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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Trevor David Rhone, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, has been invited to participate as a Scialog fellow by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. Scialog “supports research, intensive dialogue, and community building to address scientific challenges of global significance.” About 50 early career faculty are invited to participate as fellows for each Scialog.

A new light and sound installation titled “Reverberating Light,” featuring sound by Jonas Braasch, Pauline Oliveros, and Zack Layton, has opened in EMPAC Studio 1. There will be a reception on Friday, December 15, beginning at 6 p.m.

Jian Shi, Ph.D., associate professor in both the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has been selected for the Simons Foundation's Pivot Fellowship. 

President Marty Schmidt ’81 and his wife, Lyn, invite the Capital Region to join them for RPI’s free Annual Holiday Concert, which will take place on Sunday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) on RPI’s campus.

The Rensselaer Cybersecurity Collaboratory, the cybersecurity lab at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), was ranked #1 in the nation in the fall 2023 Cyber Power Rankings out of more than 500 colleges and universities throughout the nation.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students participating in the Rensselaer Cybersecurity Collaboratory recently competed in the National Cyber League (NCL) tournaments.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Jason Kuruzovich, Ph.D., associate professor in the Lally School of Management, and alumnus Kofi Arhin, Ph.D. ’23, have won Best Paper at the INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST) conference.

The Rensselaer Institute for Energy, the Built Environment, and Smart Systems (EBESS), is hosting a town hall meeting on Wednesday, November 8 at 11 a.m. in EMPAC Studio Beta.

Pawel Keblinski, Ph.D., has been named John Tod Horton ’52 Professor of Materials Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. An endowed chaired professorship is among the highest honors bestowed on a Rensselaer faculty member.

Alexandros Tsamis, the associate director of the Center for Architecture, Science, and Ecology (CASE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently spoke at the New York State Innovation Summit. Tsamis was invited to participate in the panel discussion on materials innovation for manufacturing sustainability.