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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Congressman Paul Tonko recently announced $984,000 in funding to support Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s request for enhancing its state-of-the art Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility focused on innovative research related to the treatment of Alzheimer’s, drug discovery, diabetes, osteoporosis, and a broad range of other diseases and viruses.
Kathy High, Professor of Video and New Media at Rensselaer, has created an online series to explore the intersection of bioArt and biotechnology. In collaboration with the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, the Arts department and the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and NATURE Lab, a project of The Sanctuary for Independent Media, the one-hour lunchtime presentations, BioArt Talks @CBIS, will begin on March 25. The talks will be given by internationally recognized bioartists, and include presentations from Orkan Telhan, Aisen Caro Chacin, Mary Maggic, as well as Rensselaer alumnae Heidi Boisvert and Anna Lindemann.
As part of the class participating in The Arch at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, junior Sydney Neuman ’23, a materials engineering major, did a fall semester away internship at Pacific Northwest National Labs under the Chemical Dynamics Initiative in Richland, Washington.
In an effort to support over 1,400 students for the third complement of Arch away opportunities following the summer of 2022, the Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute continues to engage and build partnerships with top industry employers.
A student team from the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been named a finalist in the Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) Investment Challenge.
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Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is America’s first technological research university. Rensselaer encompasses five schools, over 30 research centers, more than 140 academic programs including 25 new programs, and a dynamic community made up of over 6,800 students and 104,000 living alumni. Rensselaer faculty and alumni include upwards of 155 National Academy members, six members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, six National Medal of Technology winners, five National Medal of Science winners, and a Nobel Prize winner in Physics. With nearly 200 years of experience advancing scientific and technological knowledge, Rensselaer remains focused on addressing global challenges with a spirit of ingenuity and collaboration. To learn more, please visit www.rpi.edu.