensselaer Business Plan Competition, the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship in the Lally School of Management and Technology and the Albany-based Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) are collaborating to connect Rensselaer students with local, highly successful entrepreneurs.

Four graduate students in the Tetherless World Constellation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently earned the top prize in a national health data platform challenge designed to create new functionalities for the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) repository for open health data: healthdata.gov.

President Barack Obama has appointed Laurie Leshin, dean of the School of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, to the advisory board of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum.

An interactive performance piece – the product of collaboration between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students in arts and architecture – will incorporate interactive video, performers drawn from parkour and a capella, and audience participation in a narrative based on E.M. Forster’s 1909 sci-fi novella The Machine Stops.

To help Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students who are interested in identifying, planning for, and achieving future career goals, the Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) is hosting the annual Spring Career Fair today.

A new study from engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, pairs light and genetics to give researchers a powerful new tool for manipulating cells.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Ganpati Ramanath has been named a winner of the prestigious Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany.

Neil Rolnick, professor of music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will present a concert of music for violin, piano, and computer at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer.

The health, prosperity, security, and global leadership of the United States depends on our strength in science and technology, President Shirley Ann Jackson told a U.S. Congressional panel today.

Tackling the tricky questions of when and where to install roadway illumination is a challenge for transportation agencies.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced a $500,000 gift from Rensselaer alumnus David G. Jepson, Class of 1963, and his wife, Sharon, of Glastonbury, Connecticut. In celebration of his 50th reunion, the Jepsons’ gift will begin to fund The Sharon H. and David G. Jepson ’63 Fund for the School of Architecture, which will lay the groundwork for the establishment of The Sharon H. and David G. Jepson ’63 Career Development Chair in Architecture.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it will provide a modified version of an IBM Watson system to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, making it the first university to receive such a system.

Francis J. Murray, president and chief executive officer of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), will give the keynote address today at the 2012-13 Annual Conference of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Professor Donald Schwendeman has been named the new head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

—In Speech to the Royal Academy of Engineering She Envisions a “New Polytechnic”To Enhance Leadership and Education in the New Digital Economy—

Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson will deliver the annual ERA Foundation International Lecture at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London on January 22, 2013.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced today a $480,000 gift from the Emily Landecker Foundation. The gift will establish the James P. Ferris Fellowship in Astrobiology, which will support graduate students in the School of Science pursuing research in the interdisciplinary field of astrobiology.

The Lighting Research Center’s 25th Anniversary Celebration is scheduled for March 20, 2013 in Troy, N.Y.

Radiation expert X. George Xu, head of the Nuclear Engineering Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been appointed to serve on the Radiation Advisory Committee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board.

An adaptive seismic device for earthquake protection, a novel approach to developing a self-testing blood donation storage bag, a vehicle collision prevention system, a professional networking and matchmaking website to connect entrepreneurs, and a telemarketing blocker, are among the winning ideas in the Fall 2012 Change the World Challenge at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

An effort by students, faculty, and staff at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to install ultra-efficient LED light bulbs in one campus facility will save the university about $21,000 per year.

A new study from engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows, for the first time, how the little-understood protein osteocalcin plays a significant role in the strength of our bones.

A team of astrobiology researchers — including two from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — will use a series of nighttime flights on an airborne observatory to search newly born stars for the presence of precursors to life.

When it comes to addressing aging, what ideas can young students offer? Just ask the 14 elementary and middle school teams from the Capital Region that will compete in the FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) Regional Qualifying Tournament at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dec. 8.

To assist impacted communities and residents of Hurricane Sandy, on Saturday, Dec. 8, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will host a live telethon event to raise funds to help Hurricane Sandy victims.

The closer you live to another person, the more likely you are to be friends with them despite the growing use and impact of social media, according to a study that drew on data from the location-based social network provider Gowalla.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will host a holiday concert featuring the Rensselaer Orchestra, the Rensselaer Concert Choir, and a Festival Chorus on Sunday, Dec.16, at 3 p.m. in the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center.

A team of interdisciplinary researchers at has developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials.

Antibodies developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are unusually effective at preventing the formation of toxic protein particles linked to Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, as well as Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced a five-year $499,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to establish the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship in Computer Science. The initiative supports the Institute in advancing women in computer science and other STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields.

