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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: 2008 News Releases
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12/18/2008Researchers Lay Out Vision for Lighting “Revolution”
12/18/2008Rensselaer Students Recognized for Innovative Ideas To “Change The World”
12/10/2008Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson Honored As One of “25 Great Public Servants of the Past 25 Years”
12/09/2008Madison Avenue Magic: Study Reveals Positive Effects of Unconscious Exposure to Advertisements
12/08/2008New Hybrid Nanostructures Detect Nanoscale Magnetism
11/25/2008GE Global Research Director To Speak at Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement
11/24/2008Rensselaer Opens Center Dedicated to the Search for Life in the Universe
11/24/2008“Gray’s Paradox” Solved: Researchers Discover Secret of Speedy Dolphins
11/19/2008Kane Named P.K. Lashmet Professor at Rensselaer
11/18/2008Indian Radio Innovator Named 2009 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year
11/18/2008Former Harvard Dean To Speak on Cyber Security
11/14/2008Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Announce Launch of Center for Architecture Science and Ecology
11/13/2008Data Scientist Joins Rensselaer Tetherless World Research Constellation
11/11/2008Intel To Sponsor Rensselaer Robotics Tournament for Local Middle Schools
11/04/2008Just Scratching the Surface: New Technique Maps Nanomaterials as They Grow
11/03/2008Solar Power Game-Changer: “Near Perfect” Absorption of Sunlight, From All Angles
10/31/2008Trustee Makes Donation To Start New Solar Energy Research Center at Rensselaer
10/21/2008Rensselaer Alumni Association Honors Fraternity With Community Service Award
10/09/2008Rensselaer’s Lally School Featured in Princeton Review’s “Best 296 Business Schools”
10/06/2008Outshining Edison: New NSF Engineering Research Center To Advance “Smart Lighting”
10/03/2008Rensselaer Opens the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)
10/01/2008Historic Rensselaer Capital Campaign Reaches Goal Nine Months Ahead of Schedule
10/01/2008Rensselaer To Host Global Leaders in the Media, Technology, and the Arts for Presidential Colloquy
09/26/2008Rensselaer’s Career Development Center Wins GE Partnership Award
09/26/2008Professor-Turned-Producer Learns the Movie Biz
09/23/2008Economist’s Model Forecasted Current Economic Slowdown One Year In Advance
09/23/2008Rensselaer Announces New Head of Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies
09/22/2008Controlling Light With Sound: New Liquid Camera Lens as Simple as Water and Vibration
09/19/2008Rensselaer Announces New Head of Institute Advancement
09/19/2008Rensselaer Faculty Join International Experts To Discuss the Financial Crisis
09/11/2008Lighting Research Center Named Recipient of U.S. Green Building Council’s 2008 Green Building Research Fund Grant
09/08/2008Lighting Research Center Develops Framework for Assessing Light Pollution
09/03/2008New $1.1M Grant: Restoring Basic Needs After Hurricanes, Disasters
08/29/2008Rensselaer Receives $850,000 From NRC To Boost Nuclear Engineering Education
08/28/2008Study Says Eyes Evolved for X-Ray Vision
08/25/2008The Class of 2012: Rensselaer Welcomes First-Year Students
08/22/2008Rensselaer Rises in Rankings of Nation’s Top 50 Universities
08/19/2008IT Master’s Program Catches Eye of Computerworld
08/18/2008Rensselaer Researcher Wins AIChE Young Investigator Award
08/17/2008Researchers Create Safer Alternative to Heparin
08/08/2008“Top Secret” Technology To Help U.S. Swimmers Trim Times at Beijing Olympics
08/07/2008Study Helps Pinpoint Genetic Variations in European Americans
08/06/2008Forbes Recognizes Earning Power of Rensselaer Graduates
08/05/2008Rensselaer Launches Five-Year Collaboration With Leading Chinese University
07/23/2008Lack of a Comprehensive Global Energy Security Roadmap Putting the U.S. at Risk
07/23/2008Study Suggests Human Visual System Could Make Powerful Computer
07/17/2008“Nanosculpture” Could Enable New Types of Heat Pumps and Energy Converters
07/16/2008New Approach Sheds Light on Ways Circadian Disruption Affects Human Health
07/14/2008$1 Million Scholarship Supports Future Engineers
07/02/2008Inelegant Worms Provide New Clues About Gene Required for Development
07/01/2008Rensselaer Professor B. Wayne Bequette Elected Fellow of AIChE
06/26/2008On the Boil: New Nano Technique Significantly Boosts Boiling Efficiency
06/24/2008Statement of President Shirley Ann Jackson on the Pending Retirement of New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno
06/24/2008Top Economist Becomes Head of Economics at Rensselaer
06/23/2008Database Shows Effects of Acid Rain on Microorganisms in Adirondack Lakes
06/20/2008Rensselaer Appoints New Director of Community Relations
06/18/2008Rensselaer Hosts ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp for Middle School Students
06/16/2008New $2.7 Million Grant Brings Rensselaer Graduate Students To Local Classrooms
06/06/2008Circadian Math: One Plus One Doesn’t Always Equal Two
