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September 19, 2018

What Your Cell Phone Camera Tells You About Your Brain

Research unites cognitive science and information theory

Driving down a dark country road at night, you see a shape ahead on the roadside. Is it a deer or a mailbox? Your brain is structured to make the best possible decision given its limited resources, according to new research that unites cognitive science and information theory – the branch of mathematics that underlies modern communications technology.

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Call for Code Hackathon: Natural Disaster Preparedness and Relief Code Challenge

September 13, 2018

Rensselaer hosts hackathon, part of multi-year challenge in partnership with IBM, David Clark Cause, United Nations Human Rights, and The American Red Cross

Research

John Christian Named AIAA Associate Fellow

September 11, 2018

Honored for contributions to aeronautics

Academic

Top 25 STEM Colleges for 2018

September 7, 2018

Rensselaer ranks 14th among top STEM universities by Forbes

Academic

Student Designs Take Top Honors in Argentina

September 4, 2018

Academic

The Class of 2022 Is Heading to Troy

August 22, 2018

Faculty

Jefferson Project Monitoring Harmful Algal Bloom on Skaneateles Lake

August 16, 2018

Academic

Developing a Better Understanding of Sustainable Urban Freight Systems

August 3, 2018

Faculty

Stochasticity – Inherent Fluctuations in Materials Merit Exploration

August 1, 2018

Research

Department of Energy Invests $64 Million in Advanced Nuclear Technology

July 19, 2018

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Troy Record

Forbes: RPI ranks 14th among top STEM colleges

September 12, 2018
TODAY.com

Researchers explain that awkward sidewalk dance we all do — and hate

September 11, 2018
News Channel 13

Schenectady company using modern STEM to take diapers back in time

September 7, 2018
Associated Press

Virtual learning: using AI, immersion to teach Chinese

September 7, 2018
Troy Record

Freshmen from RPI enjoy Welcome Festival in Riverfront Park

August 29, 2018
Campus Technology

Students Get Immersive AI Boost to Learn Mandarin

August 29, 2018

RESEARCH

July 6, 2018

the approach blog

Harlem Academy at The Jefferson Project

[David Diehl, site manager and coordinator at the Rensselaer Darrin Fresh Water Institute (DFWI), recently organized a visit by students from Manhattan’s Harlem Academy to learn about the Jefferson Project at Lake George. In this guest post, he chronicles the three-day visit and the topics students learned about. The Jefferson Project is a collaboration between […]
April 23, 2018

the approach blog

Jefferson Project: Response to agrochemicals is paved by predators

[The Jefferson Project at Lake George is conducting ongoing research into how human activities may be affecting the lake. This guest blog by Devin Jones, a former postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Jefferson Project Director Rick Relyea, summarizes recent research published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. The Jefferson Project is a […]
March 30, 2018

the approach blog

Jefferson Project: Road salt, organic additives, and mosquitoes

[The Jefferson Project at Lake George is conducting ongoing research into how human activities may be affecting the lake. This guest blog by Matt Schuler, a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Jefferson Project Director Rick Relyea, summarizes recent research published in the journal Oikos. The Jefferson Project is a collaboration between Rensselaer, IBM […]