Nano-photonics expert Shawn Yu-Lin, professor of physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a member of the university’s Future Chips Constellation and Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, has been selected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer has developed a concept for roadway illumination called "Ecoluminance".

The National Science Foundation today awarded a $2.5-million grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to enable its participation in a new international organization that will accelerate research data sharing among scientists around the globe.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today launched the Center for Cognition, Communication, and Culture (CCC) with a series of multimedia presentations and demonstrations of research in the initial core research areas: cross-modal displays, mixed reality, and synthetic characters.

The combination of powerful new hardware, a talented new director, and a continued industry focus is set to amplify the success, reach, and impact of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute supercomputing center.

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed an ultrasensitive method for detecting sugar molecules — or glycans — coming from living organisms, a breakthrough that will make possible a more detailed understanding of cellular functions than either genetic or proteomic (the study of proteins) information can provide.

Professor Jim Hendler has been honored with an inaugural Strata Data Innovation Award, given to individuals who have made significant innovations in the data field.

The Rensselaer Contemporary Music Ensemble will host a concert Nov. 17 to commemorate the centenary of John Cage, godfather of America’s musical avant-garde, alongside the legacy of legendary Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.

A new study from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that exposure to morning short-wavelength “blue” light has the potential to help sleep-deprived adolescents prepare for the challenges of the day and deal with stress, more so than dim light.

Geomicrobiology expert Yuri Gorby recently joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as the Howard N. Blitman ’50 P.E. Career Development Professor in Engineering. He is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Rotorcraft and adaptive structures expert Farhan Gandhi recently joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as the Rosalind and John J. Redfern Jr. ’33 Professor of Engineering.

The journey to end breast cancer may often start with a simple step. On Sunday, Oct 21, several members of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus will join thousands of individuals participating in the American Cancer Society’s annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk

As the leaves turn color and the cool autumn weather settles in, more than 4,400 people are expected to visit campus this weekend to celebrate Family Weekend.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—commonly known as “the Winklevoss twins”—were launched into the public eye in 2004, when they filed a lawsuit against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today unveiled NanoSpace, an online “molecular theme park” populated with more than 25 games, activities, and animations to educate and excite young students about the world of atoms and molecules.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is looking to its brilliant students, world-class faculty, and peerless staff to help name its new supercomputing system.

Brigitte Arduini has been named director of the New York state-funded Stem Cell Research Core Facility, within the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

June Deery, associate professor of communication and media at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, examines how reality television has altered conceptions of entertainment, privacy, and commercialization.

The first open session for discussion of the updated Rensselaer Plan was conducted Wednesday afternoon, and the unanimous view of the ReaLCom 2.0 members was that the conversation produced many excellent observations and suggestions.

A newly created alliance to foster biomedical research among the Capital Region’s leading academic research institutions today announced its first grants: 10 awards totaling $745,000.

A part of the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE), the Mercer Lab aims to promote and encourage the “lost art of tinkering” with electronics components.

Professor Peter Fox has been named the new director of the Information Technology and Web Science (ITWS) program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

As part of its ongoing mission to educate and inspire the next generation of technology leaders, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will host local high school students for a morning and afternoon of activities to celebrate national Manufacturing Day.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Department of the Arts with a series of events, including a concert and exhibition of electronic arts showcasing the full spectrum of talent within the department.

Rensselaer nuclear engineering expert X. George Xu is leading an interdisciplinary team of academic, medical, and industrial researchers to develop new techniques for quickly calculating the radiation dose a patient will receive from a CT scan.

Civil engineers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were part of an international research team that collapsed a full-scale dike this week in The Netherlands.

Rensselaer this week was ranked 23rd on the 2012 list of Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs by U.S. News & World Report.

The annual ranking of Rensselaer by U.S. News & World Report — 41st in the nation among national research universities — is one of a number of recent external surveys that recognize the high quality of a Rensselaer education.

Harry Ruda—a high-tech, serial entrepreneur whose career spans more than 35 years in the areas of information technology, software, and telecomm—has been selected as the 2012 William F. Glaser ’53 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson is participating in the 2012 World Economic Forum’s (WEF) “Summer Davos,” to be held September 11-13, 2012, in Tianjin, China.

Professor Patrick Underhill and senior Hannah Fix spent the summer developing four “kits” that contain everything needed for researchers to run a fun-filled, memorable educational outreach workshop on the topic of fluid physics at their local high school.

