School of Science Faculty Honored for Dedicated Service
The Institute honored four faculty within the School of Science for their dedicated years of service as part of the 2020 Institute Awards.
Engineering Faculty Members Honored With Institute Awards and Service Recognition
The research, mentorship, and teaching innovation of several faculty members in the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were recently recognized with the 2020 Institute Awards. The annual honors also included recognition for exceptional service and dedication.
Bob Karlicek To Present on the Potential of UV-C Technology During COVID-19 Pandemic
Bob Karlicek, the director of the Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will discuss ultraviolet (UV-C) technology and how it may be used to kill viruses and other pathogens during a webcast, hosted by LEDs Magazine.
Strategies for Increasing Inclusion on College Campuses Highlighted on RPI Podcast
Strategies for increasing diversity, inclusion, and equity in higher education are discussed by two leaders implementing them at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the latest episode of Why Not Change the World? The RPI Podcast.
Remote Activation of Cell Signaling Explored in New Article
A perspective piece published online today in Science by Jonathan Dordick, the Howard P. Isermann Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Matthew Brier, who recently earned his doctorate in chemical engineering at Rensselaer, explores the potential of emerging approaches for the remote activation of cell signaling to induce gene expression and the production of specific proteins.
Shira Dentz Publishes Book That Explores Female Aging
A new book by Shira Dentz, a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication and Media in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently published by PANK, a press that “fosters access to emerging and experimental poetry and prose.” Sisyphusina uses prose, poetry, visual art, and other forms of expression to explore female aging.
New RPI Podcast Episode Tackles the Anthropocene
An anthropologist and engineer from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute outline their interdisciplinary effort to increase awareness about how humans impact the planet on the latest episode of Why Not Change the World? The RPI Podcast.
Team of Rensselaer Engineers Unlock New Way of Manipulating Promising Material
In research recently published in Nature Communications, a team of chemical engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has significantly furthered its efforts to unlock the extensive possibilities of a type of material known as monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs).
James Hendler Named to Federation of American Scientists COVID-19 Task Force
The Federation of American Scientists has named James Hendler, the Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web, and Cognitive Sciences and director of the Rensselaer Institute of Data Exploration and Applications at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, to a recently formed COVID-19 Rapid Response Task Force.
Angela Fu Receives Zonta International Women in Business Scholarship
Angela Fu, a third-year, dual degree student in the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute studying Design, Innovation, and Society with Business Management, has been awarded the Zonta International Foundation Jane M. Klausman Women In Business Scholarship.