05/30/2008New Rensselaer Scholarship Opportunities Recognize Academic Excellence and Leadership
05/29/2008New $1.5 Million Professorship Honors Teaching Excellence
05/27/2008Rensselaer Researcher Wins IEEE Award for Work on 3-D Computer Chips
05/20/2008The Future of the Web: An Old-Fashioned Debate With a Social Media Twist
05/17/2008David Gergen Urges Graduates To Build "Moral Compass," Seek "True North"
05/15/2008Meet the Class of 2008: An Overview of Rensselaer’s 202nd Commencement
05/15/2008Crystal (Eye) Ball: Study Says Visual System Equipped With “Future Seeing Powers”
05/15/2008Commencement 2008: Developing a Playground-Powered Water Pump
05/14/2008Rensselaer To Offer New Co-Terminal Five-Year Degrees, Extend Student Aid
05/14/2008Commencement 2008: Student Innovation Could Improve Data Storage, Magnetic Sensors
05/13/2008Commencement 2008: Rensselaer Student Invents Alternative to Silicon Chip
05/13/2008Commencement 2008: Gaining Independence Through Video Games
05/09/2008Commencement 2008: Future Astronaut Aiming for Space
05/08/2008Commencement 2008: First Woman Leader of Rensselaer’s Car-Building Club To Start New Career With General Motors
05/07/2008The Connected Kids Project: Linking Students, Parents, and Educators to the World Wide Web
05/07/2008Commencement 2008: Rensselaer Graduate Helps High School Students Tackle AP Exams
05/06/2008Commencement 2008: Undergrad Has Sweet Success With Invention of Artificial Golgi
05/02/2008Commencement 2008: Protecting Those Who Protect and Serve
04/30/2008Decoding the Dictionary: Study Suggests Lexicon Evolved To Fit in the Brain
04/29/2008Rensselaer 2008 Commencement Colloquy To Highlight Leadership Challenges for a Sustainable Global Society
04/29/2008Rensselaer Students Win Three of Four Top Prizes at Innovation Conference
04/25/2008Deadly Dose: Rensselaer Heparin Expert Helps Uncover Source of Lethal Contamination
04/18/2008It’s Not Just for Boys: Girls Are Into Science and Math Too
04/16/2008Rensselaer Students Recognized for Innovative Ideas To “Change The World”
04/16/2008Renowned CUNY Professor To Receive Davies Medal
04/11/2008Rensselaer Launches International Experience for All Engineering Students
04/09/2008Founder and CEO of CXtec Named 2008 William F. Glaser ’53 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year
04/02/2008Rensselaer Hosts Inaugural Forum on Business, Technology, and Ethics
03/28/2008BusinessWeek Ranks Rensselaer’s Corporate Strategy Program as Best in the Nation
03/28/2008Rensselaer’s Graduate Programs Rank Among the Best in the Nation
03/19/2008Rensselaer Professor Fengyan Li Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
03/17/2008David Gergen To Deliver 2008 Commencement Address at Rensselaer
03/14/2008Rensselaer Inducts New Members Into Phalanx Honor Society
03/14/2008Two Rensselaer Student Groups Rewarded for Entrepreneurial Ideas
03/13/2008Professor Toh-Ming Lu Named Fellow of the Materials Research Society
03/13/2008Carbon Nanotubes Outperform Copper Nanowires as Interconnects
03/12/2008Rensselaer To Increase Financial Aid Resources for Students
03/10/2008Bringing Second Life To Life: Researchers Create Character With Reasoning Abilities of a Child
02/29/2008Rensselaer’s Lally School Rises in BusinessWeek Rankings of Top Undergraduate Business Programs
02/28/2008Student Develops New LED, Wins $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Prize
02/26/2008Bright Idea: LRC Launches New Program To Support Growth of Lighting-Related Businesses
02/19/2008Strengthening Fluids With Nanoparticles
02/15/2008Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson Calls for Presidential Debate on Science, Technology, and Innovation
02/12/2008Rensselaer Launches Residence Hall Project in Downtown Troy
02/09/2008Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Hosts Tenth Annual Black Family Technology Awareness Day
02/07/2008Rensselaer Hirsch Observatory Invites the Public To See the Stars
02/04/2008Renowned Physicist Named Kodosky Constellation Chair at Rensselaer
02/01/2008Rensselaer Alumni Association Presents Two Awards for Exceptional Community Service
01/28/2008New Polymer Could Improve Semiconductor Manufacturing, Packaging
01/22/2008Researchers Develop Darkest Manmade Material
01/17/2008Researchers Reveal HIV Peptide’s Possible Pathway Into the Cell
01/17/2008At Rensselaer, Freshman Applications Jump 100 Percent in Three Years
01/14/2008Rensselaer Professor Achille Messac Elected Fellow of AIAA
01/10/2008Physicists Uncover New Solution for Cosmic Collisions
01/09/2008Duquette Named Horton Professor of Materials Engineering at Rensselaer
01/08/2008Study Says Telecommuting May Harm Workers Left Behind in the Office
01/08/2008Rensselaer Researcher Named Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics
01/07/2008Computer Vision Expert To Head Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer
01/03/2008NSF Grant To Help Upstate Colleges Recruit Minority Students Into STEM Fields
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