Jonathan S. Dordick, the current director of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) and Howard P. Isermann Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been appointed vice president for research, effective today.

A new study from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that a two-hour exposure to electronic devices with self-luminous “backlit” displays causes melatonin suppression, which might lead to delayed bedtimes, especially in teens.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review.

Two Rensselaer graduates have been honored as recipients of the national Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.

The incoming Class of 2016 at Rensselaer promises to be an exceptional group, with an increase in average SAT scores, and more than 100 receiving a perfect 800 SAT critical reading or math score, while three students scored1600, and two students received a perfect 2400.

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute made a sheet of paper from the world’s thinnest material, graphene, and then zapped the paper with a laser or camera flash to blemish it with countless cracks, pores, and other imperfections.

Light-emitting diode (LED) technology holds significant promise for airfield lighting in the U.S, mainly in terms of the potential for longer operating lives and increased efficacy of LEDs compared to incandescent lamps, the most common light source on airport runways and taxiways today.

Bioseparations and bioprocessing expert Steven Cramer, the William Weightman Walker Professor of Polymer Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, this week was elected a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

According to the Royal Academy, Dr. Jackson was chosen for her research and leadership experience in industry, education, and government as well as her expertise in high-energy physics.

New Study From the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer is the First To Collect Circadian Light Exposure and Activity Data in Individuals With Alzheimer’s Disease

his week, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will co-host the 2012 Haas Technical Education Center (HTEC) Manufacturing Conference. Now in its sixth year, the event is attended by K-12 and university instructors from North America and aims to strengthen manufacturing education.

James Spencer, who has 20 years of experience in leading organizational creation and growth as an entrepreneurial business executive, has been appointed director of real estate and business development at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been named one of the top engineering schools in the world. Industry-focused website Business Insider ranked Rensselaer fourth on its list of “World's Best Engineering Schools.”

New research led by chemists in the Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is seeking to detail the individual steps of highly efficient reactions that convert sunlight into chemical energy within plants and bacteria.

Forty-eight area middle school students are curing the summer “brain drain” this year with a heavy dose of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fun at the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Professor Jim Hendler has been named the new head of the Department of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Nanomaterials expert Nikhil Koratkar this week was named the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. An endowed professorship is among the highest honors bestowed on a Rensselaer faculty member.

Ground-breaking research to advance the application of stem cells to address critical injuries and diseases will be taking place at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in a new center funded by New York state and opened today (June 22, 2012).

Aerospace engineering and fluid dynamics expert Michael “Miki” Amitay this week was named the James L. Decker ’45 Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. An endowed professorship is among the highest honors bestowed on a Rensselaer faculty member.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Vice President for Research Francine Berman will transition from her current position to expand her efforts within the research data community, while remaining at the Institute as a tenured computer science professor.

David Rosowsky, dean of the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will deliver the keynote address today at the annual meeting of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers.

James Myers will speak about the future of American manufacturing today as part of a panel discussion at the second annual CGI America meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.

Engineers and scientists at Rensselaer are working to develop powerful new decision-making and data visualization tools for emergency management.

A new IARPA project to develop computer systems that help quickly identify emerging ideas and capabilities in technology.

Leading "big data" analytics firm GNS Healthcare has signed a multi-year agreement to extend and expand its membership with the CCNI.

Rensselaer has announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement with Concentrating Solar Power Utility for a new solar power technology utilizing what is known as magnetohydrodynamics (MHD).

The Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has launched the new Energy Scholars Program to foster research collaborations between undergraduate students and industry.

The Lally School will host its first business plan competition for high school students on May 30,

Dr. Prabhat Hajela, an experienced academic and administrative leader, has been appointed provost of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, effective July 1, 2012, it has been announced by Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson.

Former U.S. House of Representative Committee on Science and Technology Chairman Bart Gordon told graduates to use their education to answer today’s “Sputnik challenge,” while U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu spoke to the value of individual conviction at the 206th Commencement at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Saturday.

After more than 150 years of residing on an architecturally diverse streetscape in the center of the City of Troy’s historic district, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Columbia Development Companies held a ribbon cutting to unveil the project that has converted the Chasan Building into office space for the Rensselaer Institute Advancement team.

This year, 1,613 students will receive degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday, May 26, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the East Campus Athletic Village (ECAV) stadium. They represent the next generation of leaders, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, patent holders, game designers, architects, and innovators, in fields ranging from engineering to architecture, fine arts to science, game design to information technology, and business to the military.

