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Lighting Research & Technology is the leading international peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research on the subject of light and lighting. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, a study was published exploring the journal’s bibliometric characteristics since its first issue in 1969. The research team found that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was the most productive institution and also the most cited institution over the past 50 years.

Admiral Ronald J. “Zap” Zlatoper, USN (Ret.) ’63, a trustee emeritus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will be honored at the 16th Annual American Patriot Awards Dinner hosted by the Navy League of the United States, Honolulu Council, on September 21.

A team of graduate students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute placed third in the 36th Annual Student Design Competition, an event that challenges students from across the world to design a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The competition is hosted by the Vertical Flight Society.

This month, students from the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute constructed a pavilion composed of mycelium units on the lawn in front of the Greene Building on campus.

Juergen Hahn, the head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been invited to speak at the next meeting of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (BCST).

Rensselaer biologist Brad Lister and his research collaborator Andres Garcia were awarded the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation 2019 Biodiversity Award.

Cameron McLean, the director of student activities, has been named the 2019 Pillar of Rensselaer award recipient at the annual Service Recognition and Retirement Dinner, held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Troy, Aug. 9.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has installed seven electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on campus. The project was funded with support from National Grid and the Charge Ready NY initiative from The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

In the global carbon cycle, rivers are important players, pumping terrestrial carbon into the oceans. Ferried amid a cargo of dissolved organic matter – a category that encompasses molecules of things living, dead, and in the process of decay -- new sources of carbon enter the flow from a river’s headwaters to its mouth, while exposure to sunlight, microbes and other factors alter their original chemical structure along the route.

An app created by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students that identifies social conditions contributing to declining life expectancy at a community level is a Phase 1 winner in a data visualization competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.