The spotlight will be on the biotech industry at the Capital Region Biotechnology Innovation Day on Friday, September 16, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Dr. Susan W. Sedwick has been appointed as interim assistant vice president for research administration and finance. Sedwick, a special consultant for Attain, LLC, has over 20 years of professional experience in research administration. Sedwick previously served as associate vice president for research, and director of the office of sponsored projects at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was responsible for both pre- and post-award financial administration units.

Rensselaer once again ranks among the best universities in the United States, according to rankings released by U.S. News & World Report. This is the highest rank for the Institute in the last 11 years.

For more than a century, Rensselaer has awarded the Rensselaer Medal scholarship to promising high school juniors who have distinguished themselves in mathematics and science. To date, 5,643 alumni and alumnae have received the award. 

From strategic marketing decisions, to material fabrication, to bio-imaging for musculoskeletal research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is welcoming new experts in research as 13 professors join the faculty in the 2016-17 academic year.

Rensselaer alumnus and serial entrepreneur, inventor, and technology executive Robert L. Godgart ’82 named the 2016 William F. Glaser ’53 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year.

To create smart service systems for facilitating long-term technical group meetings, researchers at Rensselaer and industrial partners, led by computer vision expert Richard Radke, are working to design intelligent rooms. 

As global temperatures rise, how will lake ecosystems respond? As they warm, will lakes—which make up only 3 percent of the landscape, but bury more carbon than the world’s oceans combined—release more of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane? 

Where did life begin—in a shallow lagoon, or in a vent of superheated water spewing from the ocean floor? If we knew, we might know where to look for life elsewhere in the universe.

As it broadens its reach, the Darrin Fresh Water Institute has transitioned from a research center based within the School of Science to an Institute wide center.