Rensselaer will convene the 10th annual President’s Commencement Colloquy, engaging its 2012 honorary degree recipients—leaders from each branch of the U.S. government, along with pioneers in the business and academic sectors—in a discussion titled “Honoring Tradition, Responding to a Changing World,” moderated by Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson.

Members of the student group Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been hard at work transforming a used 20-foot steel shipping container into a safe, comfortable, and transportable bedroom for orphaned children in Haiti.

Computational mechanics expert Suvranu De has been named the new head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced the new Manufacturing Innovation Learning Lab (MILL). Focused on educating the next generation of manufacturing leaders and pioneers, MILL builds upon the many successes of its predecessor, the award-winning Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory (AML).

The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced today that Laurie Anderson has been named the inaugural distinguished artist in residence at EMPAC for a three-year term beginning later this year.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Lester Gerhardt last month received the prestigious Benjamin Garver Lamme Award and Medal from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has named Curt Breneman as the new head of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Breneman has been with Rensselaer since 1989. He was formerly the acting head of the department.

Leading transportation engineering and humanitarian logistics expert Jose Holguín-Veras will speak this week at the high-impact International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany.

Several biomedical engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have collaborated with artists from the College of Saint Rose and the surrounding Capital Region to bring their research on healing the nervous system to the public through art.

United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will join a stellar group of dignitaries and pioneers being honored by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at its 2012 Commencement. With this addition, Rensselaer will honor leaders from each branch of the U.S. government, along with pioneers in the business and academic sectors, at its 206th Commencement on May 26.

More than 1,100 members of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute community, along with family and friends, will participate in the seventh annual Relay For Life event, sponsored by the American Cancer Society.

Get ready for the biggest GameFest yet, as the annual showcase of student-designed video games grows to include more than 40 entries from students of the Rensselaer Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) program, as well as game design programs at Rochester Institute of Technology and Champlain College.

World-leading bioseparations expert Georges Belfort visited Germany and Italy last month as part of two prestigious honors from elite European scientific societies.

Nuclear engineering expert Yaron Danon has been named director of the new Gaerttner Linear Accelerator (LINAC) Center within the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

In celebration of Oliveros’ 80th birthday, the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is hosting an exceptional concert on May 10 that will feature a digital simulation of the acoustics within the cistern, made possible with software developed by Rensselaer professor and acoustic architect Jonas Braasch.

As Boston Red Sox and baseball fans prepare to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park’s inaugural game on April 20, 1912,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is celebrating two alumni who played a key role in designing and building the storied ballpark.

Students, mentees, and scientific collaborators of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor of Chemistry James Ferris gathered at a special session of the 2012 Astrobiology Science Conference in Atlanta, Ga., on April 19 to honor the scientist.

More than 200 10th and 11th grade girls from the Capital Region, other parts of New York state, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and across New England will participate in the “Design Your Future Day (DYFD)” program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday, April 21.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on April 25 will host the first of a planned series of regional workshops to design a proposed $1 billion federal program, the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI).

Michael Molnar, chief manufacturing officer of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and director of the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO), will deliver the keynote address at the Rensselaer Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS) 2012 Technology Showcase and Conference.

Xavier Intes, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Twenty-five students have been inducted into the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Phalanx Honor Society for 2012.

A new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the first to calculate exactly how much additional radiation obese patients receive from a CT scan.

Barton J. Gordon — one of the nation’s leading bipartisan experts on innovation during his 26-year career in the U.S. House of Representatives —will deliver the main address at the 206th Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Commencement here on May 26.

Jie Lian, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Computer scientists and biologists in the Data Science Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a rare collaboration between the two very different fields to pick apart a fundamental roadblock to progress in modern medicine.

Two years ago, Class of 2003 graduate Lt. Miroslav “Steven” Zilberman, who was serving as a Naval pilot aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, made a decision that saved the lives of three of his crewmates.

t’s official. A record total of 15, 201 high school students have filed applications to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute this fall, according to numbers released today by the Rensselaer Office of Admissions.

More than 100 area middle and high school students from the Capital Region will participate in the 22nd annual greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair on Saturday, March 24. The daylong event will be held on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus in the Walker Laboratory building.

The Rensselaer Nuclear Engineering Program will launch the Richard T. Lahey Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series in Nuclear Engineering at 2 p.m. Monday, April 9, in the auditorium of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies.

In the Production, Installation, and Performance (PIP) seminar at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, students of architecture and the arts design and build a performance set for a visiting artist. This year, the performance—with digital violinist Todd Reynolds— takes place in a cavernous mausoleum of the industrial age known around town as “the Gasholder Building.”

Award supports innovation in testing water for bacteria, designing a portable water filtration system, and creating a woodchip heater.

American Cancer Society-funded research reveals that a molecule called Cadherin-23 could play a role in the earliest stages of breast cancer.

There appears to be more matter than antimatter in the universe. This is exceptionally great news for humanity because without this asymmetry, all the matter in the universe, including us, would literally be eaten up.

Fazel Yavari has been named the winner of the 2012 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize for developing a new sensor to detect extremely small quantities of hazardous gases.

Zepu Wang has developed a new advanced material to coat electrical components and allow the transmission of higher voltages across national power infrastructures.

Fazel Yavari has developed a new sensor to detect extremely small quantities of hazardous gases. Made from a 3-D foam of the world’s thinnest material—graphene—this sensor is durable, inexpensive to make, and opens the door to a new generation of gas detectors for use by bomb squads, defense and law enforcement officials, as well as applications in industrial settings.

Christopher Rivet has successfully married two powerful bioengineering technologies to develop a new method for delivering drugs directly to an injury site and jumpstarting the process of tissue regeneration.

The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls is mounting an unusual exhibit, titled “Building Futures: Re-Envisioning the Hyde at Rensselaer.” The exhibit presents conceptual proposals for expanding the Hyde campus, designed by faculty and students of the Rensselaer School of Architecture.

A new research program at Rensselaer seeks to define the next-generation of low-orbit satellites that are more maneuverable, cheaper to launch, easier to hide, and longer lived.

Members of a student club at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a unique 360-degree video chronicling a weather balloon’s 89,777-foot ascent into space.

A new study led by nanotechnology and biotechnology experts at is providing important details on how proteins in our bodies interact with nanomaterials.

A new implantable sensor developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute can wirelessly transmit data from the site of a recent orthopedic surgery.

In celebration of National Engineers Week, the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will host its annual Exploring Engineering Day event on Saturday, Feb. 18.

Web scientist and Research Associate Professor Joanne Luciano in the Tetherless World Constellation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is co-chairing the 2012 Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences (CSHALS) conference Feb 22-24 in Boston, Mass.

A new, unprecedented study in the journal Science suggests leaders in higher education face an understated, pressing challenge: the retention of professors.

The 13th International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Lighting (LS13)—an elite forum of scientists and engineers sharing the most recent research and development in the science and technology of light sources, lighting systems, and their key application fields —will take place June 24-29 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

U.S. Representative Paul D. Tonko will deliver the keynote address today to help kick off theSmart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC) third annual Industry-Academia Days.

Joseph Medina, assistant vice president of college relations at Colby College, has been appointed assistant vice president for advancement strategy, services, and infrastructure at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

More than 1,000 area students, families, teachers, and community organizations are expected at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Saturday, Feb. 4, to participate in the 14th annual Black Family Technology Awareness Day.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is launching a new undergraduate major in sustainability studies through the School of Humanities Arts, and Social Sciences.

Kim Lewis, assistant professor of physics, applied physics, and astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Vice President-Research Francine Berman was named a co-chair of The Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI) of the National Academy of Sciences.

Ryan Gilbert, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has given Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a High Performance Building Plaque for energy-saving investments that will reduce energy use and save the Institute $223,513 annually.

Neil Rolnick, composer and professor of music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will embark on a new project—a piece for pianist Vicky Chow— with support from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University.

Nuclear safety expert Peter Caracappa, the campus radiation officer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will visit Capitol Hill Friday to brief congressional staffers on radiation and radioactivity.

Rensselaer computer scientist Carlos Varela has received seed funding from the U.S. Air Force to help make flight data as updated, active, and accurate as possible.

Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson and three top researchers from the Institute have been invited to deliver an “Ideas Lab” presentation at the World Economic Forum Jan. 25-29 in Davos, Switzerland.

Dr. Jackson is being honored by AAAS for her "extraordinary leadership of and contributions to the scientific community, government, universities, industries, and future generations of science and engineering professionals."

President Shirley Ann Jackson and a delegation of faculty are among global leaders in government, business, academe, media, and the arts who will convene at the World Economic Forum 2012 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Graphene is the thinnest material known to science. The nanomaterial is so thin, in fact, water often doesn’t even know it’s there.

S. Argeo Ascani has been appointed as music curator at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

A new study by engineering researchers at Rensselaer demonstrates how introducing certain polymers—like those found in human mucus and saliva—into the environment makes it significantly more difficult for H. pylori and other microorganisms to coordinate.

Bioengineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, have been awarded a more than $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how chemicals in drugs and our environment impact our stem cells.

>Professor Angel García has been named the new head of the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Nanomaterials expert Linda Schadler has been named the Russell Sage Professor at Rensselaer.

A scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an anthropologist from the University at Albany teamed up to use ultra-modern chemical analysis technology at Rensselaer to analyze ancient Mayan pottery for proof of tobacco use in the ancient culture.

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for creating advanced nanomaterials that could lead to highly efficient refrigerators and cooling systems requiring no refrigerants and no moving parts.

Professor Jose Holguín-Veras a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rensselaer, will discuss his research in Haiti on donation distribution following the devestating earthquake in an audio press briefing on January 9 from 11 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. EST.

Two members of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty have been named fellows of the American Physical Society (APS).

Finding the best graphene-based nanomaterials could usher in a new era of nanoelectronics, optics, and spintronics (an emerging technology that uses the spin of electrons to store and process information in exceptionally small electronics).

Two members of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute science faculty have been selected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

We created our own inventory of top stories. It certainly does not touch on everything that went on here in 2011, but it’s an attempt to take a moment and reflect on some interesting and important stories, ranging from research to student life to higher education to Institute business

Biomedical engineering students from Rensselaer will travel to South Africa next month on a mission to identify the unique needs of remote, under-resourced medical clinics.

The faculty, provost, president, and Board of Trustees of Rensselaer have approved a new faculty senate constitution.

Boxing has been part of the Miller family legacy for more than 50 years. Shannon Miller, who now serves as a public safety officer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, had his first boxing match against a 10-year old, at the age of 8.

Even for highly trained physicians and surgeons, there’s no teacher like experience. This is the reason engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are working to develop a virtual reality operating room.

A team of management professors from the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (IHEC) — The Institute of Advanced Business Studies in Tunisia — have been working to develop a road map that will support sustained high economic growth in the region known as the Maghreb.

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to design antibodies aimed at combating disease.

When it comes to addressing food safety, what ideas can young students offer? Just ask the 13 middle school teams from around the Capital Region that are set to compete in the FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) Regional Qualifying Tournament at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Dec. 10.

A system to increase intravenous therapy,  a breakthrough in detecting bacteria in water, an innovation that prevents disease and creates jobs and cogeneration water purification for China are just a few of the winning ideas in the Fall 2011 Change the World Challenge at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has awarded Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) student Cathy Wheelock its prestigious Herman Family Fellowship award for Women in Entrepreneurship.

Bone and tissue engineering expert Deepak Vashishth, head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

Scientists in the New York Center for Astrobiology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have used the oldest minerals on Earth to reconstruct the atmospheric conditions present on Earth very soon after its birth.

Rensselaer is a key partner in a new project to create better technologies for scientists and engineers to store, share, and preserve important scientific data related to sustainability research.

A new lecture series traces the path between contemporary electronic art and more established media arts. Michael Century, professor of new media and music in the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will speak on “From Virtuality to Virtuosity” on Nov. 29, from noon – 1 p.m. in the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) Theater. The event is free and open to the public.

A new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute demonstrates how graphene foam can outperform leading commercial gas sensors in detecting potentially dangerous and explosive chemicals.

The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is administering a Latin American Student Luminaire Design Competition sponsored by the AES Corporation and Philips Lighting.

Rensselaer Professor Michael Mascarenhas explores nonprofit water development in a project on philanthropic non-governmental organizations.

Experts from around the globe came together at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Nov. 4-5 at the Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research to discuss the development of technologies that run on the cleanest and safest energy production process on Earth: photosynthesis.

Copper’s days are numbered, and a new study at Rensselaer could hasten the downfall of the ubiquitous metal in smart phones, tablet computers, and nearly all electronics.

Following the 10th anniversary of the September 11 tragedy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has joined a nationwide grassroots effort to honor American service men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan during the past decade.

With a new $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Deanna Thompson, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Rensselaer, will investigate a promising new method to heal traumatic nerve damage, using electrical stimulation to prime and pump neuronal growth.

U.S. Representative Paul D. Tonko will speak Wednesday evening at the Rensselaer Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES) 2011 Annual Conference and Industrial Advisory Board Meeting.

Drawing on a personal experience of hearing loss, composer and Rensselaer Professor Neil Rolnick will perform portions of his latest composition – titled “MONO” – an exploration of the nature and fragility of sensory perception,

Scientists within the New York Center for Astrobiology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have compiled years of research to help locate areas in outer space that have extreme potential for complex organic molecule formation.

Linda Layne, the Hale Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of anthropology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been researching the relatively recent phenomena of “Choice Moms” — single women who choose to have a child without a male partner.

For dance aficionados, swing dancing is often described as a joyful, high-energy, improvisational street dance. Today, two Rensselaer undergraduate students, who are also members of the RPI Ballroom student club, have turned their love of swing dancing into a business opportunity.

Robert Linhardt is working to forever change the way some of the most widely used drugs in the world are manufactured. Today, in the journal Science, he and his partner in the research, Jian Liu, have announced an important step toward making this a reality.

Waves and whirls unite the pieces in a joint concert to be offered by faculty and students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the College of Saint Rose. “Piano Waves” will feature works for as many as four pianos on Nov. 9, from 7:30-9 p.m. in the concert hall of the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center EMPAC at Rensselaer.

Rensselaer announced today an agreement with Columbia Development Companies to assume ownership and begin work on Proctor’s Theater and the adjacent Chasan office building on Fourth Street in Troy.

Several members of the Rensselaer Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity have officially moved into a distinctive and historic new home, the former St. Francis DeSales Church and rectory on Congress Street in the City of Troy.

Sir Harold Walter Kroto, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will speak at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute about science in today’s society.

Nick Viggiani, who has served as Congressman Paul Tonko’s director of district projects since 2009, joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Oct. 10 as assistant vice president for research.

Last month, Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee followed a path along the United States eastern seaboardTo assist several local communities, a band of helpers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been engaged in ongoing volunteer efforts.

President Barack Obama last week named B. Jayant Baliga as among the five inventors to receive the 2010 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Baliga, who earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1971 and 1974, is the 11th Rensselaer graduate to receive the award.

Leaders in academia, industry, and government will meet at Rensselaer next month to discuss strategies for leveraging the awesome power of supercomputers to drive growth, innovation, and competitive advantage for American companies.

The Rensselaer 2011 Safety Report is available for viewing and download as a PDF document.

Engineering researchers have developed new nanomaterials that could lead to techniques for better capturing and putting waste heat to work.

Bioseparations and bioprocessing expert Steven Cramer, the William Weightman Walker Professor of Polymer Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

Four engineering students from spent their summer in Spain researching advanced materials at the Madrid Microelectronics Institute (IMM).

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has inducted four alumni and one alumna into the Rensselaer Alumni Hall of Fame during a first-ever public induction ceremony Sept. 23 at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC).

Renowned electrical engineer and digital camera inventor Steven Sasson, Class of 1972, will receive the prestigious Davies Medal for Engineering Achievement from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering.

Sean O’Sullivan, co-founder and managing director of Avego Corporation, has been selected as the 2011 William F. Glaser ’53 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year.

Researchers at Rensselaer developed a new method for creating a layer of gold nanoparticles that measures only billionths of a meter thick.

International relations expert Steve Breyman, associate professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been awarded the U.S. State Department William C. Foster Fellowship.

Scientists at Rensselaer are working to optimize a promising new nanomaterial called nanoblades for use in hydrogen storage.

Joseph Cassidy, dean of student life at the University of Dallas, will join Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as director of the Rensselaer Union, it was announced Sept. 12 by Timothy E. Sams, Rensselaer vice president for student life.

A new system planned for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute supercomputing center will enable exciting new research possibilities across the nation and boost the university’s international leadership in computational modeling and simulation, data science, high-performance computing, and web science.

Following the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, engineers and construction workers faced the daunting task of dismantling the World Trade Center complex in order to make room for new construction. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are applying mathematical methods to describe how these decisions were made, and investigating how the decisions could inform cleanup efforts at future disasters.

A new book designed to interest young people in science features Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Associate Professor Mariana Figueiro.

Beyond the personal impact of the terrorist attacks, Professor Jose Holguín-Veras was one of several Rensselaer professors tasked with studying and learning from the aftermath of the tragedy. His research projects started with air travel, but took an unexpected turn to a topic entirely new to academia: the logistics of donations.

Only a few hours after the unthinkable terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, a program manager from the National Science Foundation called to ask for Professor Al Wallace’s help in assuring nothing like this could ever happen again.

Because it appears that the most serious impact of the storm is likely to occur at a time when most students would be traveling to Troy, we have made several adjustments to facilitate the best possible travel conditions and enable students to arrive after the storm has passed.

The incoming Class of 2015 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute promises to be an exceptional group, with an increase in average SAT scores, and more than 100 receiving a perfect 800 SAT critical reading or math score.

The NSF has announced a five-year, $18.5 million award to launch a prestigious Engineering Research Center dedicated to developing the next generation of electric grids.

On Thursday, August 18, at 11:30 am, you are invited to attend the first open meeting of the Capital Region Economic Development Council (CREDC).

The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, which will include researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has begun its quest to answer some of the most puzzling questions about the elusive elementary particles known as neutrinos.

Rensselaer will host the Diffusion Fundamentals IV conference. Academics from around the world will visit the Rensselaer Troy campus to participate in the four-day event.

Rensselaer announced that it has hired Jon Morse, director of the astrophysics division at NASA, as associate vice president for research/physical and engineering sciences.

Dr. Jon Morse, Director of the Astrophysics Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, will join the Institute as Associate Vice President for Research/Physical and Engineering Sciences starting October 3, 2011.

Laurie Leshin, deputy associate administrator of exploration systems for NASA, will join Rensselaer as dean of the School of Science. Leshin will bring experience as a leader, educator, researcher, and administrator to leadership of the school.

Scientists at Rensselaer have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society.

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to harvest energy from flowing water. This discovery aims to hasten the creation of self-powered microsensors for more accurate and cost-efficient oil exploration.

hilip W. Robinson, a Ph.D. student of the graduate program in architectural acoustics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to continue his research into the effects of architectural enclosures on listeners’ perception of sound.

Three professors of chemistry and chemical biology have been named 2011 fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

The honor includes a fellowship which will allow Gray, a professor in the Department of Cognitive Science and director of the CogWorks Laboratory at Rensselaer, to pursue research at the Max Planck Institute Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC) in Berlin.

Rensselaer today announced the new Center for Flow Physics and Control (CeFPaC) within the School of Engineering.

Research led by Associate Professor Mariana Figueiro on the impact of light on teenagers' sleeping habits was selected for publication.

Cynthia Collins, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, is leading a series of experiments that will be aboard the shuttle.

A new technique developed at Rensselaer allows researchers to collect large amounts of biochemical information from nanoscale bone samples.

As part of the Change the World Challenge competition each semester, students select a topic from a range of challenges with the potential to improve human life, and offer an innovative and sustainable solution.

New book details how to pattern a classroom after a multiplayer video game and help every student become a winner

The four-year study, funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), seeks to accelerate the development of natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, or NOTES.

Lonn Combs, clinical associate professor of architecture, is the winner of the 2011 Rome Prize, awarded by the American Academy in Rome.

Mary Simoni, associate dean for research and community engagement, and tenured full professor in the School of Music, Theatre and Dance at the University of Michigan, has been appointed dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer.

Now in its third year, the Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC) has enlisted 21 key industrial partners to help guide the center's leading-edge research programs.

Kinsley French was awarded the J. Erik Jonsson Prize for her perfect 4.0 grade point average and high-caliber undergraduate research.

The Albany, N.Y., Capital Region Urban Area Working Group (CRUAWG) will conduct a functional exercise on the Rensselaer campus on June 14.

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer are combining automation techniques from oil refining and other diverse areas to help create a closed-loop artificial pancreas.

Nanomechanics and multiscale modeling expert Catalin Picu, professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

U.S. Surgeon General and Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin addresses 1,700 graduates at Rensselaer’s 205th Commencement.

New research published in the journal Science, led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute scientist Miriam Katz, is providing some of the strongest evidence to date that the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) played a key role in the major shift in the global climate that began approximately 38 million years ago.

Lighting technology is the subject of intense scrutiny by scientists at two research centers.

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for manufacturing green-colored LEDs with greatly enhanced light output.